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e’’, Pronotum with the sides straight, very narrow in front ; elytra 
each with two flavous lateral spots. . . . . . . . . quadrimaculata, nu. sp. 
d’’, Lateral margins of the pronotum flavous. 
f'”. Apical joint of the antennz annulated with flavous ; pronotum 
very narrowinfront . . . ....... ventralis, Stal. 
g’”. Apical joint of the antenne entirely dark ; pronotum a little 
wider infront . . . ..-..... . es « « @bdominalis, n. sp. 
1. Salda signoreti. (Tab. XX. fig. 2.) 
Salda signoretii, Guér. in Sagra’s Hist. fis. polit. y nat. de Cuba, Ins. p. 167, t. 18. fig. 10°; 
Uhler, Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. i. p. 333’, and in Kingsley’s Stand. Nat. Hist. i. 
pp. 265, 266, fig. 321°. 
Acanthia signoretii, Stal, Enum. Hemipt. iii. p. 148 *. 
Salda ornata, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1862, p. 458°. 
Acanthia ornata, Stal, Enum. Hemipt. 1. p. 149°. 
Hab. Norta America, Georgia (mus. Holm.), coasts of Texas, Maryland, and 
Massachusetts on the southern side of Cape Cod 2.—Mexico? °%, deserts of Sonora, 
Vera Cruz >.—Cusa lb. 
I have seen six specimens of this peculiar species—one from Georgia, two from Cuba, 
and three from Mexico (including the type of S. ornata). The antenne are pale and 
slender, with a very elongate second joint, this being longer than the third and fourth 
joints united; they are finely pilose, and on the first joint there are a few short black 
sete. The ocelli are very narrowly separated. ‘The upper surface of the body is rather 
dull and finely pubescent. The membrane has five areole, the outer one being open 
externally. The legs are more or less distinctly annulated with blackish ; they are 
finely pilose, the tibia armed with short black sete. According to Prof. Uhler?? this 
pale-coloured species inhabits white sandy spots near the sea-beach, as well as alkaline 
deserts and the vicinity of salt springs and lakes. Stal’s type of S. ornata is figured. 
2. Salda levis, n. sp. (Tab. XX. fig. 3.) 
Oblong-ovate, very shining, the upper surface somewhat thickly clothed with erect blackish hairs; black, the 
elytra with two distinct yellowish spots only, both marginal, one near the apex of the corium and the 
other on the membrane, the latter in great part fuscous, with the apex hyaline; the antenne testaceous, 
with the apex of the second joint and the base of the third infuscate, the first joint slightly darkened ; 
the rostrum, coxe, and legs testaceous, the tibie and tarsi faintly annulated with fuscous. Head smooth 
behind the ocelli, the latter narrowly separated; antenne elongate, moderately slender, joint 2 nearly 
twice as long as 3, 3 and 4 subequal in length, all the joints shortly pubescent and also clothed with long, 
fine, projecting hairs. Pronotum narrowly explanate at the sides and rapidly narrowing forwards ; 
anterior lobe shallowly sulcate down the middle, limited before and behind by a distinct transverse groove, 
which is impressed with a row of punctures. Scutellum slightly rugulose on the disc anteriorly. Elytra 
almost smooth, the clavus with a few punctures; membrane with four areole. Legs shortly pilose, the 
tibize with scattered sete, 
Length 4-5, breadth 2-21 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab, GuateMaALa, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
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