MILYAS. 245 
6’”, Pronotum black or piceous, with the basal margin and some spots 
on the anterior lobe pale . . . . . . . « . infuscatus, a. sp. 
ce’, Pronotum rufous, the tooth at the lateral angles included, the 
basal margin pale . . . . 
. & with the apex of the last genital segment not produced i in the 
middle, and armed with a short, slender spine. 
a’, Head with a pale spot between the ocelli; ¢ with the genital 
lobes strongly clubbed at the tip . . . . . . mexicanus, n. sp. 
e’’, Head with a pale spot between the ocelli and a pale median line 
extending from it to the base; ¢ with the genital lobes very 
slender . oe ee . . 
. Lateral angles of the pronotum with a rather ‘long, slender, outwardly 
directed spine, the anterior angles with a long tooth, the base sub- 
truncate in the middle; scutellum narrowly foliaceous at the apex. nigropictus, 0. sp. 
rufofasciatus, 0. sp. 
lineaticeps, n. sp. 
1. Milyas punctipes. (Tab. XV. figg. 1, 1a, ¢; 14, last genital segment, g .) 
Sinea punctipes, Amy. et Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hémipt. p. 376°. 
Milyas punctipes, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1862, p. 449°; Enum. Hemipt. i. p. 87°. 
Hab. Mexico? 3, Tierra Colorada in Guerrero (H. H. Smith), Temax in N. Yucatan 
(Gaumer); Guatemata, San Gerdénimo (Champion); Nicaraaua, Chontales (Janson); 
Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui, David (Champion).—Gutana, Cayenne}. 
Not rare in Yucatan and Chiriqui. Fresh specimens have the head, the anterior 
lobe of the pronotum, the scutellum, and abdomen more or less suffused with rufous. 
The third antennal joint is about twice as long as the second. The males have a short 
spine at the apex of the terminal genital segment and slender genital lobes. 
2. Milyas spinicollis, n. sp. (Tab. XV. figg. 2, 2a, 92.) 
9. Broad, obovate, finely pubescent and also clothed with long erect hairs; stramineous, the anterior lobe of 
the pronotum and the base of the scutellum reddish, the dorsal surface of the abdomen tinged with 
sanguineous: the head in great part black above, with a small spot between the eyes and a median line 
down the post-ocular portion stramineous; the pronotum with the inner spines on the anterior lobe black, 
and the posterior lobe, the basal margin excepted, slightly infuscate, with the tubercles and the lateral 
teeth infuscate or black; the elytra dilute fuscous; the connexivum broadly banded with black, the 
mesosternum and the sides of the ventral segments 1-3 also black; the antenne with joints 1 and 2 
black, 1 quadriannulated with stramineous, 2 with a stramineous median ring, 3 and 4 obscure ferruginous ; 
the basal joint of the rostrum and the tibie narrowly annulated, and the femora speckled and annulated, 
with black. Head much shorter than the pronotum, armed above with two small conical tubercles on 
each side before the eyes; antennz moderately long, slender, joint 1 about one-half longer than 2, 2and 3 
subequal, 4 shorter than 3. Pronotum moderately constricted at the sides ; the anterior lobe armed with 
six short spines on each side of the median groove and with a rather long spine at the anterior angles ; 
the posterior lobe studded with scattered conical setiferous tubercles, the base feebly bisinuate in the 
middle and with a narrow reflexed margin at the sides, the lateral angles armed with a short, stout, 
blunt, backwardly directed tooth. Scutellum with the apex rounded and foliaceous. Connexivum broad, 
. rounded externally. Venter smooth. Legs rather short. 
Length 93; breadth of the pronotum 24, of the abdomen 33 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (coll. Signoret, in Mus. Vind. Ces.). 
One example. Allied to UM. punctipes, but much broader; the pronotum with 
