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Vertex linear but quite sharply defined. Front at least one-third 

 broader than long at the middle; sides arcuated and below following the 

 line of the clypeus; apex deeply excavated for the rounded base of the 

 clypeus; disk with a broad ill-defined median carina. Carinas and impressed 

 points on the pronotum obsolete or the points sometimes barely distin- 

 guished. Mesonotum moderately convex, the carinas obsolete, the disk 

 flattened posteriorly. Elytra twice as long as broad; costal and sutural 

 margins nearly parallel, the former moderately bowed at base; apex 

 truncated, the angles about equally rounded; the two subapical lines parallel 

 but approaching to join the costal nervure, the space between them equal to 

 that between the exterior and the apical margin. 



Color pale green or almost white, the paler specimens perhaps not 

 fully developed. Eyes brownish; clypeus and mesonotum brownish- or rufo- 

 fnlvous and there is a touch of the same color on the pleura? and tarsi; 

 sides of the clypeus with paler striae and its middle line is usually brownish. 

 Elytra very feebly infuscated at apex. 



Described from four examples: one taken at St. George, 

 Utah, by Prof. H. F. Wickham, in July; another taken at Los 

 Vegas, Nevada, in September, by Mr. J. C. Bradley, and two 

 taken at Yerington, Nevada, in July at an altitude of 5000 feet, 

 by J. P. Baumberger, and kindly sent me for study by Mr. C. 

 E. Olsen of Maspeth, L. I. This species may be distinguished 

 by its pale green color, its fulvous or rufescent clypeus and 

 mesonotum, and the broad front. 



Aphelonema obscura n. sp. 



Allied to simplex but smaller and darker in color. Vertex transverse 

 very short, but little broader than the bounding carinas. Front ovate 

 oblong, distinctly narrower than in simplex; median carinas feeble; clypeus 

 but moderately incurved, feebly carinate. Pronotum regularly rounded 

 before without the slight angle observable in simplex, evenly but obscure- 

 ly pustulate, median carina obtuse; hind margin but feebly acuated; 

 mesonotum with the smooth median area narrower than in the allied 

 species, the three carinas distinct but not sharp. Elytra in the brachypter- 

 ous form truncated, reaching to about the middle of the tergum, the ner- 

 vures reticulated but not conspicuous. Length 2% mm. 



Color luteous brown becoming darker fuscous-brown beneath and on 

 the pustulated portion of the face, pro- and mesonotum, and black on the 

 clypeus, sides of the face and venter; elytra, middle compartment of the 

 mesonotum and front distinctly paler, with a dusky cloud on either side 

 of the latter; apical one-half of the last ventral segment and slender mar- 

 gins of the basal segments paler. Tergum with a double row of incomplete 

 blackish ocellated marks on either side. Legs pale, the femora obscurely 

 lineated with fuscous, the tarsal claws black. 



Described from two female examples taken at Tipton, Ga. , 

 Sept. 8th, 1910, by Mr. J. C. Bradley. The macropterous form 



