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| DINIDOR. 
Dinidor, Latreille, Régn. An. v. p. 195 (1829). 
Dictyocoris, Mayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xiv. p. 913 (1864). 
Cyclopelta, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1867, p. 532; En. Hem. i. p. 79 (1870). 
In this genus the antenne are of four joints only, the scutellum broad and rounded 
at the apex, and the metasternum and abdomen unarmed. Dinidor is Neotropical in | 
its habitat. Four species are recorded, of which one only is included here. 
1. Dinidor rufocinctus. (Tab. X. fig. 6.) 
Dinidor (C.) rufo-cinctus, Stal, En. Hem. i. p. 79. 21. 
Hab. Panama (coll. Dist.).—-CotomB1a, Bogoté!, Medellin (coll. Dist.). 
Apart from the colour-difference of the pronotum compared with that of D. mactans, 
I have not been able to separate the two species by the structural characters given by 
Stél. The length of the apical joint of the antenne, however, is sufficient to divide 
them, being much shorter in D. rufocinctus than in D. mactans. 
Fam. COREIDA. 
Subfam. MEROCORINE.. 
Merocorina, Stal, En. Hem. i. p. 125 (1870). 
This subfamily is confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. One genus is 
peculiar to Central America; and of the two others which are found in this region the 
majority of the species are Neotropical. Roughly computing, Central America in the 
Merocorinz possesses about one fourth of the number of known genera, and about one 
fifth of the number of described species. 
FLAVIUS. 
Flavius, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 274 (1862) ; Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1867, p.536; Hem. Fabr. i. 
p- 42 (1868). . a 
The head is distinctly and somewhat prominently tuberculated beneath, and the meso- 
sternum prominently elevated. This elevated portion is broadest at the base, where it 
is tuberculated on each side. The posterior tibie are broad. But one species is at 
present known to science :-— 
1. Flavius lineaticornis. (Tab. X. fig. 73,82.) 
Flavius lineaticornis 3 , Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 275. 121"; En. Hem.i. p. 125.1’. 
Flavius pinguis 2 , Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 275. 122°; En. Hem. i. p. 125. 2°. 
Hab. Mexico!234 (coll. Sign.) ; GuateMaLa, Panima, Vera Paz (Champion). 
