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Hemipterological Contributions. 



By William H. Ashmead. 

 (No. I.) 



Family BERYTID^. 



HOPLINUS, Stal. 

 Hoplinus multispinus, n. sp. 



Length .20 inch. Pale yellowish brown, tarsi and terminal antennal joint, 

 black. Head armed with three spines, one median on a line with base of antennae, 

 prominent but blunt, and one on each side just back of antennoe. There is a prom- 

 inent acute spine at base of scutellum, two short sharp spines at tip of abdomen, and 

 one on each pleura, extending and slightly curving over at base of elytra. Prothorax 

 long, narrowed before, more than twice the length of the width at base, punctured, 

 with a slight median carina, the narrow transverse portion just before the middle im- 

 punctured. The legs are long and thin, the posterior femora reaching beyond the 

 tip of the abdomen. 



Hab. — Florida. 



This interesting addition to our fauna, is the first of the genus to be 

 recognized in our fauna. 



The genus was erected by Prof. C. Stal to contain a Chilian species, 

 Neides spinosissimus Signoret, described by Dr. V. Signoret in Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. de France, 1864, and the above is, I believe, the only other species 

 known. 



Family CAPSIDiE. 



RHINOCLOA, Reuter. 

 Rhinocloa citri, n. sp. 



Length .05 inch. Black, shining, sparsely covered with little clumps of silvery 

 white hairs. Antennas long, first joint longer than head, rather stout, second joint 

 longest, black at the base and tip, yellowish in the middle, third not quite two-thirds 

 the length of second, yellowish, somewhat brownish or infuscated towards the tip, 

 fourth setaceous, yellow. The thorax is trapezoidal, somewhat convex, declining be- 

 fore. The tip of cuneus yellow. The abdomen and all the femora excepting at tips 

 aie black, tips and anterior and middle tibins and tarsi yellowish, posterior tibiae 

 blackish at base becoming a yellowish brown towards tip, tarsi yellowish. All 

 claV/s black. 



Hab.— Florida. 



Described from many specimens. These little Capsids are very in- 

 strumental in destroying scale insects, as I have detected them destroying 

 various species of Aspidioti and Dactilopii on my Orange trees. 



The species is very closely related to Rhinocloa forticomis Reut., de- 

 scribed from Texas ; but the color of the legs and antennae will readily 

 separate them. 



