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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  67 
  

  

  * 
  SCHIZOPTERA 
  (CANTHAROCORIS) 
  SCYMNUS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Schizoptera 
  (Schizoptera) 
  apicalis 
  forma 
  brachytera 
  Reuter, 
  O. 
  M., 
  

   Monograph, 
  1891, 
  pp. 
  21-22 
  [Venezuela]. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Form 
  ovate, 
  pronotum 
  somewhat 
  inflated 
  posteriorly; 
  

   vertex 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  one 
  eye. 
  General 
  color 
  fuscous, 
  com- 
  

   missure 
  testaceous, 
  especially 
  posteriorly, 
  tibiae 
  pale. 
  Fifth 
  sternite 
  

   as 
  in 
  figure 
  66. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  48. 
  Length, 
  1.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Colonia 
  Tovar, 
  Venezuela, 
  November 
  1, 
  1888, 
  E. 
  

   Simon. 
  " 
  Spec. 
  typ. 
  No. 
  3922, 
  Mus. 
  Helsingfors." 
  

  

  SCHIZOPTERA 
  (SCHIZOPTERA) 
  RETICULATA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Black, 
  membrane 
  of 
  fore 
  wings 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  flap 
  sometimes 
  

   whitish; 
  antennae 
  and 
  legs 
  yellow, 
  the 
  femora 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  brownish. 
  Frons 
  over 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  one 
  eye. 
  Pro- 
  

   notum 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  impressed 
  transverse 
  line 
  which 
  is 
  only 
  

   slightly 
  curved 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  very 
  slightly 
  emarginate, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   narrowed 
  but 
  scarcely 
  notched 
  subapically. 
  Metapleurum 
  reticu- 
  

   late, 
  the 
  extreme 
  inner 
  margin 
  and 
  spine 
  pale 
  and 
  more 
  shining. 
  

   Hairs 
  on 
  frons, 
  pronotum 
  and 
  corium 
  longer 
  than 
  second 
  antennal 
  

   segment, 
  and 
  erect, 
  the 
  disk 
  of 
  corium 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  raised 
  veins 
  

   haired. 
  Dorsum 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  pronotum 
  areolate 
  (as 
  described 
  

   in 
  key), 
  most 
  distinctly 
  so 
  on 
  latter. 
  Venation 
  of 
  fore 
  wings 
  nor- 
  

   mal, 
  the 
  veins 
  more 
  elevated 
  than 
  usual 
  in 
  the 
  genus. 
  Fifth 
  ster- 
  

   nite 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  68. 
  Length, 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Also 
  three 
  paratypes, 
  Livingston, 
  Guatemala, 
  May 
  8, 
  

   4, 
  and 
  11, 
  respectively, 
  E. 
  A. 
  ScliAvarz 
  and 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber; 
  one 
  para- 
  

   type, 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico, 
  December 
  29, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  

   27590, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  SCHIZOPTERA 
  (SCHIZOPTERA) 
  HIRTA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Differs 
  in 
  color 
  from 
  preceding 
  species 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  

   membrane 
  of 
  fore 
  wings 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  apical 
  fuscous 
  

   spot 
  which 
  is 
  rounded 
  on 
  its 
  anterior 
  margin, 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  yellow. 
  

   The 
  frons 
  in 
  male 
  is 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  one 
  eye, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   hairs 
  are 
  shorter, 
  the 
  pronotum 
  is 
  not 
  areolate; 
  metapleurum 
  as 
  

   in 
  last 
  species, 
  scarcely 
  paler 
  within; 
  dorsal 
  view 
  of 
  abdomen 
  as 
  

   in 
  figure 
  83; 
  and 
  fifth 
  sternite 
  as 
  figure 
  69. 
  Hind 
  margin 
  of 
  

   pronotum 
  slightly 
  emarginate 
  medianly, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  small 
  

   subapical 
  notches. 
  Metapleurum 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  37; 
  hind 
  wing 
  as 
  in 
  

   figure 
  47. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Frons 
  about 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  one 
  eye. 
  In 
  other 
  re- 
  

   spects 
  like 
  male. 
  Length, 
  1.5-1.75 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male 
  and 
  allotype 
  (on 
  same 
  mount), 
  and 
  3 
  male 
  para- 
  

   types, 
  Trece 
  Aguas, 
  Alta 
  Vera 
  Paz, 
  Guatemala, 
  April 
  4, 
  18, 
  March 
  

  

  