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notum transverse, strongly sloping towards the head, almost flat, shield- 

 like, with the callosities proximate, central, and abruptly tumid ; the 

 lateral margins oblique, reflexed, the posterior margin broadly sinuate, 

 undulate, and trituberculate, the middle tubercle linear, humeral angles 

 oblique and blunt. Scutellum large, sub-equilateral, convex near the 

 base, basal lobe widely exposed. Mesosternum deeply sunken. Legs 

 short, the femora stout, compressed, subfusiform, and the tibiae very 

 slender. Hemelytra thick, opaque, with the veins strongly defined, the 

 corium w T ide behind the middle, curved and reflexed on the costal bor 

 der, posterior margin almost concurrently oblique with the cuneus, the 

 cuneus small, triangular, feebly incised at base, slightly curved on the 

 basal margin, embolium long, broad and flattened. Membrane large, 

 broadly rounded at tip, the basal cell very large. Female more elong 

 ated than the male. 



P. saldseformis. New species. 



Ovate, broad, blackish-fuscous, or very dark brown, opaque. Head 

 from above almost sharp-pointed, brownish-yellow, marked with fuscous 

 behind and on the sides, the throat piceous. Antennae blackish-brown, 

 paler on the first joint and base of second, the two apical joints pale 

 brownish ; eyes blackish ; rostrum pale piceous, or dull testaceous. 

 Pronotum brownish-yellow, with an angular black spot each side of the 

 callosities, anteriorly, and a smaller spot on the indentation between 

 them, the surface rugose and pointed with fine black dots, especially on 

 the outer reflexed margins, the posterior margin with three white, small 

 tubercles. Scutellum moderately rugose, and with a feebly raised, short 

 line each side next the basal angles, the apex minutely testaceous. 

 Sternum blackish, pale along the middle and on the outer margin, 

 sometimes with a large testaceous band which includes all of the coxae. 

 Hemelytra dull blackish-brown, very sparsely pubescent, the costal edge 

 sharp, interrupted with small white dots, the adjoining border broadly 

 depressed throughout, base of the cuneus and some faint lines on the 

 border next the membrane pale, embolium dull brownish-yellow, mar 

 gined exteriorly with black, which is interrupted by minute pale flecks. 

 Membrane blackish-fuliginous. Legs piceous-blackish, the femora paler 

 at either end, the tibiae twice-banded with testaceous ; tarsi more or less 

 testaceous. 



Length to tip of hemelytra, 2^-3 millims ; width at base of pronotum, 

 i-iX millims. 



Five adults and two nymphs have been examined ; but of 

 the former all have been too shriveled to permit exhaustive 

 examination. The males are broader than the females, and 

 more brightly colored. 



Specimens were submitted to me for examination by Mr. O. 

 Heidemann, which he obtained from dried branches of trees in 



