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ANTHOCORIS. 
Anithocoris, Fallén, Hemipt. Suec. p. 65 (1826) ; Fieber, Wien. ent. Monatschr. iv. p. 263, t. 6. 
figg. H; Europ. Hemipt. pp. 38, 136; Reuter, Monogr. Anthocorid. pp. 56, 66. 
Rhynarius, Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. p. 104 (1831). 
? Zopherocoris, Reuter, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 187 1, p. 565; Monogr. Anthocorid. p. 156; Stal, 
Enum. Hemipt. ili. p. 102. 
A. holarctic genus, extending in the New World to as far south as the mountains of 
Panama. Of the seven described American species, four occur within our limits, 
whence four others are now added. Some of the Old World forms are said to attack 
lepidopterous larve. It is probable that Zopherocoris, based upon a mutilated insect 
from Brazil, will prove to be inseparable from Anthocoris, one of the new species here 
added * having the anterior dentate. The Central-American forms may be separated 
thus ;— 
a. Elytra with the cuneus and the apices of the corium and embolium shining, 
the membrane with a triangular white patch at the base. . . . . . albiger, Reut. 
6. Elytra uniformly opaque. 
a’. Membrane pale, with a fuscous patch in the centre . . . . . . . fulvipennis, Reut. 
b’, Membrane smoky or fuscous, the basal margin at most pale. 
a’, Femora and tibiz black ; antenne with the base of the third joint 
ferruginous » . . . . we ee ee eee ew we Rigripes, Reut. 
b". Femora at the apex entirely, and the tibiz more or less, pale. 
a”, Pronotum uniformly black: length of the body 3-34 millim. 
a‘, Antenne with joint 2 in great part pale, 3 much longer than 2. variipes, n. sp. 
b*. Antenne with joints 2 and 3 broadly pale at the base, 3 not 
longer thand. 2... we 1 ww ee ee we es (variicornis, n. sp. 
6", Pronotum with the posterior lobe rufo-testaceous ; antennz with 
joints 2 and 3 entirely pale; anterior and intermediate tibia 
ochreous: length of the body 24 millim. . . . . . . . . rufotinctus, n. sp. 
ce. Membrane, antenne, and legs black; antenne stout; eyes large and 
the anterior femora dentate in the ¢ : body elongate, narrow . . . dentipes, n. sp. 
ce. Elytrashining . . . . . ww we ee ee ee ew ee antevolens, B. White. 
1. Anthocoris albiger. 
Anthocoris albiger, Reut. Monogr. Anthocorid. p. 70’. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba and Guadalupe (Bilimek, in Mus. Vind. Ces.1). 
* In addition to these, we possess an example (<¢ ) of another species, from Mexico city (H. H. Smith), but 
it is too immature for description. In this insect the entire upper surface is testaceous and shining (as in 
A. antevolens, B. White) ; the antenne are much longer than the head and pronotum united, with the apices 
of the second and third joints, and the fourth entirely, black; and the membrane has three pale longitudinal 
streaks. 
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