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men dull yellow, the upper surface marked transversely with brown. 

 Length of body, 18.75"^'" ; of auteunai, 12.5""" ; of teginina, 15""" ; of 

 hind femora, 12'"'". 4 S . Garden of the Gods, Colorado, July 13. 



26. Aulocara decens nov. sp. This species differs but little from the 

 preceding, and may possibly belong with it, but it is paler-colored, less 

 variegated, and has shorter tegmina and wings. The head, excepting the 

 dark-brown vertex, is uniform very pale yellowish-brown ; the clypeus 

 and labrum very pale dull straw-yellow, almost white ; more than a 

 third of the antenna? is pale at the base. The tegmina are scarcely as 

 long as the abdomen, light browii ou the basal half of the middle area 

 and basal third of the front area, the rest pallid or very pale brown, 

 sparsely sprinkled with brownish dots. Hind tibiaj pale blue, with a 

 broad, pallid, basal annulus. Abdomen yellow throughout. Length of 

 body, 17.5""" j of antennas, 11.75'"™ ; of tegmina, 11.75'"'" ; of hind tibife, 

 11'"'". 1 ^ . Lake Point, Salt Lake, July 26, where they were common. 



27. Acrolopliitus liirtipes (Say) Thorn. 2 $ . Golden, Colo., and foot- 

 liills at entrance to Clear Creek CaSon, July 3. 



28. Brachystola magna {Brachypejjlus magnus Girard). A single pupa 

 was taken at the Garden of the Gods, Colo., July 13. This generic 

 name, derived from ^paybc and (ttAotj, is proposed in place of Braekyjye- 

 phis Charp. {B. virescens Charp. is the type), which is pre-occupied in 

 Coleoptera (Erichs., 1842). 



29. Platamodes pejinsylvanica (De G.) Scudd. 1 <?. Salina, Kans., 

 in a house. 



Stenopelmatus oculatus and Cratypedes lineata are described from spec- 

 imens dried after immersion in alcohol ; the remaining species from 

 ordinary cabinet-specimens. 



