SUBFAMILY I. — ARADIN^. 



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except in niger, reaching or surpassing front coxae; first joint 

 of antennae short, thick, narrowed at base ; pronotum wider 

 than long, margins usually reflexed, disk with six carinae, the 

 outer one on each side very short; scutellum large, elongate- 

 triangular or sub-pentagonal, its margins and base usually ele- 

 vated ; elytra shorter and narrower than abdomen, the mem- 

 brane with three or four oblique veins ; connexivum broadly ex- 

 posed; under surface more or less convex; coxae, especially the 

 front ones, less widely separated than in the Mesirince. Males 

 with genital segment large, convex and bearing a lobe each 



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Plate I. Structures of Aradus. 

 a, Ventrals V and VI and genitals of female; b, genitals of male, terminal por- 

 tion only ; c, antenna ; d, pronotum and sometimes the adjacent parts ; e, dorsal view 

 of hind part of abdomen, female; g. 1. genital lobes. (After Parshley). 



