GHILIANELLA ASSASSIN BUGS — MALDONADO-CAPRILES 441 



Abdomen noticeably thicker than wide; without bulbous swelling; 

 parallel sided to middle of sixth tergum, thence widening to apex. 

 First tergum with well developed caudally inclined projection. Pos- 

 terolateral angles of third to sixth terga produced laterally; hind margin 

 of terga angularly produced caudad and with median wart, each suc- 

 cessive wait bigger than the preceding; surface of terga not smooth, 

 somewhat verrucose or granulate. Seventh tergum at median length 

 shorter than sixth, narrower basally than apically; posterolateral 

 angles sharply produced, with a long median spinelike projection (fig. 

 89). Eighth tergum broader than long, quadrangular, caudal angles 

 slightly produced. Ninth tergum short, narrower toward apex; basal 

 half finely corrugate, with a narrow median elevation reaching to 

 middle of segment; apical half roundly swollen (fig. 114). Seventh 

 sternum four-fifths as long as sixth, apical and basal margin shallowly 

 concave, longer medianly than on sides (fig. 70). Hind margin of 

 remaining sterna straight. All sterna finely and transversely 

 corrugate. 



Overall body length 22 mm. 



The armature of the foreleg is strikingly different from that of the 

 other know species. No other species has the median spine of the 

 hind margin of the seventh tergum so long and well developed. 



Type: Holotype, female, Portland near Hardwar Gap, Jamaica, West 

 Indies, March 14, 1954, T. H. Farr collector, IJ. 



Ghilianclla varicornis (Dohrn) 



FicruEs 2, 37, 39, 42, 51, 75, 86, 138 



E. [mesa] varicornis Dohrn, 18G0, pp. 226-227 (Puerto Rico, female). 

 Ghilianclla varicornis (Dohrn), Bergroth, 1906, p. 317. — McAtee and Malloch, 

 1925, p. 101.— Barber, 1939, p. 387. 



Male: Head and thorax blackish brown. Head witli distinct 

 stramineous median line from interocular depression backward; 

 darker underside. Interantennal spine stramineous. First segment 

 of beak stramineous, second brown with narrow stramineous apical 

 annulus. First antenna! segment brown, with eight narrow yellowish 

 annuli, remaining antenna] segments brownish. Forelegs dark brown, 

 femur paler and with many yellowish spots above, spines of armature 

 yellowish white and black tipped. Middle femur brownish with many 

 broad and narrow complete and incomplete yellowish annuli; middle 

 tibia dark brown, with five or six broad yellowish annuli; tarsi dark 

 brown. Hind and middle femora similar, conspicuous } r ellowish 

 annuli irregularly spaced; tibia and tarsi as in middle leg. Abdomen 

 blackish brown, with many yellowish small areas above and below, 

 these spots more concentrated and conspicuous on hypopygium. 



Scarce short, appressed, silvery pilosity over body. 



