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CYPHOPELTA n. gen. 

 Related to Closterocoris, but with the pronotum subcylin- 

 drical before, much as in Pseudoxenetus, and the scutellum 

 strongly tumid. Head about as in Closterocoris, long ovate- 

 conical, placed obliquely ; vertex longitudinally feebly con- 

 vex, sloping almost from the base, transversely a little con- 

 vex ; tylus with a longitudinal abbreviated groove on either 

 side; lorae elongate-conical, convex; cheeks prominent; 

 gula broad, convex, with a longitudinal depression on either 

 side anterior to the eyes ; eyes much elongated and placed 

 obliquely. Antennas slender, as long as the pronotum and 

 elytra together. Rostrum reaching between the intermediate 

 coxae ; first joint attaining the middle of the gula. Pronotum 

 long, anterior lobe almost cylindrical, callousities scarcely 

 distinguished ; posterior lobe short, abruptly flaring. Scu- 

 tellum strongly convex, with a deep constriction between the 

 anterior and posterior lobes ; the former partially exposed, 

 the latter greatly elevated in a hemispherical nodule. Elytra 

 longer than the abdomen, almost parallel, the sides very nar- 

 rowly reflexed ; surface obscurely punctured. Legs long 

 and slender, the hind femora exceeding the tip of the abdo- 

 men ; anterior coxae strongly swollen. Type. — C. modesta 

 n. sp. 



Cypliopelta modesta n. sp. 



Long, parallel sided ; rufous ; head, membrane, and apex of the 

 abdomen black, elytra twice banded with white. Length 8 mm. 



Head black, becoming piceous anteriorly, the orbits of the eyes dull 

 rufous. Antennas soiled testaceous ; first joint as long as the greatest 

 width of the head, lineate with piceous beneath ; second more than 

 twice the length of the first, linear, minutely sericeous ; third about 

 two-thirds the length of the second ; fourth longer than the first but 

 shorter and thinner than the third. Rostrum pale rufous, base and 

 apex piceous. Pronotum minutely transversely rugulose, anterior lobe 

 a little swollen before the transverse constriction ; dull rufous, shading 

 to piceous posteriorly, and in a less degree anteriorly ; hind edge 

 slightly emarginate and slenderly edged with white. Scutellum im- 

 punctate, highly polished on the tumid posterior lobe, which is elevated 

 to the level of the highest point of the pronotum. Elytra and scutel- 

 lum clear light rufous ; the corium marked with an oblique slightly 

 curved, narrow white vitta a little before the apex of the clavus, and 



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