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September 1899.1 PSYCHE.
P. 3 L 0. Heteropterous Hemiptera.
Only the first eight pages of this tract were printed in I 83 I, as is evident from the fact that on 11. 19 [322 of Compl.
Writ.] under Pmtatoma hifida, Say's new
species etc. found by Barabino [p. 3001
is referred to, which was printed 'c Janu- ary, 1832." All the remainder of this
tract, therefore, must have been issued
after that date. [The first signature
also contains, on p. 5 [316], under the
description of Penta/oma hih-is a simi-
lar reference. A copy of the original
tract is in the Boston society of natural history.]
P. 364. BeZosfomafluminca. [var. a,
immaculatus does not appear in the
first Barabino pamphlet.]
P. 369. Correspondence. See
Southern Agriculturalist, Charleston, S. C., Vol. i, p. 203. [There followsin the Disseminator an apology to Dr. Capers
for publishing his letter without consult- ing him, signed T. S.
Dr. Harris's copy
of this Correspondence is bound up with
a New Harmony pamphlet (Compl.
Writ., ii, 521) as a leaf from the Dis-
seminator (with other matter) pasted
between the title page and the paper
proper and unnumbered ; whether it was
printed earlier or later does not ap-
pear; my own copy of the pamphlet
does not contain it.]
I?. 373. Description of Hymenoptera.
[Dr. Harris gives January, 1829, as the
date of publication.]
P. 387. line I ; for scutcl, read suture. P. 390. Elafer unicolw. Nails pecti-
'nated.
P. 393. Ehfw erosvs. Compare this
with Eii-c71emis &opus; it is possible it may be congenciic.
P. 395. Klater silaceus. Length
nearly three tenths of an inch,
P. 395, E711tor rubricus. Abdomen
black.
ON ALEBRA ANT) RELATED GENERA.
BY C. F. BAKER, ST.
The Typlilocybid genus Alebra is
separated from others of the tribe by
the fact that the elytron possesses a well developed appendix. The wing re-
scinbles that of tlic higher Jassids in
being distinctly margined, and with
three apical cells.
There are in my collection fourteen
Brazilian species of the Typhlocybjni
in which the elytron possesses an ap-
CKOIX FALLS, WISC.
penclix. As. far as the wings are con-
cerned, however, twelve of these species are not at all like Alebra, :is in these the margin of the wings is entirely oh-
solete around the apex.
Five of these Brazilian species which
I had loaned Mr. Gilletfc were de-
scribed under Alebra in his late paper
on the Typhlocybini. (Proc. Nat.
Mus. XX). Only one of these (dor-




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salts) was a true Alebra. The other
four (part of the twelve mentioned
above) are not Alebra, and although in
one species a wing is figured, yet no
mention is made of its peculiar struc-
ture. These specics, which Gillette
describes under Alebra, could not pos-
sibly be placed in that genus by the
use of his own synopsis immediately
preceding the descriptions.
The last of the fourteen species men-
tioncd above differs from all the rest in wanting the elytral appendix, though it
possesses a typical Alebra wing and
has the general habitus of an Alebra.
It represents the type of a new genus
which I shall call EUALEBRA.
The relation of these genera to others
of the tribe Typhlocybini may be shown
best in tabular form, as follows : -
Appendix present.
Wing distinctly margined around
apex, Aleira.
Wing with ~'niirgii'i obsolete around
apex, Protalef>rc{- 11. gen.
Appendix absent.
Wing margined and with
Three apical cells (exclusive of
costal), Ettaleira 11. gen.
Two apical cells.
Body short, robust, * E~yth~ia.
Body comparatively long, slen-
der, Dicranetzra.
One apical cell,
Bmpoasca.
*This ~ioi-tp lias no known repiesentatives in the Amcr- icm fauna. Its ~eduction would onl>~ be justified bya study if very complete and extensive Xi-n-opcm material. EUK- peaii students who have had that opportunity consider it distinct. The diiTerencc in form, provided it is cuiislant throughout the two asseinbhiges of species, is as good a cric character as any.
Wing not margined and with
Three apical cells, Eupferyx.
Two apical cells, Typhlocyba.
fiale6ra s-mifhii 11. sp.-Length 3 nim.
Vertex very large, as long as pronoturn, ro~inclly angled in front and swollen out laterally a little in front of the eyes, this last being a cliameter not before observed in the Lt-ibc. The face in the single specimen col- lapsed in drying. Hcad and below sordid
whitish. Margin of vertex above antennal sockets, apex of first antenna1 joint, middle femora apically and middle tarsi at base, blackifch. Pronoturn and basal angles of scutel with fairly numerous small brown dots, the former in the middle behind with a large brown cloud; the latter with two largerround dots at middle, and apex, dark brown.
Elytra smoky subhyaline, with brown
mdcings, the base of the clav:ts suffused with sanguincous. Base and apex of clavus, bi~se of corium and entire apical portion to just within the anteapica.1 cells, with fine brown dots. A very irregular brown band
extending from middle of clavus to apex of costal cell. A large rectangitlar white spot on middle of costal area,
Described from a single male in the
Herbert H. Smith collection, taken at
Chapada, Brazil. This prettily marked
little species presents more remarkable
cliaracters than any other Typhlocybid
known to me, and is the type of the
genus.
Protu/~I~a singularis n. sp.-Length 3.5
mm.
Vertex strongly produced and singled
apically, plane, as long as or a IiLLle longer than pronuturn. Basal lialf of vertex, prono- tuin, and basal half of scutel, orange, darker on the pronotnm. Hind margin of pronututn narrowly white, the white narrowly margined internally with black. Anterior margin of head narrowly black, bordering this below



