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APHROPHORA IRRORATA n. Sp. 
Dark rusty-brown, flecked with lighter, very closely 
resembling longer and narrower than with 
a much shorter vertex and a less swollen front; length 
ll-12mm., width 3.5-4mm. 
Vertex short, transversely depressed, only slightly longer on middle 
than at eye, anterior margin thin, tylus broad and short, nearly twice 
wider than long, median carina obscure, front moderately inflated, outline 
a regular curve from clypeus to vertex, angle with vertex acute, inflation 
of front less than the long diameter of the eye; pronotum transversely 
depressed before the middle, posterior disc elevated, carina weak except 
across the depressions, lateral margins short, their length less than the 
distance between the ocelli; elytra, long and narrow, much exceeding the 
abdomen, but little windened at center of costa: costal margins scarcely 
reflexed; costal area narrow, no more than one-half wider at the angle of 
the flrst sector than at the discoid cells. 
Color: Vertex, dark rusty-brown, median carina and a spot either side the 
tylus, light; anterior half of the pronotum light, with few dark punctures 
except along the carina, posterior half densely punctured darker; elytra 
tawny, interrupted by numerous small circles of white, often inclosing a 
single dark puncture, these somewhat irregularly arranged, but usually 
showing three light areas, separated by two darker ones along the costa; 
an oblique light band from the center of scutellum to the center of the 
corium; a light spot before the apex of the clavus and another behind. 
Genitalia: Female pygofers short and convex, exceeded by the short 
ovipositor by a distance of less than one-half their width; ultimate ventral 
segment of male abdomen longer than wide, narrowing behind, convex, 
shining; plates broad, parallel margined, inner posterior angles excavated, 
leaving a rounded notch nearly half their depth, outer posterior angles 
produced, acutely pointed. 
Described from several examples received from Professor 
Bruner, taken in Sioux county, Nebraska (War-Bonnet 
Canon), and others taken in Rist Canon (Ft. Collins), Colo. 
This species resembles parallela quite closely in color and 
marking, and was probably the one referred to by Say as 
occurring in Missouri and Arkansas. It is quite distinct 
structurally and may be readily separated by the short vertex, 
longer elytra and the striking differences in front and 
genitalia. 
APHROPHORA PERMUTATA Uhl. 
A. permutata Uhl. List Hemip. Colo, and N. Mex., p. 472, 1872 (Mss.). 
A. permutata Uhl. List Hemip. West Miss. Riv., p 345, 1876 (Descrip.). 
A. permutata Uhl. Stand. Nat. Hist., p. 243, 1884 (Distribution). 
Varying from dark rusty -brown to brownish-yellow, with 
two oblique dark-margined, light bands on the elytra; resem- 
bling irrorata, but with a more inflated front, and longer, nar- 
rower male plates; length 9-12mm., width 3.5mm. 
