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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  67 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Bohio, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Feb. 
  7, 
  1911, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz. 
  Cat. 
  

  

  No. 
  27574, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  CRYPTOSTEMMA 
  SMITHI, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Body 
  color 
  rubiginous, 
  fore 
  wings 
  dusky 
  with 
  lustrous 
  surface 
  

   and 
  pubescence 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  species. 
  Length, 
  1 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype 
  and 
  one 
  paratype. 
  — 
  Females, 
  Grenada, 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith. 
  

   Cat. 
  No. 
  27575, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Named 
  for 
  the 
  collector, 
  an 
  assiduous 
  field 
  entomologist 
  who 
  

   brought 
  to 
  light 
  many 
  rare 
  and 
  interesting 
  insects. 
  

  

  CRYPTOSTEMMA 
  UHLERI, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  General 
  color 
  lustrous 
  lutescent 
  to 
  testaceous, 
  fore 
  wings 
  slightly 
  

   fumose 
  to 
  dusky. 
  Venation 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  9; 
  hind 
  wing 
  

   as 
  in 
  figure 
  6. 
  Length, 
  1.25-1.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Female, 
  Cordoba. 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico, 
  April 
  11, 
  1908, 
  

   A. 
  Fenyes; 
  paratype, 
  female, 
  St. 
  Vincent 
  Island. 
  (Uhler 
  Coll.) 
  

   Named 
  for 
  Dr. 
  P. 
  R. 
  Uhler, 
  who 
  did 
  so 
  much 
  indispensable 
  pioneer 
  

   study 
  of 
  American 
  Hemiptera. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  27576, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Schizopterinae 
  

  

  The 
  vestitute 
  in 
  this 
  subfamily 
  is 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Cryptostemma- 
  

   tinae 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  usual 
  lack 
  of 
  distinct 
  bristles. 
  The 
  genitalia 
  

   have 
  different, 
  but 
  no 
  less 
  notable 
  characters; 
  these 
  are 
  mentioned 
  

   further 
  in 
  the 
  keys 
  and 
  also 
  are 
  figured. 
  Contrasting 
  markings 
  

   are 
  more 
  prevalent 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  subfamily 
  but 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  seen 
  

   practically 
  only 
  gradations 
  of 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  (sometimes 
  cream) 
  

   are 
  present. 
  

  

  These 
  minute 
  insects 
  have 
  a 
  wealth 
  of 
  structural 
  characters 
  and 
  

   the 
  prospects 
  are 
  that 
  study 
  of 
  additional 
  material 
  will 
  greatly 
  

   increase 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  genera 
  and 
  species. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  characters 
  

   do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  significance 
  attached 
  to 
  them 
  in 
  other 
  

   families 
  of 
  Heteroptera. 
  For 
  instance 
  ocelli 
  may 
  be 
  present 
  or 
  

   absent 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  genus 
  irrespective 
  of 
  whether 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  macropterous 
  or 
  not. 
  The 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   genera 
  is 
  decumbent, 
  much 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  Homoptera, 
  but 
  in 
  one 
  genus 
  

   (N 
  annocoris) 
  it 
  is 
  porrect; 
  this 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  inter- 
  

   gradations 
  between 
  this 
  subfamily 
  and 
  the 
  Cryptostemmatinae. 
  

  

  KEY 
  TO 
  THE 
  GENERA 
  

  

  1. 
  Propleurum 
  not 
  conspicuously 
  swollen 
  anteriorly, 
  falling 
  considerably 
  short 
  

   of 
  attaining 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  eyes 
  in 
  profile 
  (fig. 
  15) 
  ; 
  venation 
  of 
  fore- 
  

   wing 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  44 
  Ceratocomboides, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

  

  Propleurum 
  conspicuously 
  swollen 
  anteriorly, 
  attaining 
  or 
  surpassing 
  an- 
  

   terior 
  margin 
  of 
  eyes 
  (figs. 
  16-19) 
  2 
  

  

  