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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  67 
  

  

  1907, 
  October 
  22, 
  1905, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  dates, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz, 
  H. 
  S. 
  

   Barber, 
  O. 
  Heidemann; 
  Hyattsville, 
  Md., 
  September 
  18, 
  1913, 
  Paint 
  

   Branch, 
  two 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Beltsville, 
  Md., 
  July 
  30, 
  1922; 
  Washing- 
  

   ton, 
  D. 
  C, 
  issued 
  April 
  5, 
  15, 
  1913, 
  from 
  rotten 
  pine 
  wood 
  collected 
  

   at 
  Piney 
  Branch; 
  Timm's 
  Hammock, 
  Dade 
  County, 
  Fla., 
  February 
  

   24, 
  1919, 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber; 
  Porto 
  Bello, 
  Panama, 
  February 
  23, 
  1911, 
  

   E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz; 
  Paint 
  Branch, 
  Md., 
  same 
  data 
  as 
  above, 
  Vienna, 
  Va., 
  

   August 
  17, 
  1922, 
  H. 
  G. 
  Barber; 
  Keene 
  Valley, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  June 
  29, 
  1917, 
  

   H. 
  Notman. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  Ceratocomhus 
  niger 
  Uhler 
  6 
  may 
  possibly 
  have 
  been 
  

   applied 
  to 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  widely 
  distributed 
  species. 
  However, 
  

   the 
  holotype 
  of 
  C. 
  niger 
  is 
  lost, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  specimen 
  mentioned 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  as 
  " 
  somewhat 
  distorted 
  " 
  

   is 
  in 
  too 
  poor 
  condition 
  for 
  identification. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  also 
  that 
  

   the 
  name 
  Ceratocomhus 
  panamensis 
  Champion 
  7 
  applies, 
  a 
  matter 
  

   which 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  decided 
  definitely 
  without 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  that 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Holotype, 
  allotype 
  and 
  paratype. 
  — 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  27573, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  CERATOCOMBUS 
  (LEPTONANNUS) 
  MINUTUS 
  Uhler 
  

  

  Ceratocomhus 
  minutus 
  Uhler, 
  P. 
  R., 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1894 
  (March 
  

   6), 
  pp. 
  196-197 
  [Grenada]. 
  

  

  Uhler 
  compared 
  this 
  species 
  with 
  brasiliensis 
  Reuter 
  in 
  his 
  orig- 
  

   inal 
  description 
  but 
  the 
  species 
  he 
  had 
  under 
  that 
  name 
  is 
  our 
  major. 
  

   His 
  minutus 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  latipennis 
  Uhler, 
  and 
  

   in 
  venation, 
  both 
  agree 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  forewing 
  of 
  

   Leptonannus 
  biguttulus 
  Reuter, 
  an 
  African 
  species. 
  Uhler's 
  two 
  

   species 
  are 
  very 
  similar 
  in 
  structure 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  

   difference 
  in 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  rostral 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  as 
  pointed 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  key. 
  The 
  ocelli 
  in 
  minutus 
  are 
  noticeably 
  

   larger 
  than 
  in 
  latipennis, 
  and 
  in 
  fully 
  winged 
  specimens 
  the 
  vein 
  

   emanating 
  from 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  discal 
  cell 
  of 
  forewing 
  is 
  much 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  vein 
  forming 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  that 
  cell 
  while 
  in 
  

   latipennis 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  length. 
  In 
  the 
  original 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  Uhler 
  gives 
  the 
  color 
  as 
  dull 
  black 
  but 
  the 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  

   before 
  us 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  series 
  are 
  of 
  various 
  shades 
  of 
  castaneous; 
  

   this 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  fading. 
  Length, 
  1.5-1.75 
  mm. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined: 
  Balthazar, 
  Grenada, 
  St. 
  Vincent, 
  H. 
  H. 
  

   Smith; 
  Cacao 
  Trece 
  Aguas, 
  Guatemala, 
  April 
  11, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz 
  

   and 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber. 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  it 
  

   is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  collected 
  from 
  April 
  to 
  September. 
  

  

  6 
  Uhler, 
  P. 
  R., 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  27, 
  1904, 
  pp. 
  361-362 
  LLas 
  Vegas 
  Hot 
  

   Springs, 
  New 
  Mexico]. 
  

  

  7 
  Biol. 
  Centrali-Amer. 
  Insecta. 
  Rhynchota 
  Heteroptera, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  336, 
  April, 
  1900., 
  

   [Panama]. 
  

  

  