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  13 
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  RYPTOSTEMMATID 
  BUGS 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  23 
  

  

  This 
  specimen 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  of 
  apicalis, 
  although 
  the 
  

   specific 
  name 
  seems 
  more 
  applicable 
  to 
  what 
  Reuter 
  designated 
  as 
  

   var. 
  p. 
  With 
  little 
  doubt 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  really 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  

   On 
  page 
  20 
  Ave 
  have 
  described 
  what 
  Reuter 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  

   brachypterous 
  form 
  of 
  apicalis 
  as 
  a 
  valid 
  species 
  (scymnus, 
  new 
  

   species) 
  and 
  since 
  Reuter 
  mentions 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  several 
  specimens, 
  

   it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  other 
  species 
  can 
  be 
  distinguished 
  in 
  his 
  apicalis 
  

   material. 
  

  

  SCHIZOPTERA 
  (SCHIZOPTERA) 
  NIGRITA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Dead 
  black, 
  the 
  membrane 
  infuscated 
  basally 
  and 
  apically, 
  

   legs 
  fuscous; 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  with 
  short 
  decumbent 
  pale 
  hairs. 
  

   Pronotum 
  broadly 
  but 
  very 
  shallowly 
  emarginate 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   scutellum, 
  the 
  latter 
  acuminate 
  but 
  not 
  visibly 
  notched 
  apically. 
  

   Metapleurum 
  unicolorous, 
  reticulate, 
  the 
  inner 
  half 
  more 
  shining. 
  

   Fifth 
  sternite 
  is 
  as 
  figure 
  76. 
  Length, 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Cordoba, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico, 
  April 
  15, 
  1908, 
  A. 
  

   Fenyes. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  27596, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  SCHIZOPTERA 
  (SCHIZOPTERA) 
  APICIPUNCTATA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Fuscous, 
  legs, 
  antennae, 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum, 
  costa, 
  

   commissure, 
  base 
  and 
  inner 
  angle 
  of 
  corium, 
  and 
  membrane 
  yel- 
  

   lowish; 
  the 
  membrane 
  narrowly 
  infuscated 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

   large 
  squarish 
  sooty 
  spot 
  at 
  apex. 
  Head, 
  pronotum, 
  and 
  veins 
  of 
  

   corium 
  with 
  decumbent 
  hairs 
  of 
  moderate 
  length. 
  Hind 
  margin 
  

   of 
  pronotum 
  distinctly 
  emarginate 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  scutellum, 
  slightly 
  

   sinuate 
  each 
  side; 
  apex 
  of 
  scutellum 
  narrowed 
  but 
  not 
  perceptibly 
  

   notched. 
  Fifth 
  sternite 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  77. 
  Inner 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  

   metapleurum 
  elevated, 
  but 
  only 
  the 
  spine 
  and 
  its 
  immediate 
  base 
  

   notably 
  polished. 
  Length, 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Trece 
  Aguas, 
  Alta 
  Vera 
  Paz, 
  Guatemala, 
  April 
  5, 
  

   E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  27597, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  SCHIZOPTERA 
  (SCHIZOPTERA) 
  LICINIUS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  corium 
  pale 
  fuscous, 
  membrane 
  whitish, 
  slightly 
  

   infuscate 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  fumose 
  on 
  outer 
  half; 
  a 
  smooth 
  species, 
  the 
  

   only 
  long 
  hairs 
  being 
  a 
  few 
  on 
  head, 
  besides 
  the 
  usual 
  vestiture 
  of 
  

   antennae. 
  Pronotum 
  slightly 
  emarginate 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  scutellum, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  scarcely 
  notched 
  subapically. 
  Cross 
  ridge 
  of 
  metapleurum 
  

   about 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  inner 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  sclerite 
  possibly 
  more 
  shining. 
  

   Fifth 
  sternite 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  a 
  pronounced 
  hook 
  on 
  left 
  side 
  as 
  

   shown 
  in 
  figure 
  79. 
  Length, 
  1.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  Frijoles, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  March 
  25, 
  1911, 
  E. 
  A. 
  

   Schwarz. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  27598, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  