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AUoiypc: July 17, 1892, Galesburg, Illinois (Heidemann 

 collection.) 



Faratypc: $, same data as the allotype. 



Lopidea major new species. (PI. XIII, fig. 9). 



Very large, slightly more robust than either cacsar or 

 reutcri, carmine red and only narrowly fuscous along the 

 commissure ; male genital claspers distinctive of the species. 



$ . Length 7.3 mm., width 2.57 mm. Second antennal segment 

 scarcely incrassated, tapering slightly from near the base toward the 

 apex. Carmine red, the scutellum lightly infuscated and very narrowly 

 along the commissure of the hemelytra ; calli, antennae, rostrum, head 

 excepting the juga and bordering the eyes, legs, sternum, genital 

 segment, and membrane, dark fuscous to black. 



5 . Length 7.5 mm., width 2.74 mm. ; slightly more robust but very 

 similar to the male in coloration. 



Holotypc: $, May 5, 1896, San Antonio, Texas (Marlatt) ; 

 Cornell University Collection. 



Allotype : topotypic. 



Paratypcs: S 6 2 , topotypic. 



This is the same species and some of the same material 

 that Renter (1909) had before him and took to be cacsar 

 when he stated : "the structure of the male genitalia is very 

 characteristic, the tip of the left (sinistra) forcep being 

 divided into three rather short prongs of equal length, and in 

 addition is armed with a strong tooth nearer the base." It is 

 to be noted that he should have said right clasper instead of 

 left (sinistra) ; also the female that had "thicker" antennae 

 was a different species, and possibly cacsar. The material was 

 sent to Renter for determination by Mr. Heidemann when 

 that worker was preparing his paper "Bemerkungen uber 

 nearktische Capsiden nebst Beschreibung nevier Arten." 



Lopidea texana new species. (PI. XIII, fig. 10). 



Very similar to major in size and general structure, but in 

 color more orange red than carmine ; male genital claspers 

 distinctive of the species. 



$ . Length 7.3 mm., width 2.45 mm. To he distinguished from 

 major with certainty only by the male genital claspers, these struc- 

 tures showing a close relationship between the species. 



