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them by the very deeply emarginate base of the pronotum, the transversely sulcate 
scutellum, &c. 
Some of the specimens named by Prof. Uhler as C. consimilis and C. assimilis, from 
St. Vincent and Grenada respectively (P. Z. S. 1894, pp. 156, 201), no doubt belong 
here: they are smaller than the insect described, and have the cuneus partly blackish. 
3. Cardiastethus limbatellus. (Tab. XIX. fig. 29.) 
Xylocoris limbatellus, Sial, Rio Jan. Hemipt. i. p. 44°. 
Dasypterus limbatellus, Reut. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1871, p. 564, t. 7. fig. 72; Stal, Enum. Hemipt. 
ili. p. 102°. 
Cardiastethus limbatellus, Reut. Monogr. Anthocorid. p. 138 *. 
Ovate, shining, the elytra duller, finely pubescent; nigro-piceous, the head (except at the base), the hind 
angles of the pronotum broadly, and the outer margins of the elytra rufo-testacedus, the antenna, rostrum, 
and legs testaceous, the two outer joints of the antenne slightly infuscate. Head broader than long, 
about one-half longer than its width between the eyes, the latter moderately large; antenne with 
joints 1 and 2 rather stout, 3 and 4 more slender and somewhat fusiform, 2 three times as long as 1 and 
thickened towards the apex ; rostrum not extending beyond the anterior coxe. Pronotum (along the 
‘median line) as long as the head, rounded at the sides, transversely rugulose, the anterior lobe smooth in 
the middle, the posterior lobe flattened on the disc, the base very deeply emarginate, the anterior angles 
obtuse and declivous. Scutellum with a broad, deep, transverse, rugulose depression before the apex. 
Elytra closely, very finely punctate; the embolium broad, at the apex not much narrower than the 
corium ; the membrane with an inner and an outer nervure distinct. Orifice of the metastethium very 
long, extending outward to the submarginal ridge. 
Length 23 millim. (<¢.) 
Hab. Guatemata, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet (Champion).— Braziu4, Rio 
Janeiro !~8, 
Four specimens, the sex of one only of them ascertained. Recognizable by its ovate 
shape, feebly depressed pronotum, and peculiar coloration. As Stal’s type has not 
been seen by me, a description of the Guatemalan examples is given. 
4. Cardiastethus assimilis. 
Dasypterus assimilis, Reut. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1871, p. 564’. 
Cardiastethus assimilis, Reut. Monogr. Anthocorid, p. 189° (nec Uhler). 
Ovate, shining, the elytra duller, finely pubescent ; ochreous or rufo-testaceous, the neck, scutellum, elytra, 
mesosternum, and in one specimen the anterior lobe of the pronotum also, piceous, the sides of the elytra 
more or less testaceous; the antenne testaceous, with the two outer joints and the apex of the second 
more or less infuscate; the rostrum (the base excepted) and legs testaceous. Head, antenna, and 
rostrum as in C. limbatellus, Pronotum much narrowed anteriorly, feebly rounded at the sides, the 
posterior lobe deeply depressed on the dise in front and also faintly rugulose, the base very deeply 
emarginate. Scutellum and elytra as in C.limbatellus. Orifice of the metastethium very long, extending 
outward to the submarginal ridge. 
Length 2-23 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Norra America, S. Carolina and Texas1?.—GuaTEMaLa, near the city 
(Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 to 8000 feet, Pefia Blanca 3000 feet 
(Champion). 
