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  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARITNAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  35 
  

  

  DELIASTES 
  RETICULATUS 
  Dohrn. 
  

  

  Deliastcs 
  reticulatus 
  Dohrn, 
  A. 
  Nachtrage, 
  1863, 
  p. 
  76 
  [Cuba]. 
  

   Deliastes 
  brachmarmi 
  Berg, 
  C. 
  Addenda 
  et 
  Emendanda 
  ad 
  Hemiptera 
  

   Argentina, 
  1884, 
  pp. 
  114-115 
  [Mendoza, 
  Argentina]. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Brownish 
  fuscous, 
  spotted 
  and 
  mottled 
  with 
  whitish. 
  Fore 
  

   femur 
  with 
  two 
  irregular 
  whitish 
  annuli, 
  fore 
  tibia 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  

   band 
  on 
  basal 
  half 
  and 
  a 
  narrower 
  one 
  on 
  apical 
  half, 
  whitish. 
  Fore 
  

   wings 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  reticulated 
  with 
  fine 
  whitish 
  lines; 
  hind 
  

   wings 
  whitish 
  hyaline. 
  

  

  Head 
  very 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  convex 
  above, 
  the 
  transverse 
  

   constriction 
  deep; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  them; 
  

   antennae, 
  without 
  long 
  hairs. 
  Anterior 
  lobe 
  of 
  prothorax 
  a 
  little 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  posterior 
  one, 
  slightly 
  tapered 
  posteriorly, 
  with 
  no 
  

   distinct 
  constriction 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  lobe, 
  its 
  extreme 
  

   length 
  about 
  twice 
  its 
  greatest 
  width; 
  posterior 
  lobe 
  arcuate 
  both 
  

   longitudinally 
  and 
  transversely, 
  tapering 
  anteriorly, 
  greatest 
  length 
  

   about 
  1.5 
  times 
  its 
  greatest 
  width, 
  not 
  tuberculate 
  posteriorly. 
  Apical 
  

   tergite 
  forming 
  a 
  broad 
  lobe 
  which 
  extends 
  to 
  apex 
  of 
  hypopygium 
  

   and 
  almost 
  entirely 
  covers 
  it, 
  the 
  apex 
  bluntly 
  rounded; 
  upper 
  

   posterior 
  border 
  of 
  hypopygium 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  35; 
  claspers 
  long, 
  

   slender, 
  recurved 
  apically; 
  seventh 
  sternice 
  slightly 
  concave 
  posteri- 
  

   orly, 
  not 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  preceding 
  one. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  male 
  in 
  color, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  venter 
  largely 
  

   yellowish, 
  marked 
  with 
  brown, 
  more 
  conspicuously 
  on 
  sides, 
  the 
  

   dorsum 
  darker 
  and 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  marbling 
  over 
  entire 
  surface. 
  

  

  The 
  eyes 
  are 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  male, 
  being 
  a 
  little 
  narrower 
  

   above 
  than 
  the 
  interocular 
  space. 
  The 
  prothorax 
  has 
  a 
  noticeable 
  

   annular 
  swelling 
  just 
  before 
  its 
  posterior 
  margin 
  and 
  the 
  margin 
  

   is 
  not 
  flared 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  is 
  distinctly 
  humped 
  posteriorly, 
  with 
  a 
  

   median 
  straight, 
  and 
  2 
  lateral 
  curved 
  carinae; 
  metanotum 
  also 
  

   tricarinate. 
  Abdominal 
  tergites 
  4 
  to 
  7 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  pointed 
  

   tubercle 
  on 
  middle 
  of 
  hind 
  margin, 
  the 
  intermediate 
  two 
  largest, 
  

   posterior 
  angles 
  of 
  connexivum 
  angulate, 
  most 
  conspicuously 
  so 
  on 
  

   segments 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  ; 
  tergites 
  8 
  and 
  9 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  36. 
  

  

  Length, 
  10-11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Male 
  specimen 
  compared 
  with 
  type 
  of 
  hrachmanni, 
  La 
  Rioja, 
  

   Argentina, 
  M. 
  S. 
  Pennington 
  (Pennington) 
  ; 
  3 
  males 
  and 
  3 
  females. 
  

   Argentina, 
  Chaco 
  de 
  Santiago 
  del 
  Estero, 
  near 
  Icano, 
  E. 
  R. 
  Wagner 
  

   (Paris 
  Museum) 
  : 
  one 
  male, 
  South 
  America 
  (Cornell 
  Univ.). 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  three 
  nymphs 
  from 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum 
  collection 
  (witli 
  

   the 
  same 
  data 
  as 
  the 
  adults) 
  which 
  agree 
  in 
  general 
  characters 
  of 
  

   head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  female, 
  but 
  the 
  claws 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  

   tarsi 
  are 
  poorly 
  differentiated, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  processes 
  oh 
  dorsum 
  

   of 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  