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Color. General color jet black; elytra and legs pallid. Head, second 

 segment of antenna, thorax, scutellum, and abdomen beneath shining 

 pitchy black. First segment of antenna pallid, except at base black; second, 

 third, and fourth segments black. Elytra semi transparent, on the inner 

 border of the corium and clavus pallid and infuscated; the apex of corium and 

 clavus, the margin of the cuneus, and the membrane faintly smoky. The 

 legs pallid. Length, 2.75 mm, width .34 mm. 



One specimen, taken at Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, March 

 3d, 1905. 



Lygus pratensis Linnaeus. 



Two specimens of this widely-distributed and very variable 

 species from Guatemala: Santa Lucia, Feb. 2d, 1905. 



Lygus sallaei Stal. 



Three specimens from Guatemala: Los Amates, Santa 

 Lucia, Feb. 2d; Gualan, Feb. 14, 1905. 



Lygus scutellatus Distant. 



A good series from Guatemala: Los Amates, Jan. 17th, and 

 Feb. 25th; Santa Lucia, Feb. 2d; Puerto Barrios, March od, 1905. 



Lygus lanuginosus Distant. 



Five specimens from Guatemala: Los Amates, Santa Lucia, 

 Feb. 2d, 1905. 



Lygus cuneatus Distant. 



A good series from Guatemala; Los Amates, Jan. 17th; and 

 Feb. 25th; Santa Lucia, Feb. 2d; Puerto Barrios, March 3d, 1905. 



Poecilocapsus ornatulus Stal. 



One specimen, taken Feb. 3d, 1905 at Mazatenango, Guate- 

 mala. 



Horcias plausus Distant. 



Four specimens from Guatemala: Los Amates, Jan. 17th and 

 Feb. 25, 1905. 



Eccritotarsus pallidirostris Stal. 



A large series from Guatemala: Santa Lucia, Feb. 2d, 1905. 



Eccritotarsus incurvus Distant. 



One specimen, taken at Los Amates, Guatemala, Jan. 17th, 

 1905. 



Eccritotarsus bulbosus n. sp. 



Near E. incurvus Distant, but differing by its smaller size and the 

 two conspicuous inflated bulbous enlargments on the pronotum. Antenna), 

 legs, membrane, and two spots on the margin of the corium white. Length 

 2.5 mm. width .9 mm. 



Head transverse; eyes prominent; face deflected. Antennaj with the 

 first segment longer than the head and slightly shorter than the second; 

 third and fourth segments absent. Pronotum elevated in two conspicuous 

 bulbous enlargments equal to the depth of the body, separated by a deep 

 central furrow, leaving a narrow collar in front, and slightly overhanging 

 the scutellum behind. Head and pronotum roughly punctate. Elytra 

 with the costal margins convex, whitish, semi transparent, and with a black 



