June, 1905.] 
New North American Fulgoridae 
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clavus except veins, costal space and portions of discal spaces, basal por- 
tion of abdominal segments, plates, border of ovipositor, tip of rostrum, 
tarsal claws, black, legs tinged with fuscous. The males similarly colored 
but brown or blackish markings are nearly obsolete on abdominal segments 
except fourth and fifth and sides of pygofer. 
Male genitalia, hooks strongly curved upward, narrowed to acute apex 
which is quite brown or black. 
Specimens are in hand from Mr. A. F. Satterthwaite, Harris- 
burg, Pa., who collected them on Spatterdock (Nuphar sp.) at 
St. George’s, Del. 
Megamelanus spartini. n. sp. 
Elongate, slender, female light straw color Male with elytra and 
beneath black. Length of female, 3 mm., male, 2.5 mm. 
Head distinctly produced, vertex produced in front of eyes, nearly 
twice as long as pronotum, twice as long as greatest length of eye. Lateral 
margin elevated, central carinae prominent, forked anteriorly. The 
carinae of fork becoming obsolete near lateral margin, front elongate twice 
as long as wide, elliptical, central carinae prominent, lateral carinae evenly 
curved from base to clypeus. Clypeus elongate, triangular, median 
carinae obsolete, antennae minute, pronotum slightly wider than head, 
carinae slightly divergent, elytra narrow, nearh^ parallel veins prominent, 
minutely setigerous. 
Color of female stramineus, unicolorous, male with vertex, upper part 
of front, eyes, side of head, pronotum, scutellum, and hind tarsi stram- 
ineus, otherwise pitch black. 
Genitalia — female, plates elongate, male, pygofer obliquely emar- 
ginate. Hooks divergent, narrowing to apex. 
A number of specimens of this minute species were taken by 
beating the heads of a rank beach grass (Spartina patens) on 
the shore of Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor, Aug. 18 and 
19, 1904, and two females and fifteen males collected by Mr. J. S. 
Hine, Bay Ridge, Aug. 7, 1899. 
I found my specimens only by beating the blossoms and the 
females especially bear a striking resemblance to the anthers of 
the blossom of this grass so it would seem that they get a very 
distinct protection from their size and appearance. When 
beaten into the net with the abundant chaff from the blossoms 
they were very difficult to recognize until they began to move. 
The colors of the male do not seem to be so distinctly correlated 
with their habitat. The species is apparently pretty closely 
related to elongatus Ball described from Florida and I suspect 
that species will prove to have a similar habitat. Elongatus was 
taken in abundance at New Orleans, La., in IMarch, by Prof. Hine 
which would indicate that it hibernates as adult. 
Stobaera pallida n. sp. 
Superficially resembles tricarinata Say but has lighter vertex, front 
and pronotum much broader, sides of front not parallel, antennae flattened 
and elytra pictured, veins ivory white, pustulate, setae very minute or 
wanting. Length female, 4.5 mm. ; male, 4 mm. 
Head wider than pronotum, vertex nearly twice as wide as long, lateral 
carinae slightly divergent, disc deeply impressed each side of central 
Carina, central fovea small but deep, anterior margin straight, front broad. 
