METABRIXTIA. . 87 
' higrescentibus ; tegminibus griseo-brunneis, marginibus plerumque peranguste dilute testaceis; alis 
lacteis, venis fuscis ; pedibus testaceis. 
Mas segmento ultimo ventrali processu medio instructo, stylis ad basim semicirculariter separatis, deinde 
approximatis, ad apicem subsecuriformibus. 
Semitransparent, scarcely shiny, with the vertex truncate in front and carinate in the centre; forehead and 
clypeus together subovate; pronotum and scutellum light testaceous, with broad dark sides, the colour 
being distinctly marked ; tegmina greyish-brown, with two small irregular spots near the margins, and 
the margins themselves narrowly, light testaceous ; abdomen pitchy ; legs testaceous. 
Male with the process of the last ventral segment distinct, the styles long, separated in a semicircle near the 
base, and then approximate, diverging, and subsecuriform, and furnished with long hairs towards 
the apex. 
Female with the last ventral segment truncate in the middle, and the ovipositor very long and strongly 
developed. 
Long. cum tegm. 7 millim.; lat. ad hum. 13 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Presidio (forrer), Chilpancingo in Guerrero, Teapa in Tabasco 
(H. H. Smith). 
A specimen from Chilpancingo is figured. 
2. Metabrixia aspersa, sp.n. (Tab. IX. figg. 24, 24a.) 
Sat brevis, robustior, vertice ante oculos paullo producto, ad medium carinato, hoc et fronte brunneo-testaceis ; 
oculis magnis, subtus levissime emarginatis, fere integris, brunneis nigro-variegatis ; pronoto scutelloque 
ad medium rufo-piceis vel testaceis, ad latera nigrescentibus; tegminibus brunneis, testaceo-variegatis, 
venis crasse granulatis ; alis lacteis, venis piceis ; abdomine piceo ; pedibus brunneis, testaceo-variegatis. 
Mas segmento ultimo ventrali processu brevi instructo, stylis magnis, approximatis, ad apicem securiformibus. 
A rather short and robust species; head a little produced before the eyes; forehead and clypeus lozenge- 
shaped; pronotum and scutellum variable, rufo-piceous or testaceous in the centre, darker at the sides ; 
tegmina brown, variegated with lighter and darker testaceous, this colour forming two or three more or 
less irregular patches towards the apex and base, the veins strongly marked, brown, with light tips at 
the apex, and marked with strong, brown, raised granulations ; wings opaque, milky, with dark veins ; 
abdomen pitchy ; legs testaceous, somewhat variegated. 
Male with the last ventral segment furnished with a short process, and with the styles large, approximate, 
and strongly securiform at the apex. 
Long. cum tegm. 5-6 millim.; lat. ad hum. 2 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith); Costa Rica, 
Irazu (Rogers). 
‘This species differs considerably from the rest, and may belong to another genus: it 
is broader, with the tegmina less adpressed to the sides at rest, and the dilatation 
behind the clavus scarcely evident. A specimen from Teapa is figured. 
3. Metabrixia germana, sp.n. (Tab. IX. figg. 25, 25a.) 
Precedenti affinis, sed dilutior et angustior, vertice ante oculos ad latera utrinque producto, elevato; fronte 
longiori; pronoto scutelloque ad medium testaceo, ad latera fusco ; tegminibus subpellucidis, venis minus 
distincte granulatis ; pedibus testaceis. 
Mas segmento ultimo ventrali processu brevi medio instructo, stylis longis, approximatis, apicibus securi- 
formibus. 
Closely allied to the preceding, but distinguished from it by the produced and raised sides of the vertex, if 
viewed from above, and by the longer and narrower frons; the tegmina are much less coarsely granulate, 
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