HEMIPTERA HETEROP1 ERA OAPSID^E. :;r,'.t 



llearlv C(|li;il, till- following sllheqlial ;illil together longer than tllf M-cciIiil. 



Thorax verv faintly and distantly punctate, short. imeate in front and 

 In-hind. or SOmewhal emaiginate :n front, tin- lia-i- nn.-c than twice the 

 breadth of tin- apex, tin- side* oblique and iiearlv Mraighl : sciitellnm inod- 



erately large. I.e^- slender l>ut not \IT\- long. Hemelytra fuscoua like 



tin- hod\. tin- membrane Mnall and pale fuliginous. 

 Length, 4.T.". ..... ': breadth, _>""". 



Florissant. Three specimens, X'*. ^."i, .'ilso, -i.'i 



'1. ( '.M'Sl - I. .\rtJ8. 



Head small, roundly and not very strongly produced in front of the 

 eyes; tirst joint of antenna' rather stout, nearly or quite as lonu- as the 

 head, the second much slenderer, equal, as tar as preserved nearly twice aa 

 long as the tirst. Thorax very obscurely punctate, truncate at either 

 extremity or a little and roundly emaiginate in front, the base more than 

 twice, probably two and a halt times, broader than the apex, tin- sides 

 strongly oblique and >trai^ht. Legs rather stout and not loin:. 



Length, 6.5 : breadth, 2.V"'". 



l-'lori>saut. One specimen, No. 128. 



Al't'liK.MA gen. nov. (anip^^o 



I am unable to decide upon the precise position of the insect here con- 

 cerned, though it appear- to belong in or near the l'h\ tocoraria. Tin- 

 head. \\hich ha> been nnco\ered since the plate was engraved, is h-s> than 

 halt as broad as the thorax, but more than twice a> broad a> lon^. ami thus 

 exceptionally small. The thorax, about twice as broad as long, i> poMe- 

 riorh truncate, while the front uarro\\> rapidh but with a rounded ciir\e 

 to the narrow neck ; it is not carinate The sciitellnm is of large si/e. 

 equiangular, with perlectK Mrai^ht side-. Tin- te-miua are slender, w.ith 

 neiitK convex costa, the apical margin obliipie. but the iieiiration can In- 

 made out in the sin-le spi-cimeii known neither here nor in tin- wiug> The 

 himl le-- are lather lon^ and --lender, the teinor.i extending tar be\'ond the 

 side> ot' the bod\ and apparent! 3 aa Ion- M the breadth of the ba>e of the 

 abdomen, the tibia- still longer \\ilh a row o| \er\ -short ai'd ;nc-on-.piciiou- 

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