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  flat 
  beneath. 
  Labium 
  reaching 
  well 
  beyond 
  hind 
  coxae. 
  Anten- 
  

   nae 
  5, 
  7, 
  8, 
  16. 
  I 
  can 
  see 
  only 
  two 
  odoriferous 
  orifices 
  (on 
  the 
  

   5th 
  and 
  6th.) 
  

  

  Thi/rd 
  instar 
  ( 
  ?), 
  like 
  the 
  last 
  described, 
  but 
  less 
  rotundate 
  

   and 
  the 
  dark 
  coriaceous 
  areas 
  on 
  tergites 
  so 
  much 
  larger, 
  that 
  

   the 
  blood 
  red 
  parts 
  consist 
  only 
  of 
  a 
  sublateral 
  curved 
  hand, 
  

   three 
  anterior 
  transverse 
  stripes 
  and 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  posterior. 
  Head 
  

   much 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  5th 
  instar. 
  Labium 
  reaching 
  to 
  middle 
  of 
  

   abdomen. 
  Antennae 
  10, 
  17, 
  15, 
  22. 
  Orifices 
  as 
  before. 
  

  

  Fourth 
  mstar 
  black, 
  like 
  the 
  third, 
  but 
  labium 
  reaching 
  

   little 
  beyond 
  the 
  hind 
  coxae. 
  Orifices, 
  etc., 
  as 
  before. 
  

  

  The 
  fifth 
  instar 
  is 
  dark 
  dull 
  indigo 
  blue; 
  the 
  abdominal 
  

   sutures 
  and 
  submembranous 
  parts 
  blood 
  red; 
  the 
  sterna 
  medi- 
  

   ally 
  and 
  the 
  labium 
  partly, 
  brownish 
  yellow. 
  Leg-hairs 
  

   testaceous. 
  Vertex 
  more 
  rounded 
  and 
  wider 
  anteriorly 
  than 
  in 
  

   the 
  adult, 
  also 
  more 
  concavely 
  sinuate, 
  while 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   pronotum 
  are 
  flush 
  all 
  along, 
  (figs. 
  3-4). 
  Head 
  and 
  nota 
  acicu- 
  

   late. 
  First 
  segment 
  of 
  antennae 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  vertex; 
  second 
  segment 
  the 
  longest, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  one-fifth 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  which 
  is 
  

   a 
  trifle 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  fourth 
  (^^). 
  Labium 
  reaches 
  just 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  coxae. 
  Sterna 
  longitudinaly 
  sulcate. 
  

   Tarsi 
  all 
  bisegmentate. 
  Abdomen 
  transversely 
  striate 
  above 
  

   at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Beside 
  the 
  usual 
  orifices, 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  

   pair, 
  widely 
  separated, 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  tergite. 
  

  

  3 
  G&otomus 
  pygm4ieiis 
  Dallas. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  easily 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  by 
  

   the 
  colour, 
  minute 
  size 
  and 
  bristly 
  legs. 
  The 
  Cydninae, 
  to 
  

   which 
  subfamily 
  it 
  belongs, 
  are 
  an 
  offshoot 
  of 
  the 
  Pentatominae. 
  

   I 
  can 
  not 
  give 
  any 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  metamorphoses 
  of 
  this 
  

   form, 
  but 
  suspect 
  that 
  the 
  ova 
  are 
  dropped 
  at 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  small 
  

   plants, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  nymphs 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  there 
  or 
  under 
  

   stones, 
  possibly 
  in 
  ants' 
  nests. 
  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  has 
  found 
  the 
  adults 
  

   under 
  dried 
  cow 
  dung. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  under 
  eleven 
  names 
  

  

  (19) 
  As 
  ia 
  other 
  hemipterous 
  nymphs, 
  abnormal 
  segments 
  occurs. 
  

   Thus 
  in 
  one 
  nymph 
  in 
  my 
  collection, 
  the 
  two 
  antennae 
  are 
  discrepant, 
  

   one 
  normal, 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  only 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  its 
  

   corresponding 
  segment. 
  

  

  