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September 1809.1 PSYCHE. 403
narrowly white, still below this on upper part of front more broadly black. Face be- low blackened, otherwise pale yellow, as are also the lcgs except tips of tarsal joints which are black. Sternum blackened.
Elytra golden brown, faintly dotted with paler; a spot at base of corium, a narrow oblique line crossing elytra from apical third of corium down and back to costa, and apical portions of second and third terminal ner- viircs, white. All apical and the two sub- apical cells snmkv_s_uhhyaline. The elytra in this species are very remarkable in that they possess two anteapical cells, an occur- rence unparalleled in the Typhlocybini, mid the three specimens I have are all alike in this respect. Not only does the wing indi- cate its true relationship, but the three very closely allied species, sfmilis, ninetine and ur,ifiwicta, possess the normal elytral vena- tion.
Female valve with a stout, median, ti-i- angular, black, margined tooth, the lateral angles broadly rounded.
Describccl from three specimens in
the Herbert PI. Smith collection, taken
at Chapada, Brazil, in April. Of these,
one has lost its abdomen, the other two
are male and female. The plane vcr-
tex margined anteriorly with white and
black gives this species a striking re-
semblance to Scaphoideus.
ProtaUbva sirnilis n.sp.-Lengt.h 3 mm.
Closely resembling sinfdaris but smaller; elytra without antcapicul cell, and propor- tionally shorter. Vertex, pronotum and scu- tel colored the same as in si?~guln~is except somewhat brighter. Face, sternum and ven- ter except last segment, blackish brown. Elytra with general plan of coloration as in sii~g;;/ar/s. Veins of clavus back of diagonal white band black, this band on corium proxi- mally margined with black. Cubital vein
black except for two small whitish interrup- tions, and cobtal cell apically with a diagonal black spot. The golden brown portions of basal half of elytra without the minute pale dots found in sin-gularis.
Described from three specimens in
the Herbert 11. Smith collection, male
and female, taken at Corunlba, Brazil,
in April. The resemblance to singu-
Zan% is reinai Idle.
-Protale&ra ninettae
n. sp. - Length 2.5
inm. Form of singularis, but vertex slightly convex, giving the head a somewhat tumid appearance. Head pale yellowish, a large round spot on tipiof vertex and one on either side just below edge of vertex black; lower part of face bright sanguineous. Pronoturn orange, the hind niargin white bordered be- fore with black as in singula/'is, but the black line extended forward on to the disc of the pronotiim in two large black teeth; bc- tween these teeth white with ;i small black spot. Scutel orange, the apical half white. Costal and apical portions of elytra whitish or stno1c.y-subhyaline, a large spot zit middle of costal iircii, and the veins surrounding outer apical cell, blackish. Rest of elytra pale golden brown, with a white band rcach- ing from brachial nerve on one side across apex of cliivus to the hrachial nerve on the other side. This white band is not oblique, and is bordered proximally with blackish, the veins back of -it blackish.
'
Described from a unique specimen in
the Heibert H. Smith collection, taken
at Cllapada in August. The species
of Protalebra are about the moht deli-
cately beautiful Jassids I have ever
seen, not even excepting certain Tetti-
gonias, and this species is the gem of
the genus. On this account, I have
dedicated it to my wife, who has been
of the greatest assistance to me in my
scientific work.




