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before the front of the head. Scutellum large and raised above the elytra. 

 Surface of the elytra convex. Pronotum, scutellum, and elytra densely 

 clothed with fine hairs. Posterior femora swollen but not greatly so. 

 Length of female 2.2 mm. Width at base of pronotum i mm. 



Color. — Head and anterior half of pronotum black, but with base of 

 head tinged with light russet. Antennae dark brown. Posterior half of 

 pronotum, scutellum, and elytra russet brown. Elytra with an irregular 

 transverse darker brown band. Membrane smoky. Beneath dark brown 

 to black. 



Described from a single female in the collection of the U. S. 

 National Museum bearing a Schwarz and Barber collector label. 

 The specimen was taken at Las Vegas H. S., New Mexico. 



Easily recognized by the light colored scutellum and the pro- 

 notum being divided into two color bands or zones. 



Isometopus signatus Heid. — Isometopus signatus Heidemann, Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. Washington, Vol. 9, pp. 129-130, 1907. 



This species may be differentiated from the others of the genus by the 

 color pattern of the elytra which is in the form of an irregular H. Two 

 large fuscous spots on the center of the corium joined at the apex of the 

 clavus and fusing into the fuscous apex of the cuneus. Specimens are at 

 hand from Texas. 



Isometopus pulchellus Heid. — Isometopus pulchellus Heidemann, Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. Washington, Vol. 9, pp. 128-129, 1907. 



Easily recognized by its white or cream colored elytra which is in con- 

 trast to the more or less shiny black pronotum and scutellum. Elytra with 

 small fuscous spots at apex of clavus and near center of the posterior 

 margin of the cuneus. Recorded from New York, West Virginia, and 

 Virginia. 



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