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Family Saldid^. 



Salda opacipennis Champion. 



A large series, evidently a common insect in Guatemala: 

 Gualan, Jan. 14th, 1905. The female is larger and broader than 

 the male and has a white spot at the base of the elytra. The 

 genital segrnent is slightly produced in the middle; whitish on 

 the borders and most of the posterior third. 



Family Reduviid^. 

 Saica apicalis n. sp. 



Similar to S. fuscipes Stal, but with the apices of the femora, base of 

 tibiae, and spines on the pronotum, prothorax, and scutellum vermiUion- 

 red. 



Antennas as long as the body; basal segment nearly as long as the other 

 three conjoined; second segment one-third as long as the first; third segment 

 twice the length of the second; fourth one-half the length of the third; first 

 and second segments straight; the third and fourth slender and curved. 

 Anterior and intermediate legs nearly equal in length; posterior legs longer 

 with the femora passing the end of the abdomen. Legs and antennae clothed 

 with long fine hairs. The anterior femora with an outer and inner row of 

 setae quite regularly placed. 



Color. Head, thorax, abdomen, rostrum, base of antennas, coxae, 

 trochanter, base and apex of femora, costa, veins of hemelytra and base of 

 tibis vermillion-red. Antennae, femora except base and apex, tibiae except 

 base and apex, posterior portion of abdomen, blackish or infuscated. Legs 

 blackish, apex of tarsi and tibiae of fore and middle legs fusco-ochraceous. 

 Tarsi only of posterior legs fusco-ochraceous. 



cf . Penultimate segment short and surpassed by the margin of the ante- 

 penultimate. Terminal segment tumid, with long incurved claspers, dense- 

 ly haired, acute at tip. 



9 . Genital segments triangular, rounded below, with a central supra- 

 anal plate covering the larger part. The lateral lobes narrow, their apices 

 and borders of vulvar openings densely haired. 



Length cf and 9 13 to 13.5 mm, width d' and 9 2 mm. 



One cf and four 9 , taken at Los Amates, Guatemala, Feb. 

 18th to 28th, 1908. 



PStenopoda culiciformis Fabricius. 



One nymph, taken Jan. 15th, 1905 at Gualan, Guatemala. 



Conorhinus dimidiatus Latreille. 



One specimen, belonging to the variety C. maculipennis 

 Stal as recognized by Champion: Santa Lucia, Guatemala, Feb. 

 1st, 1905. 



Sirthenea carinata Fabricius. 



One adult and two nymphs from Guatemala: Morales, 

 March 8th; Gualan, Jan. 14, and Feb. 15, 1905. This conspicuous 

 and well-marked species ranges from Ohio to the southern part of 

 South America. 



Apiomerus moestus Stal. 



One specimen, taken at Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, March 

 3rd, 1905. 



