PIEZOSTETHUS.—ASTHENIDEA. 517 
Two specimens. This insect is so like P. albonotatus in its general characters, that 
a more detailed description is unnecessary. 
ASTHENIDEA. 
Asthenidea, Reuter, Monogr. Anthocorid. pp. 5, 48 (1884). 
? Calliodis, Reuter, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1871, p. 558; Monogr. Anthocorid. p. 154; Stal, Enum. 
Hemipt. iti, p. 101. . 
With one exception, all the species of this genus are American. It differs from 
Lasiochilus in having the pronotum margined at the sides and with the short collar 
placed before the anterior angles, the elytra finely pubescent (instead of being clothed 
with long hairs) and with rather narrow embolium, the orifice of the metastethium 
curving forward (instead of backward), &c. The flattened apical portion of the 
scutellum (as in Lasiochilus) is more or less opaque. If Calliodis (the mutilated type 
of which I have not seen) should prove to be synonymous with Asthenidea, the latter 
name will have to be dropped. ‘The four Central-American species may be separated 
thus :— 
Legs partly piceous ; elytra ‘ochreous, with two dark fascie . . . . . . . mebulosa, Uhler. | 
Legs wholly testaceous. 
Elytra slightly shining, testaceous, the cuneus sometimes a little darker ; 
pronotum variable in colour . . . . . . 1... ss e es  «pallescens, Reut. 
Elytra dull, the cuneus partly black or fuscous; pronotum piceous . . . picta, Uhler. 
Elytra moderately shining, ochreous, with two fuscous fascia; pronotum 
rufo-testaceous . . . 1 1 we we ww ee ee ow ww we ew ) «Otfasciata, n. sp. 
1. Asthenidea nebulosa. (Tab. XIX. fig. 12.) | 
Lasiochilus nebulosus, Ubler, P. Z. 8S. 1894, p. 200°. 
Hab. GuatEMALA, Rio Naranjo (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
—ANTILLES, Grenada }, 
Three specimens, agreeing with the types in the British Museum. Recognizable 
by the dull, finely pubescent, ochreous elytra, which have a common transverse fascia 
crossing the apices of the clavus, corium, and embolium, as well as the cuneus, nigro- 
fuscous; the legs are partly piceous; the apical half of the scutellum is opaque; the 
orifice of the metastethium is short and curved forward. 
2. Asthenidea pallescens. 
Asthenidea pallescens, Reut. Monogr. Anthocorid. p. 51 **. 
Hab. Mexico (Bilimek, in Mus. Vind. Ces.'), Vera Cruz (Sallé, in Mus. Holm.*), 
* Dr. Reuter (op. cit. p. 103) sinks this name as a synonym of Poronotus constrictus (Stil), but this is a 
mistake. The type of the latter has the pronotum very deeply emarginate at the base, the clavus extremely 
coarsely punctured, the embolium very broad behind, and the wings without a hamus in the cell. Poronotus, as 
represented by P. constrictus, is a valid genus, near Cardiastethus. 
