1922] He^nipterological NoLs 231 



inserted near the lower angles of the eyes, yellowish or greenish, 

 the fourth and sometimes the apical half of the third segments 

 infuscated; all segments with short appressed hairs; ratio of 

 lengths of segments, 20:77:68:32, the basal segment as long as 



?5 C 



Fig. 1. Male genital claspers of Orthotylus delicatiis Cook. A, right clasper, dorsal as- 

 pect; B, right clasper, lateral aspect; C, left clasper, dorsal aspect. 



the dorsal aspect of the head, the second segment about one- 

 fourth longer than the basal width of the pronotum. Rostrum 

 yellow, its apex piceous, reaching onto the middle coxae. 

 Pronotum transverse, twice as wide as long, the lateral margins 

 very lightly sinuate, the anterior angles broadly rounded; callos- 

 ities distinct, joined anteriorly by a transverse elevation be- 

 hind which are a pair of deeply impressed punctures; disk rather 

 flat, the lateral submargin broadfj^ impressed; anterior angles 

 with a long seta directed obliquely outward and forward. 

 Hemelytra rather short, the abdomen reaching to the middle of 

 the cuneus (d^) or somewhat beyond its apex (9). Male 

 genital claspers (Fig. 1) distinctive of the species. 



Color: dorsal parts green in fresh specimens, fading after death 

 to yellow on head, pronotum anteriorly, and scutellum; pectus 



