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FAMILY CAPSID^E. 



387. Miris punctulatus Kirby.- — Length of body 3 lines. Two 

 specimens taken in Lat. 65 . 



[278.] Body oblong, pale, somewhat lurid with a very slight tint of 

 green. Head triangular, impunctured ; eyes a little embrowned, pro- 

 minent ; antennas as long as the prothorax, subtestaceous with the two last 

 joints and the underside of the first black ; thorax, scutellum and heme- 

 lytra very minutely punctured ; a small portion of the prothorax adjoining 

 the head is separated from the rest by an impressed sinuous line and is not 

 punctured ; legs pale ; abdomen subpyramidal, black above, pale under- 

 neath. 



388. Miris vfxtralis Kirby. — Length of body 3 lines. Taken with 

 the preceding. 



Very similar to M. punctulatus, and perhaps only a variety, but the 

 hemelytra are faintly clouded with black, the underside of the abdomen is 

 dusky with two longitudinal reddish spots or stripes. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 

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