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Show 267 men dull yellow, the upper surface marked, transversely with brown. Length of body, 18.75mm; of antennae, 12.5 ™ *} of tegmina, 15mm; of hind femora, 12mm. 4 <?. Garden of the Gods, Colorado, July 13. 26. Aulocara decern nov. sp. This species differs but little from the preceding, and may possibly belong with it, but it is paler- colored, less variegated, and has shorter tegmina and wings. The head, excepting the dark- brown vertex, is uniform very pale yellowish- brown; the clypeus % and labrum very pale dull straw- yellow, almost white; more than a third of the antennse is pale at the base. The tegmina are scarcely as long as the abdomen, light brown on the basal half of the middle area and basal third of the front area, the rest pallid or very pale brown, sparsely sprinkled with brownish dots. Hind tibira pale blue, with a broad, pallid, basal annulus. Abdomen yellow throughout Length of body, 17.5mm; of antennae, lUS ™ ; of tegmina, 11.75mm j of hind tibue, llmm. 1 j . Lake Point, Salt Lake, July 26, where they were common. 27. Acrolophitus hirtipes ( Say) Thorn. 2 9. Golden, Colo., and foothills at entrance to Clear Creek Canon, July 3. 28. Brachystola magna ( Braohypeplus magnm Girard). A single pupa was taken at the Garden of the Gods, Colo., July 13. This generic name, derived from Ppa% u<; and < rclojj, is proposed in place of Braohypeplus Charp. ( B. virescens Charp. is the type), which is pre- occupied in Coleoptera ( Erichs., 1842). 29. Platamodes pennsylvanica ( De G.) Scndd. 1 <?. Salina, Eans., in a house. Stenopelmatus oculatus and Cratypedes lineata are described from specimens dried after immersion in alcohol; the remaining species from ordinary cabinet- specimens. t |