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paler beneath; base of the pronotum white; tip of the scutellum fulvous. In 

 both forms the antennae are pale with the basal joint rufous. In this as 

 in the allied species the scutellum is much larger in the macropterous form. 



Described from two female examples: one brachypterous 

 from St. Petersburg and one macropterous from Estero. This 

 species may be distinguished from all its congeners by its uni- 

 formly colored front. With Kazbelci Osb. , fuscous Osb. and 

 flabellatus Ball, it forms a group of species closely resembling 

 Pissonotus and distinguished from the typical species nervatus 

 by the much narrower head. The present species is peculiar in 

 being highly polished all over. 



221. Stobaera af finis n. sp. 



Very close to tricariiiata Say but with a shorter vertex, almost uni- 

 colorous face and shorter pronotum. Vertex distinctly shorter than broad, 

 the carinas and fovae less prominent than in the allied species. Front scarce- 

 ly parallel, distinctly narrowed from base to apex in the male. Pronotum 

 not longer than the vertex, the carinae obscure. Color as in trkarinaia and 

 concinna, fusco-testaceous becoming darker on the sides of the thorax; face 

 obscurely mottled and crossed by a faint lighter band below the antennae; 

 marked with a minute black point on either lateral carina opposite the lower 

 angle of the eye and another pair on the base of the rostrum. Legs whitish 

 conspicously dotted with fuscous; Elytra whitish hyaline, the white nervures 

 dotted with black and marked with fuscous as in tricarinata except that the 

 oblique vitta from the stigma to the inner apical angle is narrower at apex, 

 not widened there after passing the outer oblique vitta. Abdomen mostly 

 pale in the female, more or less blackish in the male. Length to the tip of 

 the elytra scant 4 mm. 



Described from four examples taken at Crescent City and 

 Ft. Myers. This species is a little smaller than either tricari- 

 nata or concinna of the former of which it seems to be the 

 southern representative. It has the oblique fuscous vitta found 

 in tricarinata but the short vertex and nearly unicoloroas front 

 will distinguish it. It is sufficiently distinct from minnta Osb. 

 and concinna Stal. This latter species has been taken at Bis- 

 cayne Bay by Mrs. Slosson but 1 was unable to find it at any of 

 the localities visited by me. It has a longer vertex than ajfinis 

 but shorter than tricarinata, the carinae are sharp and prominent 

 over the apex of the head and the elytra want the oblique vitta 

 at the outer angle. The posterior oblique elytral vitta is 

 broader in concinna and covers the apex of the elytra as it does 

 in pallida Osborn. 



