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25. Resthenia vittifrons. (Tab. XXIV. fig. 23.) 
Resthenia vittifrons, Stl, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 318. 2413. 
Hab. Mexico}. 
The type in the collection of Dr. Signoret is here figured. 
26. Resthenia persignanda. (Tab. XXII. fig. 21.) 
Body above black and somewhat opaque ; a small basal spot to head, anterior margin of pronotum, lateral 
margins of pronotum (obscurely and narrowly), and scutellum red; membrane fuscous; head beneath, 
sternum, rostrum, and legs black, lateral margins of prosternum broadly red; abdomen red, apical half of . 
discal area black. 
Antenne (third and fourth joints mutilated) obscurely pilose ; tibiae moderately setose. 
Long. 6 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (Mus. Holm.). 
27. Resthenia exornata, n. sp. (Tab. XXII. fig. 20.) 
Sanguineous; head, antenne, two large basal subtriangular spots to pronotum, lateral angles of scutellum, 
corium, membrane, rostrum, disk of sternum, coxe, legs, and a large apical pyramidal spot to abdomen 
black or fuscous. 
The tibiz are thickly but moderately setose, the antenne obscurely pilose, and the lateral margins of the pro- 
notum are slightly concavely sinuate. 
Long. 6 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (Deppe, Mus. Berol.). 
28. Resthenia thoracica. (Tab. XXII. fig. 14.) 
©. Sanguineous ; head, eyes, antenne, a small spot on anterior margin of pronotum, scutellum (excluding 
lateral angles*), corium, rostrum, legs, and oviposital sheath to abdomen fuseous or black; cox san- 
guineous, membrane pale fuscous. 
Antenne thickly pilose; tibie thickly and finely setose ; lateral margins of pronotum very slightly sinuate. 
Long. 8 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (Koppe, Mus. Berol.). 
29. Resthenia interpuncta, n. sp. (Tab. XXII. fig. 15.) 
. Sanguineous; head infuscated ; central lobe of head, two.spots near anterior margin of pronotum, basal 
angles of scutellum, cuneus (excluding base), disk of mesosternum, and oviposital sheath to abdomen 
black ; rostrum reddish brown; coxe sanguineous, more or less suffused with-fuscous ; membrane fuscous. 
Antenne mutilated. 
Lateral margins of the pronotum distinctly sinuated. 
Long. 8 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (Koppe, Mus. Berol.). 
This description is taken from a mutilated specimen; but the characters are suffi- 
ciently distinct to render its specific diagnosis unmistakable. 
* These sanguineous basal angles to the scutellum have been overlooked by the artist, and do not appear, as 
they should do, in the figure. 
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