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neous, punctuation of prothorax, scutellum, and liemelytra fuscous, 

 thick and fine but deep. Head a little over half the length of the 

 pronotum; vertex between the eyes at its narrowest place one-third 

 narrower than an eye, with a very short longitudinal impressed line 

 not reaching the postocular transverse impression; antennae thinly 

 and shortly pilose, first joint glabrous, second joint at least three 

 times longer than first and as long as the width across the humeri, 

 sublinear, apical half very slightly thicker than basal half. Pro- 

 notum slightly broader than long, about four times broader than its 

 apex, and thrice broader than the head. Hemelytra passing apex of 

 abdomen by half the membrane, cuneus reaching apex of abdomen. 

 Femora beneath sparingly and erectly pilose. 



Length (without membrane) — Female, 4.5 mm. 



Type.— Cs^t No. 20140, U.S.N.M. China (Hongkong, A. Koebele). 



In examining the type it was injured, and after repairing the 

 pronotum was found to be a little more inclined than in its natural 

 position. 



Family GERRIDAE. 



LIMNOGONUS CURRIEI, new species. 



Opaque, excepting the somewhat shining clypeus; above dark 

 brown, except the black head and the following yellow markings: a 

 spot at anterior angles of eyes, a median and basal fascia to vertex, 

 the former of which does not reach the eyes and emits a longitudinal 

 line from each end forward, and the margins and a narrow median 

 vitta to pronontum; a whitish lateral vitta running from anterior 

 margin of mesonotum to near apex of hind acetabula but narrowly 

 interrupted at their base ; interior part of hemelytra dark brownish 

 testaceous; beneath pale yellowish, metasternum and venter with a 

 faint grayish bloom ; a spot on fore acetabula, a vitta on middle ace- 

 tabula, a mesosternal lateral vitta running from the fore to the 

 middle coxae, and a broad posteriorly tapering sublateral vitta to 

 venter dark fuscous ; antennae and legs brown, fore coxae, trochan- 

 ters, and femora pale yellowish, except a vitta to the tronchanters 

 and a superior and inferior vitta to the femora; rostrum pale 

 yellowish, a lateral spot to the first joint, apex of third, and the 

 whole fourth joint piceous. Head as broad as pronotum (of the 

 macropterous form) across the humeral angles; first joint of antennae 

 reaching middle of pronotum, second joint one-fourth shorter than 

 first; rostrum not reaching middle of mesosternum, first joint longer 

 than broad, second broader than long. Pronotum with the antero- 

 lateral margins a little sinuate behind the middle, posterior process 

 triangular, narrowly rounded at apex. Mesosternum with the rather 

 broad and shallow rostral furrow reaching its middle. Metasternum 



