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milky, a pair of large, round, black spots on the anterior margin 

 behind the two on vertex, usually two pairs of brown stripes, the 

 inner pair arising some distance behind the eyes and curving slightly 

 to join the inner pair just over a pair of black spots on the scutellum 

 partly hidden by the pronotum. Elytra milky, an indistinct brown 

 stripe on each clavus and usually two on the corium omitting the 

 veins. 



Described from two females and two males from Quincey, 

 California, collected by the writer. The three pairs of black 

 spots will at once distinguish this species. 



Platymetopius compactus n. sp. 



9. Resembling abriiptus and nasutiis but broader, with the short 

 vertex of a brcvis. Broad, short, dark above and below. Length 4.5 

 mm. 



Vertex scarcely longer but somewhat narrower than in brcvis, form- 

 ing a slightly sharper angle, length slightly more than the basal width, 

 about equalling the pronotum, angle with the face alx)ut as in brcz'is, 

 the face in profile almost straight. Elytra broad and rather short, 

 venation normal except that the fourth apical cell is extremely wide, 

 due partly to the first reflexed veinlet being placed far forward and 

 partly to the extremely narrow base of the third apical which appears 

 to be cut off by a dark marking to form a small circular cell. Eemale 

 segment very short and almost truncate, disc slightly convex with the 

 posterior margin raised, giving a concave effect. 



Color-pattern of nastitus nearly, vertex heavily irrorate with fuscous, 

 omitting a transverse light band before the eyes narrower and more 

 uniform than in nasutus, and an ivory spot at apex. Pronotum paler, 

 irregularly irrorate with fuscous, omitting the anterior margin. Scutel- 

 lum irrorate with fuscous, omitting a pair of spots on disc and 

 the apical margin. Elytra milky, nervures and coarse vermiculations 

 dark, the reflexed ones margined with black. A dark irrorate cloud on 

 clavus and in the apical cells, omitting two pairs of round spots along 

 the sutural margin, the first apical cell, a round spot at the base of 

 the other apicals and one in each end of the anteapicals as well as the 

 costal margin before the middle of the fourth apical. Whole face 

 heavily irrorate with brownish fuscous, omitting a narrow margin 

 against the vertex and a triangle below the apex. Below dark except 

 the disc of female segment. 



Described from a single female taken at Dunsmuir, Califor- 

 nia, by the writer. The short vertex and wide apical cells will 

 separate this from any other species. 



(to be continued) 



