088 Mr. W. L. Distant's 



Siibfamily GYDNINM. 



ScaiJtocoris talpa. 



ScctjJtocoris talpa, Champ., Ent. Month. Mag., ser. 2, vol. xi, 

 p. 256 (1900). 



Halitat. Guatemala, Capetillo (Rodriguez). 



In some introductory notes to his description Mr. 

 Champion refers to " two species standing under the name 

 S. casiamms, Perty, in the British Museum, one of them, 

 from South America, being no doubt correctly named." 

 These specimens are all from South America, the identifi- 

 cations being by Dallas originally, and subsequently by 

 Walker, who added specimens collected by Bates. There 

 are certainly more than one species thus included, but as 

 neither Mr. Champion nor myself can with certainty dis- 

 tinguish the typical S. castaneus, Perty, the specimens are 

 left in the national collection as arranged by Dallas and 

 Walker till further knowledge is obtainable, a course I 

 venture to think wise under the circumstances. 



Edinoims o]3acus, sp. n. 



Closely allied to E. hulomelas, Burm., from which it differs liy its 

 opaque coloration, the antennae and rostrum pale castaneous, the 

 membrane dark brownish-ochraceous with the liasal and other 

 margins distinctly paler. 



In structure the apex of the scutellum is distinctly narrower and 

 more acutely angulate and the discal punctures are also more 

 profound. 



Long. 14 millim. Exp. pronot. ang. 6^ to 7 millim. 



Halitat. Costa Rica, Helechales (H. Pittier), 



Subfamily PENTATO-MlN^. 



Linc'us disccssus, sp. n. 



Piceous or very dark castaneous ; bases (narrowly) of the antennal 

 joints, apices of pronotal angles, and a discal spot on corium, 

 ochraceous ; rostrum and legs pale castaneous. 



Head strongly excavated between the projecting lateral lobes ; 

 aTitennfe Avith the second and third and fourth and fifth joints ahnost 

 su1iei|ual in length ; pronotum and scutellum rugulose, apex of 

 scutellum with the apical margins piceous and the extreme aj)ex 



