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mention the long, curved, caudiform prolongation of the outer apical angles of the sixth 
connexival segment, so conspicuous in the male. The anterior angles of the pronotum 
are sublobate and laterally projecting, a character separating the present species from 
the following closely allied form, as well as from the other known members of the 
genus. ‘The type of the female and the Atoyac male are figured. 
4. Artagerus hispidus, n. sp. (Tab. V. fig. 23, 2.) 
@. Ovate, broad, nigro-fuscous, clothed with very short, coarse, matted, decumbent, rusty-brown hairs, which 
are very conspicuous on the raised portions of the surface; the tarsi and the apical joint of the antenne, 
and sometimes the second and third joints also, ferruginous; the basal joint of the antenne and the 
femora and tibie thickly setose. Head obliquely narrowing behind the eyes, the latter prominent, the 
apical process a little longer than the lateral ones; antenne short, joints 1 and 3 subequal in length, 
1 excessively stout, shorter than the head, 2-4 slender, 2 slightly longer than 4, 4 short and piriform. 
Pronotum deeply emarginate at the sides and apex; the anterior portion with the two outer callosities 
raised and very prominent, the inner ones indistinct, the anterior angles rounded and projecting forwards ; 
the posterior portion one-half wider, callous and arcuately dilated at the sides, the disc with two short 
posteriorly converging carine, joining the median carina of the scutellum behind. Abdomen broad, 
rounded at the sides, the outer apical angles of the connexival segments obtusely projecting, that of the 
sixth segment angular or sublobate. Beneath rugulose, the ventral segments each with a small, smooth, 
depressed spot in the centre. Legs short, the femora and tibie extremely stout. 
Length 7-73, breadth 3-32 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Seven examples. Very like A. crispatus (2), but with a short basal joint to the 
antenne and the outer apical angles of the connexival segments much Jess prominent. 
From A. histricus (2 ), with which it agrees in the form of the antenne and abdomen, 
it may be readily distinguished by the anterior angles of the pronotum not being 
dilated laterally into a short lobe. A specimen from Bugaba is figured. 
APHLEBODERRHIS. 
Aphleboderrhis, Stal, Rio Jan. Hemipt. i. p. 67 (1868) ; Enum. Hemipt. iii. pp. 140, 142. 
A single species, from Brazil, was referred to this genus by Stal, and a closely allied 
form from the State of Panama is now added. Pictinus hirticornis, P. tomentosus, and 
P. procerulus, Bergr., all from Brazil, also belong to it, and Aradus pubescens, Walk., 
from Central and South America, is perhaps best placed here. This last-mentioned 
insect is very dissimilar in appearance from A. pilosa and A. comata, but Dr. Bergroth 
informs me that P. tomentosus and P. procerulus are intermediate forms. Our two 
species may be separated thus :— 
Anterior angles of the pronotum broadly dilated and ciliate; head transverse, 
the apical process subtriangularly dilated, cleft at the tip; apical joint of the 
anteune shorter than the third; hairs on antenne, body, and legs curled 
and decumbent . . 2. 1. 1 1 1 ee ew ew ew ee we ee ee COmaLA, DL SP. 
