HEMIPTERA OF COLORADO. 
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Pediopsis fumipennis n. sp. 
Female: Form of bifasciata. Face little more than one-sixth wider than long; 
clypeus short and broad, suddenly croadened and widely depressed before the rounded 
apex, sides nearly parallel on basal two-thirds, but slightly broadening towards base; 
front slightly constricted before 
antennae, rapidly narrowing 
towards clypeus. Front and ver¬ 
tex finely rugose, with scittered 
inconspicuous punctures. Vertex 
one-fifth longer at eyes than at 
middle, width between eyes nearly 
eleven times length at middle. 
Pronotum two and one-fourth 
times wider than long, curvature 
three-fourths of length, sculptur¬ 
ing like that of front but coarser. 
Scutellum finely rugose, basal 
angles shagreened. Last ventral 
segment with hind margin slightly 
emarginate. Head, pronotum, 
legs and venter green, or yellowish 
green. Elytra deep smoky brown, 
costal margin greenish. Propleura 
without a black spot. Valves of ovipositor yellow at base, green at tip. 
Length 5.5 mm. Described from one female. 
Steamboat Springs, July 15th (Baker). 
Pediopsis sordida VanD. Det. VanDuzee. 
Colo. (VanDuzee, 4). 
Estes Park, July 12th; North Park, July 20tli; Steamboat 
Springs, July 26th; Gore Pass, July 29th (Gillette). Steam¬ 
boat Springs, July 15th on willow (Baker). 
Pediopsis viridis Fitch. 
Canon City; Clear Creek Canon, on willow (Uhler, 5). Colorado (Uhler—see 
VanDuzee, 1). Colorado (VanDuzee, 4). 
Dolores, June 18th (Gillette). Fort Collins, August 11th; 
Steamboat Springs, July 15th on willow (Baker). Colorado 
Springs, August (Tucker). Some slightly smaller, more 
yellowish specimens from Montrose, June 24th (Gillette), 
we had considered distinct, but aside from these differences 
there are no characters on which they can be separated. 
Idiocerus alternatus Fitch. 
Colorado (VanDuzee, 4). West Cliff, Custer County, July 31st; a’so high 
alpine (Cockerell, 10). 
Spring Canon, May 11th; Horsetooth Gulch, April 21st to 
May 18th; Rist Canon, June 12th; Fort Collins, June 14th; 
Estes Park, July 12th; Steamboat Springs, July 26tli; Lead- 
