1911] Bergroth — Neotropical Plceariinoe 17 



margin of the segments, in the apical half of the venter, and the female dorsal 

 genital segment (except a median longitudinal band) ; antennae black, basal 

 joint fusco-ochraceous, black near the base and with an apical whitish ochra- 

 ceous ring preceded by a broader black ring, rostrum shining piceous, the 

 articulations testaceous; legs ochraceous, anterior coxae suffused with fuscous 

 toward the base, anterior femora with two broad fuscous rings, the smaller 

 spines blackish, the larger ones ochraceous with black tip, anterior tibiae 

 (except the basal part and the pilosity of the superior depression) and tarsi 

 black, femora of middle and posterior legs with three black rings, their tibiae 

 fuscous toward the apex and with a black ring not very far from the base 

 (tarsi of middle and hind legs missing in the type); wings lacteous. First 

 joint of the antennae not quite reaching the middle of the abdomen, second 

 joint as long as the first, third joint shorter than the head (fourth joint lacking 

 in the type). Hemelytra (?) not quite reaching the apex of the abdomen. 

 Length, 9 17, 6 mm. 



French Guiana. — My coll. 



The color of the intricately variegated tabby membrane is diffi- 

 cult to describe. Its ground-color seems to be ochraceous and 

 looks as if it were irregularly painted over with fuscous black in 

 various shadings. 



N. B. The genus Phantastnatophanes Kirk, is identical with 

 Stenolcemus Sign. Kirkaldy says that his genus is "distinguished 

 from all the other Ploeariinae by the very long, thin pronotum 

 and the tufted antennae and legs." The length of the petiolated 

 part of the pronotum is, however, different in different species of 

 Stenolcemus, and Kirkaldy had overlooked that the pilosity of 

 the legs is arranged in tufts also in some other species of Sten- 

 olcemus, for instance in St. fasciculatus Dohrn. St. (Ph.) muiri 

 Kirk, differs from the other species of the genus in having also 

 the first antennal joint tufted, but this, too, is a purely specific 

 character. From the description and particularly from the good 

 figure it is evident that all generic characters of Stenolcemus 

 are present in St. muiri. — G. W. Kirkaldy, whose premature 

 death Hemipterology has recently had to deplore, was a most 

 enthusiastic Hemipterist but showed a singular lack of discrim- 

 ination in estimating generic and specific characters, the result 

 of which was that he greatly augmented the synonymy. In one of 

 his papers he redescribed an old well known genus under three 

 new generic names. The descriptions, taken as they are to a 

 great extent from different organs of the insect, read very different, 

 but the types prove to be congeneric. Ready as he always was 



