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  1 
  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  83 
  

  

  Hypopygium 
  long, 
  opening 
  upward 
  (fig. 
  132«) 
  ; 
  spine 
  and 
  claspers 
  

   as 
  described 
  in 
  key 
  (fig. 
  133). 
  Sixth 
  sternite 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  rounded 
  

   emargination 
  medianly, 
  the 
  sides 
  first 
  convex, 
  then 
  concave, 
  pos- 
  

   teriorly; 
  7th 
  sternite 
  with 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  approximately 
  the 
  same 
  

   shape, 
  but 
  lacking 
  median 
  emargination. 
  Process 
  of 
  6th 
  tergite 
  

   narrowing 
  very 
  gradually, 
  rounded 
  apically, 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  

   apices 
  of 
  claspers. 
  

  

  Length, 
  23-26 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  Corumba, 
  Brazil, 
  May 
  (Carnegie 
  Museum, 
  Ace. 
  

   No. 
  2966). 
  Paratypes 
  male, 
  two, 
  same 
  locality 
  as 
  type, 
  highlands 
  

   in 
  March; 
  and 
  another, 
  Province 
  del 
  Sara, 
  Bolivia, 
  February, 
  1913, 
  

   Steinbach 
  (Carnegie 
  Museum) 
  ; 
  male, 
  Brazil, 
  G. 
  Fallon 
  (Paris 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  certainly 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  Santarem, 
  Brazil 
  (Ace. 
  

   No. 
  2966, 
  Carnegie 
  Mus.) 
  is 
  selected 
  as 
  allotype. 
  Coloration 
  agrees 
  

   very 
  closely 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  male. 
  The 
  seventh 
  tergite 
  is 
  somewhat 
  

   narrowly 
  rounded 
  apically, 
  and 
  the 
  eighth 
  is 
  rather 
  compressed, 
  

   deep-sided 
  and 
  pointed 
  apically, 
  otherwise 
  as 
  described 
  in 
  key 
  and 
  

   figured 
  (figs. 
  134, 
  135). 
  Another 
  female, 
  labeled 
  merely 
  Amazon 
  

   River 
  (Stockholm 
  Mus.), 
  and 
  one 
  Goyaz, 
  Jatahy, 
  Brazil, 
  Breddin 
  

   (Berlin 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  EMES~AYA 
  MANNI, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  General 
  color 
  castaneous, 
  posterior 
  lobe 
  of 
  pronotum, 
  wings, 
  and 
  

   legs 
  paler 
  brown, 
  the 
  fore 
  femur 
  with 
  a 
  subapical 
  and 
  the 
  fore 
  tibia 
  

   with 
  two 
  pale 
  bands. 
  Male 
  hypopygium 
  as 
  noted 
  in 
  key, 
  the 
  claspers 
  

   oblong, 
  not 
  touching 
  each 
  other 
  apically, 
  the 
  extremity 
  pointed 
  within, 
  

   apical 
  tergite 
  moderately 
  pointed 
  and 
  slightly 
  surpassing 
  hypopy- 
  

   gium. 
  Length, 
  32 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  Huachi 
  Beni, 
  Bolivia, 
  September, 
  1921, 
  Wm. 
  M. 
  

   Mann 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Male, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26738, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Genus 
  METAPTERUS 
  Costa. 
  

  

  Metapterus, 
  Costa, 
  Achille. 
  Additamenta 
  ad 
  Centurias 
  Cimicum 
  Regni 
  

   neapolitani. 
  Atti 
  del 
  real 
  Istit. 
  d 
  ' 
  Incorag. 
  Sci. 
  nat. 
  Napoli. 
  1860, 
  p. 
  10. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  bibliographical 
  reference 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  not 
  personally 
  veri- 
  

   fied. 
  We 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  this 
  publication 
  in 
  the 
  largest 
  scientific 
  

   libraries 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  The 
  genotype 
  is 
  Metapterus 
  linearis 
  Costa, 
  

   whether 
  by 
  original 
  designation 
  or 
  otherwise, 
  we 
  are 
  unable 
  to 
  say. 
  

  

  Barce, 
  Stax, 
  C. 
  Hemiptera 
  Africana 
  descripsit, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  1805, 
  pp. 
  102-163. 
  

   [A 
  genus 
  without 
  species 
  here.] 
  Analecta 
  hemipterologica, 
  Berliner 
  Entomolo- 
  

   gische 
  Zeitschrift, 
  vol. 
  10. 
  1800, 
  p. 
  108. 
  [Monobasic, 
  B. 
  annulipes, 
  new 
  species, 
  

   genotype.] 
  

  

  Carambis 
  Stal, 
  C. 
  Hem. 
  Afr. 
  3, 
  1SG5, 
  p. 
  103. 
  [A 
  genus 
  without 
  species 
  here.] 
  

   Anal, 
  hemip. 
  Berlin 
  Ent. 
  Zeitschr., 
  vol. 
  10, 
  1800, 
  p. 
  108. 
  [Monobasic, 
  genotype, 
  

   Emesa 
  caspica 
  Dohrn.] 
  This 
  synonymy 
  clears 
  up 
  Stal's 
  reference 
  to 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  Carambis 
  from 
  America. 
  (Emim. 
  Hemip. 
  2, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  127.) 
  

  

  