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eyes, which are moderately large and very prominent ; surface delicately 

 granulate. Thorax scarcely broader than long, subquadrate, at the apex 

 of the same width as the head, the lateral angles rectangular, the posterior 

 lobe coarsely, the anterior lobe scarcely, granulate. Ilemelytra reaching 

 the extremity of the abdomen ; corium and clavus blackish fuliginous, with 

 the sutura clavi marked by a broad pallid stripe which broadens at the 

 costal margin to a large triangular spot ; membrane pale fuliginous, the 

 veins infuscated, a moderately large, trapezoidal, pallid spot next the apex 

 of the corium. Legs dark fuliginous, uniform. 



Length of body, 7.5°""; breadth of thorax, 1.8°"°; abdomen, 2.7""'. 



Florissant. One specimen, No. 12778. 



4. Parodaemistus defectus. 



Head subquadrangular, slightly longer than broad, about as long as 

 the thorax, the sides straight, the front broadly angulate, surface delicately 

 granulate, eyes rather small, not very prominent. Antennae rather more 

 than half as long as the body, slender, the last joint delicately incrassated 

 and fusiform. Thorax trapezoidal, tapering slightly from base to apex, the 

 apex being about two-thirds as long as the base, the whole about half as 

 broad again as long, the apex about as broad as the intraocular part of the 

 head, the apical margin slightly and gently emarginate ; the surface of the 

 anterior lobe nearly smooth, of the posterior coarsely granulate like the 

 scutellum ; veins of the corium of the hemelytra coarsely granulate. Head 

 and thorax blackish fuscous, the anterior lobe of the thorax a little lighter ; 

 the legs fusco-fuliginous. 



Length of body, 7.5"°' ; breadth of thorax, 2'°"'. 



Florissant. Three specimens, Nos. 5121, 9428, 9941. 



5. Pakodaemistus exanimatus. 



Head rounded, except for the eyes broadest at the posterior edge of 

 the eyes, behind which it is somewhat constricted, rather longer than broad, 

 longer than the thorax, considerably and roundly produced in front of the 

 eyes ; eyes large and prominent ; surface granulate ; antennae considerably 

 more than half as long as the body. Thorax about half as bi'oad again as 

 long, shorter than the head, coarsely granulate posteriorly, delicately granu- 

 late anteriorly, the sides somewhat full ; scutellum coarsely granulate. 



