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298 HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. 
Pronotum as broad as long, with a shallow transverse curved groove in front ; 
rostrum comparatively short, joint 3 slightly longer than 2; head pale; 
elytra opaque, a broad space along the costal margin excepted, the corium 
with a transverse plica towards the apex . . . - . «© «© + + + «+ «+ uteiceps, Walk. 
Pronotum longer than broad, with a straight transverse groove in front. 
Rostrum comparatively short, joints 2 and 8 subequal in length; elytra 
_ entirely shining ; anterior tibiz angularly widened at the apex. . . ~ fusca, Stein. 
Rostrum very elongate, joint 2 longer than 8; elytra with the clavus . 
opaque; anterior tibie widened in their outer half. . . . . . . . pallipes, Stal. 
1. Pagasa luteiceps. (Tab. XVIII. figg. 16,164, 2.) 
Prostemma luteiceps, Walk. Cat. Hemipt. Heteropt. vii. p. 135°. 
Q. Macropterous form.—Moderately elongate, robust ; clothed with scattered sete, the abdomen, scutellum, 
corium, clavus, legs, and antenne also sparsely pilose; the intermediate and hind tibizee with a few very 
coarse long sete on their outer edge; piceous, the head rufo-testaceous above, the anterior lobe of the 
pronotum nigro-eneous, with a triangular ochreous mark on the disc at the apex; the scutellum fusco- 
testaceous, darker in front, with a pale central line, the fovee black; the clavus and corium fuscous, 
streaked with fusco-testaceous between the nervures, the corium broadly black at the apex and with two 
ochreous marks at about the middle of the apical margin; the membrane fuscous, black at the base, the 
nervures paler; the antenne, rostrum, and legs fusco-testaceous; the surface shining, the scutellum 
and elytra opaque, a space along the outer part of the corium (extending from the base to the transverse 
plica) excepted. Head smooth, the eyes large and rounded, the ocelli prominent and comparatively 
large; rostrum stout, reaching to about the middle of the anterior coxe, joint 3 slightly longer than 2, 
2 extending only as far as the posterior margin of the eyes; antenne with joints 1-3 moderately 
stout, 4 and 5 very slender, 2 one-half the length of 1, 3-5 long, subequal in length. Pronotum almost 
smooth, as broad as long, with a fine shallow curved transverse groove separating off the collar in front, 
the transverse sulcus before the base impunctate. Scutellum bifoweate on the disc. Elytra with three 
regular rows of punctures —two rows on the clavus and.one on the inner basal half of the corium; the 
shining outer portion of the corium obsoletely rugulose, limited posteriorly by a distinct transverse 
plica; the membrane extending to a little beyond the apex of the abdomen. Anterior femora greatly 
incrassate, denticulate beneath. Anterior tibize strongly curved inwards, widening on the inner side to 
the apex and also denticulate within. 
Length 632, breadth 24 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith).—Soura America }, Tapajos!. 
One specimen. Very like P. enescens, Stal, from Brazil, but differing from it in 
the spotted elytra, which have a much broader shining space at the sides, and the 
shorter and stouter rostrum (in P. @nescens the second joint is fully as long as the 
third). From P. pailidiceps, Stal, it may be known by the less elongate head, the 
much shorter rostrum, the broader shining space at the sides of the elytra, &. The 
present species has a distinct transverse pallid plica towards the apex of the corium 
extending inwards from the costal margin, indicating the point of separation between the 
cuneus and embolium, as exhibited in the Anthocoride. 
Stal’s types of P. enescens and P. pallidiceps have been seen. 
