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ens, naming it Ph. dccoratus. Having recently received a 

 specimen of Ph. pnstnlatns De G. from French Guiana and, 

 through the kindness of Mr. Distant, a cotype of his Ph. dc- 

 coratus, I find that there is neither affinity nor resemblance be- 

 tween these two species which belong to widely different gen- 

 era. Although Distant speaks of "the elevated meso and 

 metasternum," neither of these sterna is elevated in decoratus. 

 What Distant has taken for the meso-and metasternum is the 

 basally depressed basal spine of 'the venter. It will not be out 

 of place to give completer and more accurate data about these 



two genera. 



PHALAECDS Stal. 



Body broadly oval. Head small, distinctly narrower than 

 apex of pronotum, sub-rhomboidal, a little exserted and broad- 

 er than long, eyes not touching pronotum, postocular and ante- 

 ocular part of equal length, lateral margins before the eyes 

 slightly and broadly sinuate, juga longer than tylus, approach- 

 ing but not quite meeting in front, blunt at apex, ocelli some- 

 what more distant from each other than from eyes, bucculse, 

 nearly reaching base of head, first antennal joint passing apex 

 of head by about two-thirds its length and nearly as long as 

 second joint, third joint longer than second and shorter than 

 fourth, which is as long as fifth, rostrum reaching middle 

 coxse, first joint reaching base of head, second joint a little 

 shorter than third and fourth combined, fourth shorter than 

 third. Pronotum about three and one-half times broader 

 than head, deeply sinuate at apex with a short transverse im- 

 pression on either side behind the apical margin, which is not 

 raised, lateral margins narrowly reflexed, very feebly rounded, 

 lateral angles rounded, scarcely prominent. Frena reaching 

 beyond middle of scutellum. Prosternum longitudinally 

 fore coxse. Metasternum sexangularly elevated in the middle, 

 the elevated part tapering from base to apex and reaching the 

 fore coxae. Metasternum sexangularly elevated in the middle, 

 the elevated part broadly emarginate behind for the reception 

 of the ventral basal tubercle. Orificial sulcus straight, rather 

 long, its anterior margin thickened. Hemelytra with the cost- 



