NO. 1108. PBOCEEBINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 263 



longest, X)iceoui« at tip, the third about two-thirds the length of the 

 second, dark at tip, fourth dusky, pale at base, a very little shorter 

 than the third; rostrum slender, reaching to the middle coxa?, flavo- 

 testaceous, darker at base, the apical joint piceous. Pronotum sub- 

 triangular, the anterior lobe flattened and depressed, infuscated, 

 pubescent, remotely punctate, with the lateral margin reflexed inferi- 

 orly, collum reflexed, posterior lobe obscure fulvous, larger than the 

 anterior lobe, moderately convex, sparsely punctate with fuscous, the 

 lateral margins interrui)ted]y reflexed, with the humeral angles knobbed 

 and margined exterioiiy by a groove, posthumeral lobes thick, testa- 

 ceous; pro-pleura piceous in the middle, meso- and meta- dark piceous, 

 feebly punctate. Legs fulvo-testaceous, the coxsb pale at tip, the femora 

 darker apically, punctate, tibiie paler, tarsi piceous at tip, the anterior 

 femora armed beneath with two long si>urs and one short tooth. 

 Scutellum rufocastaneous, depressed and punctate at base, carinate 

 and paler at tip. Clavus flavo-testaceous, marked with three incom- 

 plete lines of punctures; corium flavo-testaceous, obsoletely punctate 

 with brown and with coarse brown punctures on the sutures; the cuneus 

 whitish, pale piceous at tij), punctate exteriorly; costal margin strongly 

 sinuated, pale testaceous; membrane brown; paler at tip and with 

 interrui)tedly pale A'eins, particularly at base. Abdomen pale fulvous. 



Length to tip of abdomen, 7.J mm.; width of pronotum, Ig mm. 



Type.— 'No. 3113, U.S.N.M. 



Only two specimens of this insect are ])resent in this collection. 



EREMOCORIS PLANUS, new species. 



Dull piceous-black, with the pronotum a little longer than wide and 

 only a little narrower anteriorly, with the lateral margins strongly 

 reflexed and testaceous. Head a little longer than the anterior lobe of 

 pronotum, minufely scabrous, a little piceous at tip; antenna? stout, the 

 Joints pale at base, the second joint a little longer than the others, the 

 basal joint thick and shortest; rostrum slender, fulvo-testaceous, black 

 at tip, reaching to the middle coxjie. Pronotum sparsely punctate, 

 dull blackish on the anterior lot>e, and this has an indented dot each 

 side of middle, anterior angles slightly rounded, posterior lobe obscure 

 testaceous, punctate, feebly sinuated on the lateral margin adjoining 

 the transverse suture, the posthumeral margin with a depressed lobe. 

 Scutellum piceous, remotely punctate, depressed in the middle between 

 a Y sha])ed carina which is i)rotracted to end of apex. Corium dull 

 blackish, Avith a large testaceous spot at base, deeply remotely punc- 

 tate with black, base and apex of cuneus more or less testaceous, apex 

 of clavus sometimes testaceous ; membrane blackish-brown. Legs pice- 

 ous, the tibia? generally paler. Venter black, polished. 



Length to tip of venter, 5-;")^, mm. ; width of pronotum, 2:^-2i mm. 



Type.— No. 31U,JJ. S.N. M. 



Four specimens belong to this collection. 



