HEMIPTERA OF COLORADO. 
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eyes, outer margin broadly angled, attaining the tip of tiie 
clypeus, unusually broad beneath the lorae; front one-sixth 
longer than broad, twice as long as the clypeus, gradually nar¬ 
rowing below, superior angle rather broadly rounded. Face 
and vertex finely shagreened. Eyes with a small but distinct 
emargination at the antennae. Disc of the vertex shallowly 
and broadly depressed, length at middle once and one- 
third that at the eyes, width between the eyes once and a third 
the length at the middle. Pronotum about two and two-fifths 
times wider than long, length one-seventh greater than that of 
the vertex, curvature two-fifths of the length, feebly wrinkled 
on the posterior three-fourths, slightly concave behind, sides 
short and not carinate, ^cutellum finely shagreened. Hind 
margin of the last ventral segment truncate, with a median 
slit, the hind angles produced and broadly rounded. Color 
black, with yellow markings. Front with five light dashes on 
either side and the lower margin yellowish. Crest of the vertex 
yellow, back of this are two black and two yellow linesextend¬ 
ing from eye to eye, a black median line on posterior one-half. 
Pronotum with a median transverse band and the hind margin 
yellow. Scutellum with the sides yellow. Elytra dark smoky, 
nervures and a broad line on the costal margin bright yellowr 
middle of the cells paler. Abdomen black. Propleura with a yellow spot. Legs black- 
distal end of anterior femora and a line on outside of posterior tibiae, yellow. 
Length 4.5 mm. Described,from one female. 
Leadville, August 23d (Gillette). 
Thamnotettix longula n. sp. 
Face one-ninth wider than long; clypeus two-thirds longer than broad, gradually 
broadening to the apex, sides nearly straight; lorae as wide as the clypeus, and one- 
fourth longer; genae broad, nearly flat beneath the eyes, 
outer margin sharply rounded, hardly attaining the tip of 
the clypeus, very narrow below the lorae; front one-fourth 
longer than broad, twice the length of the clypeus, gradu¬ 
ally narrowing below, superior angle obtusely rounded. 
Face and vertex finely shagreened. Disc of vertex flat, 
sloping, one-third longer at the middle than at the sides, 
width between the eyes little less than twice the length , r it 
the middle. Pronotum one arid three-fourths times wider 
than long, lengr.h two and one-fourtli times that of the 
vertex, curvature about one-half of the length, smooth on 
anterior one-fourth, finely transversely wrinkled and with 
shallow scattered punctures on posterior three-fourths, 
hind margin slightly concave, sides carinate. Scutellum 
finely shagreened, transverse groove curved forwards. 
Color fulvous brown, nearly immaculate. Face with 
about six indistinct transverse bands on either side of the 
front. Vertex with a median dark brown line, and a dark 
spot near the compound eyes on either side just within the 
posterior margin. Pronotum with a faint yellow longitudi¬ 
nal line, anterior margin whitish in the center. Scutellum 
with two longitudinal pale lines running forwards from 
ends of transverse groove, between these lim s are two 
dark spots, tip pale. Elytra uniform smoky subhyaline 
with nerves and central portions of cells pale. Venter and 
legs unicolorous. 
Length 5 mm. Described from two males. 
Fort Collins, September 26th on Carex 
