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of the connexivum but the humeri are obtuse and 1 believe 

 they belong here rather than with perditor. 



26. Loxa florida n. sp. 



Form of deduct a Walker but larger: smaller 

 than flavico His with a longer pronotum, and hum- 

 eri which do not point at all forward. Head ap- 

 parently impunctate, furnished however with a 

 few minute uncolored punctures; transverse rugae 

 very distinct behind the line of the antennae; 

 cheeks surpassing the tylus by about their own 

 width at that point, rather obtuse at apex, their 

 outer margins rectilinear; smooth area between 

 the eye and ocellus unusually large, nearly orbic- 

 ular, reaching the line of the inner margin of the 

 ocellus. Pronotum as in affinis and deducta, pro- 

 portionately longer than in flavico His and fl allida; LOXA FLORIDA 



the humeri as in deducta, shorter than in flavicollis but longer than in 

 affinis, very acute, pointing outward and a little upward, not at all forward 

 as they do in flavicollis; Surface of pronotum very regularly and evenly 

 covered with transverse lines of fine brown punctures between broken 

 transverse rugae; crenulations of the lateral margins acute, smaller and more 

 regular than in flavico/lis. Elytra finely and evenly punctured; apical 

 margin as in deducta, more acute and less sinuated apically than in flavi- 

 collis; membrane long, rather sparsely dotted with green. The pale cal- 

 loused points are, as in affinis, fairly distinct on the elytra, less so on the 

 scutellum and hardly distinguished on the pronotum. Disk of the elytra 

 wanting the round pale discal point seen in affinis. Basal joint of the anten- 

 nae attaining the apex of the head, third a little longer than the second, 

 fourth still longer. Rostrum a little surpassing the third ventral segment; 

 second and third ventral segments feebly sulcate; fourth and fifth equal, 

 about two thirds the length of the two preceding, hind edge of the fifth 

 feebly angled at the middle, sixth very long, polished and brownish on the 

 disk, its hind edge longitudinally striate and deeply and roundedly excav- 

 ated; hind angles short, subacute. Genital segment long, exceeding the 

 sixth segment by half of its length, its apex deeply and broadly emarginate 

 as far as the middle, the sides of this sinus nearly rectilinear and having its 

 fundus and apical angles obtuse. 



Color clear light green with the narrow margins paler, bordered with- 

 in by a rufous line, the punctures rufous brown. Antennae and legs greenish 

 testaceous tinged with brown in places. Lower surface paler with sparse 

 concolorous punctures omitting the disk of the venter and pleural pieces as 

 in the allied species. Length to tip of the membrane 21 mm. 



Described from one male taken from an orange tree on 

 the Hubbard estate at Crescent City and one female taken by 

 Mrs. Slosson at Biscayne Bay. This species is unquestionably 

 distinct from any other known to me. It is however very close 



