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DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES. 



Division CAPSINA. 



Section UNICELLULI, Douglas and Scott. 



Genus Monosynamma. 



Ovate. Head almost vertical, wider across the eyes than 

 long ; crown convex, with a very short central channel ; cly pens 

 wide, convex, with small lateral processes in front of the lower 

 half of the eyes ; face triangular, central lobe thinnish, con- 

 vex, protruding beyond the clypeus, side lobes small, some- 

 what rounded outwardly. Eyes large and prominent, the 

 upper surface raised about the crown. Antennce about f 

 the length of the body, slender. 1st joint shorter than the 

 head, thickened towards the apex ; 2nd joint three times 

 the length of the first, gradually thickened to the apex ; 3rd 

 and 4th filiform, together longer, or as long as the 2nd ; 4th 

 joint shorter than the third. Rostrum reaching to the 2nd 

 abdominal segment : basal joint broad, rather widest at its 

 apex ; 2nd and 3rd almost of equal length ; 4th joint shortest. 



Tliorax. Pronotum trapezoidal, short, one-fourth wider 

 across the hinder margin than long ; anterior margin straight ; 

 sides straight ; hinder angles somewhat acute and slightlv 

 raised ; hinder margin straight ; disc in front with two cal- 

 losities, between which anteriorly are two deep depressions. 

 Scutellam large, triangular, deflected at the base, the deflection 

 terminating in a transverse channel, hinder portion slightly con- 

 vex. Elijtra a little longer than the abdomen. Clavus deflected 

 to the corium. Corium slightly convex, the anterior margin 

 rounded, incrassated and reflexed at the base. Mevihrane 

 with one cell, the long nerve slightly curved, the posterior 

 one straight and joining the cuneus before the apex. Legs 

 short, hinder pair longest. Thighs of the 2nd and 3rd pairs 



