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femora toothed or angulate beneath. The last-mentioned character is not mentioned 
by St&l, though it is present in one of his types (2) of &. sanguinosus *. 
1. Mindarus rufonotatus, n. sp. (Tab. XIII. figg. 17, ¢; 174, antenna.) 
3. Elongate, black; the pronotum with the anterior lobe, two small spots on the disc excepted, and a trans- 
verse anteriorly excised, diamond-shaped patch on the dise of the posterior lobe, extending to the base, as 
well as a large patch at each hind angle, extending forwards along the margin to the transverse median 
sulcus, sanguineous ; the corium with the base, outer margin, and an irregular fascia before the apex, 
extending upwards along the inner margin, sanguineous ; the meso- and metapleura each with one, the 
propleura with two sanguineous spots; the connexival segments 1-5 each with a large patch, extending 
on to the sides of the venter beneath, and a double series of transverse spots down the middle of each of 
the ventral segments, sordid ochreous, the sixth connexival segment above and beneath entirely of this 
colour; the membrane nigro-fuscous ; the tarsi testaceous at the base; the body glabrous, the antenne 
somewhat thickly clothed throughout with long, fine, projecting fulvous hairs, the tarsi and the apices of 
the tibiz pilose, the latter thickly clothed with short fulvous hairs at the tip beneath. Head transversely 
rugose, short, rapidly and obliquely narrowing behind the eyes, which are large and prominent, the 
antenniferous processes extending obliquely outwards and nearly as long as the eyes, the tylus very little 
raised; antennee long, apparently 7-jointed, joints 1 and 2 elongate, 2 a little longer than 1, and about 
one-third longer than 3 and 4 united, 4 half the length of 3, 5-7 united about as long as 3 and 4 together, 
7 as long as 5 and 6 united. Pronotum with the anterior lobe, the sulci, and the base of the posterior lobe 
rugulose, the posterior lobe nearly twice as long as the anterior; the hind angles obtuse and tumid; the 
median transverse sulcus deep, the longitudinal one shallower and abbreviated behind. Elytra reaching 
the apex of the abdomen. Anterior femora moderately, the intermediate femora more feebly, incrassate, 
each with an angular prominence or tooth beneath near the base, the anterior pair also with indications 
of a second prominence towards the apex.. . 
Length 23, breadth 7? millim. 
Hab. Nicaraeua, Chontales (Janson). 
One specimen. This species is perhaps nearest allied to M. sanguinosus, Stal, 
from Colombia and Brazil. 
ECTRICHODIA. 
Ectrichodia, Lepeletier et Serville, Encycl. Méth. x. p. 279 (1825) (part.); Stal, Enum. Hemipt. 
ii. pp. 101, 102, and iv. p. 48. 
Rhiginia, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. xvi. pp. 176, 181 (1859) ; Hem. Afr. iii. p. 102. 
The genus Ectrichodia, as restricted by Stal in his later work, includes eight species, 
all American, ranging from the United States to the Argentine Republic. Some of them 
are variable in colour, and they differ sexually in the form of the head and eyes. The 
females are almost always brachypterous f, and individuals occasionally occur with still 
shorter elytra; they also differ from the males in having the head more dilated at the 
sides behind the eyes, the eyes smaller, and the transverse median sulcus of the pronotum 
placed farther back, so that the anterior lobe appears to be more gibbous in this sex. 
* In the male of Ectrichodia venusta, Walk., from Brazil, the anterior and intermediate femora are toothed 
in the male and unarmed in the female. 
+ I have seen only one macropterous female of an Ectrichodia, a specimen of E. cruciata (Say), sent me by 
Prof. Uhler. 