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Protalebra ĺ´uni'punct n. sp. -Length 3
mm. Resemblingmiiettue but Isu-gcr. I-lend very bluntly angled in front, scarcely three fourths the length of the pronotum. Head and all below pale yellowish, apex of the former with a large, round black spot, vertex brownish towards the hase. Pronotiim pale golden brown, the hind margin narrowly
obscure whitish; in front of this whitish margin, mcdially with two large oblong
black spots which diverge forward, on either side of these is a small black spot: anteriorly with a median blackish dash. Elytra golden brown, an extensive costal area smoky snh- hyaline, the apical veins whitish; a diagonal white band extending from apical two-thirds diagonal hand passing from middle of claval commissnre to costa, where it is reflexed and extended diagonally upward and backward
to the transverse veinlets in a boot-shaped white stripe; the transverse white band is narrowly margined before with blackish,
behind with sanguineus. Other than the
inarl<ings, the elytra are pale sordid yellow- ish basally, becoming smoky snbhyaline
apically. Inner apical cells with a large whitish hyaline area.
Described from one fcma-le and three
males in the Herbert 13. Smith collec-
tion, taken at Chapada, Brazil, in
Ausil.
Described from four specimens, male
and female, in the Herbert 13. Smith
collection, taken at Chapada in January. Thc lour species, sing-alaris, simiLis,
&nettoe, and 7mi'uncta form a group
of very closely allied species. While
alike in general appearance, after the
manner, for instance, of Tettigonia
,-u$fes, 12-functata, and crassa, or the members, of the colorata group, still
their differences are striking and unmis- takable.
Protalebra messillifera n. sp. - Length 3.5 mm. Vertex rather strongly but roundly
and almost tumidly ungulate in front, the vertex convex. Color very pale yellowish. Pediincle of antennae, a median spot on an- tenor portion of pronotum, and a spot on propleura extending up to hind angles of pronotum, brick red. Pronoturn posteriorly ivory white. Scutel with a black band across tip, leaving on\y a minute white point
beyond. Elytra with a broad white sub-
-
neath pale sordid yellowish. Two small
golden dashes on middle of pronoturn, the median line sometimes white. Elytra before transverse veins whitish suhhyaline marked with golden; clavus with an irregular spot at base and an incomplete circle at middle; curium with three equidistant, fine, trans- verse, wavy lines. Beyond the transverse veins, uniform deep, smoky in some cases, in others this cloud is broken up more or less by round hyalinc spots.
Described from four females and one
male in the Herbert H. Smith collec-
tion, taken at Chapada, Brazil in April. ProtaleSra amoena n. sp. - Length 3 mm.
Fonn much as in terminafa, Paleycllovvish, vertex, a broad median portion of pronotum and inner basal margins of elytral broaden- ing to middle of claval commissure, washed with sanguincous. Elytra hyaline with two golden clouds in region of hrachial cell, the apical one smaller and inclined to red- dish. Innerapical margin of elytra irregu- larly fuscous.




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Described from a single male in the
Herbert 11. Smith collection, taken at
Chapada, Brazil, in Januiiry.
Protalebra brmili'ensis n.sp-Length 2.7.5 mm. Face elongate, vertex shorter than
pronotum and tumidly angulate. Color
sordid yellow.
Vertex with three dark dots
on basal margin.
Pronotum and scutel dark
fuscous; the former with three minute light dots anteriorly and four lxrger in a transverse row behind; sculel with a slender median line and a dot on eitlier side light.
Elytra
with larse lemon yellow areas as follows : one at base, one at middle of corium, and :I common com~nissural area resting on npex of clavus; the basal area is just before basal margin and
extends from costa to brachial
cell; both are diagoiial, extending up and back.
The interspace between these areas is
dark smoky, becoming lighter apically, the lips hyaline.
The dark interspace with liya-
line spots, which are particularly noticeable just beyond transverse veinlets.
Described from many specimens in
the Herbert H. Smith collection, taken
at Chapada and Cormnba, Brazil, from
January to April. This species has
somewhat of a resemblance in the char-
acter of the markings to certain Typh-
locybas of the comes group.
Protaletra curvillnea (Gill.)
Protalebra bifasciata (Gill.)
Protalebra trimaculata (Gill.)
Protalelira roinsta (Gill. )
These four species described under
Alebra by Gillette, belong in Protalebra, of which genus wvilhea may be taken
as the type. The types of all the
species discussed above are now in the
National Museum.
SOME CALIFORNIA BEES.
BY CARROLL FOWLER, DUARTE, CAL.
HERIADES Spinola.
One specimen belonging to this genus has been collected at Berkeley, and it represents ii new species. The only other species re- corded from this State is H. albicinctum Prov. from Los Angeles.
Hen'ades glaucwnn. sp. - $\
Length 5.5
mm.
Bluish-green, clothed with thin white
pubescence. Head broader than thorax,
dark green, finely punctured, clothed with long white pubescence, dense on clypcus
and cheeks; mandibles black. Antennae
brownish-black, reaching to the base of the abdomen. Thorax dark bluish-green, finely and densely punctured, clothed with long pubescence, denser OH metathorax and pleu- ra. Wings with a brownish linge darker
in miirginal cell; second snbmarginal cell a little longer than the first, narrowed nearly one half toward the marginal and receiving the first recurrent vein one fourth its length from base and the second one fifth from tip. Le~s dark green, clothed with thin white pubescence, on tarsi beneath yellow; tibia1 spurs and claws brownish. Abdomen dark
bronze-green with bluish reflection in certain lights; densely punctured, narrow apical margins of the segments smooth and pale
brown; the whole clothed with a very short thin white pubescence longer and denser on the apical segments and venter.
Habitat. Berkeley, Cal. May I. One
specimen.




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