PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Fourth Series Vol. XIV, No. 17, pp. 391-425 September 24, 1925 XVII NEW HEMIPTERA FROM WESTERN NORTH AMERICA BY EDWARD P. VAN DUZEE Curator, Department of Entomology The present paper contains the descriptions of 41 new spe-cies and subspecies of western Hemiptera. In great part these represent species that have accumulated through the field work of the curator of the department of entomology, in Cali-fornia and neighboring states. Their study has been inciden-tal to the determination of the Hemiptera in the collection of the Academy, during the past five years, and are now pub-lished so the names can be used in work now in progress on our interesting western insect fauna. 1. Vanduzeeina calif ornica Van Duzee, new species Larger and less hairy than balli with a longer and more parallel head ; testaceous brown, closely fuscopunctate, apex of scutellum with an oblong pale spot. Length 6-7 mm. Head as wide between the eyes as long, but slightly narrowed apically, sides nearly rectilinear ; cheeks shorter than tylus, their surface depressed next the prominent median portion of the tylus, their apex roundedly truncate ; bucculae high and subacutely angled as in balli. Sides of pro-notum distinctly sinuate anteriorly, the anterior angles prominent ; in balli nearly rectilinear or very feebly arcuated ; transverse median impres-September 24, 1925
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