GERASTBATUS, 



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not passing the anterior coxa; ; antennae moderately long, first 

 joint a little curved and about as long as the anterior tibite, second, 

 third, and fourth joints sabequal in length, second and third 

 together only a little longer tlian first; pronotum short, considerably 

 shorter than head, the lateral margins oblique, the posterior 

 margin truncate; mesonotum more than twice as long as 

 pronotum ; anterior femora a little thickened, longer tliau the 

 tibiae, which are inwardly spinous at apex; intermediate and 

 posterior femora almost equal in length, the intermediate longer 

 than the posterior tibiae ; posterior tarsi about half the length of 

 posterior tibiae. 



Allied to Metrocoris, from which it differs by the structure or the 

 head. 



2933. Gerastratus foveatus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 149 (1910). 

 Head ochraceous, a large black spot in front of the discal 



Fig. 87. — Gei-astvaf US foveatus. 

 foveation which is inwardly margined with black ; antennae black, 

 the basal joint ochraceous at base ; eyes black, brownish ochraceous 



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