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General color light brown but quite variable. Scutellum and apex 

 of corium dark. Thorax and corium spotted with small red dots. 

 Membrane spotted with fuscous. Beneath pale, with prominent red 

 spots well scattered ; abdomen more or less mottled with fuscous. 



Its range includes Southern United States, Mexico, Colom- 

 bia and Paraguay. 



Harmostes prolixus Stal. 



Harmostes proli.vus Stal, Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-Traktens. Hem. 



Fauna, p. 37, 1858. 



Head broad, first joint of antennae passing apex of head, second 

 shorter than third, fourth one-half longer than first joint. Rostrum 

 extending beyond metasternum. Bucculae short, ending before line 

 of the eyes. Eyes prominent. Lateral margins of pronotum crenu- 

 lated to posterior angles. Median dorsal line almost disappearing in 

 center of thorax. Thorax, scutellum, and corium finely and evenly 

 punctate. Hemelytra widest at the middle. Membrane hyaline with 

 faint fuscous spots. Hind legs with femora greatly incrassated and 

 with three large prominent spines beneath, between which are from 

 two to four smaller ones. Size about 7 mm. long. General color above 

 dark brown but may vary to lighter shades. Beneath lemon yellow 

 mottled with fuscous laterally. Posterior two-thirds of hind femora 

 dark brown to black. 



This species is reported from Rio Janeiro. I have also seen 

 specimens from Mexico, Porto Rico and Paraguay. 



Harmostes procerus Berg. 



Harmostes procerus Berg, Hem. Argentina 1879, P- 9 1 - 



No specimens of this species have been examined, but by the 

 original description it can readily be placed in the key to spe- 

 cies and should be easily recognizable. A synopsis of the orig- 

 inal description is here given: 



Head moderately long, second joint of antennae shorter than the 

 third, beak extending beyond the metasternum. Lateral margins of 

 pronotum strongly crennlate, posterior angle broadly rounded. Mem- 

 brane subhyaline with an obsolete median fuscous line. General color 

 yellowish, corium tinged more or less with green. Size 5-6*/ 2 mm. 

 long. 



The most pronounced character by which the species may be 

 separated from H. proli.nts is the broadly rounding posterior 

 angles of the pronotum. 



Berg records its occurrence at Buenos Ay res and in Pata- 



gonia. 



