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Saldula nigrita sp. nov. 



Black, moderately shining, the hemielytra almost opaque and orna- 

 mented with a few small and inconspicuous dull yellow markings as 

 follows : a wedge-shaped spot near apex of clavus ; some irregular ones 

 just within costal margin near middle and near apex; three widely 

 separated in middle areole of corium, of which the central one is most 

 conspicuous; a rounded one between the branches of the inner corial 

 vein near inner basal angle of membrane, and a narrow one occasionally 

 at the fork of this vein. Membrane black, usually with a dull yellow 

 spot near apex of outer corial vein. Head black, sometimes with small 

 dull yellow spots between and in front of eyes and one on apex of tylus. 

 Antennae black, the first segment sometimes faintly marked with dull 

 yellow. Rostrum and ventral surface black. Legs black, the femora 

 and tibiae more or less distinctly marked with yellow toward apex, 

 but not annulate. 



Dorsal surface,- except membrane, and ventral surface clothed with 

 very fine pale pubescence, the head with a few large black setae. 



Vertex very finely roughened and pubescent, its least width some- 

 what less than t.he transverse diameter of an eye (8-10), provided with 

 two oblique grooves extending from before the ocelli to the anterior 

 inner margin of eyes ; ocelli separated by a space scarcely equal to the 

 diameter of one, three times as far from the eyes as from each other; a 

 prominent transverse carina, recurved nearly to the eyes at each end, 

 separates frons from base of tylus; tylus elevated, slightly swollen at 

 base; postocular portion of head short, nearly cylindrical. Antennae 

 slender, as long as head, pronotum, and scutellum ; provided with very 

 fine pale pubescence and, except second segment, with sparse, erect 

 setae ; first segment thickest, about as long as shortest distance between 

 eyes, much shorter than third (7-13) ; second very slender, slightly 

 curved, a little enlarged toward apex, about three times as long as first 

 (23-8) ; third very slenderly fusiform, more than one-half as long as 

 second (13-23) ; fourth very slightly broader than third, narrowly fusi- 

 f'.irni. somewhat shorter than third (12-13). Pronotum very finely 

 rugulose, transverse, about three times wider than long (40-14) ; the 

 lateral margins convergent, slightly curved especially anteriorh' ; an- 

 terior margin a little narrower than head with eyes ; posterior margin 

 Ijroadly emarginate, nearly straight across middle; callus prominent, 

 convex, not reaching lateral margins, with three discal indentations 

 tending to form a transverse groove ; transverse impression sharp, 

 curved, finely punctate at bottom ; posterior lobe a little shorter than 

 preceding on median line. Scutellum slightly longer than wide, the 

 l)asal lobe rugulose, the impression sinuate, situated a little in front of 

 middle ; posterior lobe almost smooth, faintly transversely rugulose 

 along middle, nearly twice as long as anterior on median line. Hemi- 

 elytra opaque, obsoletely punctulate. moderately convex, the costal 



