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retrorsum triangulariler producta et impressa, callis trientem api- 

 calem pronoti vix superantibus, leviter obliquis, intus solum postice 

 anguste contiguis, angulos apicales attingentibus et ibi oculisconti- 

 guis, disco posteriore convexo, ad basin intra angulos latérales 

 rotundatos haud eminulos impresso, margine basali ante scutellum 

 recto, ante coria obliquato, anguste depresso-marginato. Scutellum 

 pronoto triplo brevius, longitudine sua multo latius, basi obtect.uin. 

 Hemelytra apicem abdominis superantia, extus leviter rotundata, 

 embolio lineari, incrassato, apice incurvato, epipleuris usque ad 

 apicem corii extensis, commissura clavi scutello multo longiore, 

 cuneo fortiter declivi, fere œque lato ac longo, fractura transversa, 

 obtuse angulata incisura profunda, membrana valde declivi, cellula 

 unica subtriangulari, apice subrectangula, apicem cunei paullum 

 superante instructa. Coxse brèves, a lateribus corporis remotae ; 

 femora anteriora subparallela, postica apicem versus leviter an- 

 gustata; tibias femoribus longiores, muticse; tarsi apicem versus 

 fortins incrassati. 



Allied to Bothrophorella Reut. and Cyrtocapsus PvEUT., but 

 distinct by several important détails in tbe structure of the head 

 and pronotum. 



Miccus elutipes n. sp. 



Hemelytris opacis exceptis nitidulus, glaber, niger, capite, scu- 

 tello, clavo ac corio pilis brevibus, adpressis caducis argenteis parce 

 vestitis, cuneo basi notula transversa alba signato, membrana 

 pellucida, levissime umbrata, cellula plus minusve infuscata, vena 

 fusco-nigra, antennis, rostro pedibusque dilute testaceis, tarsis apicé 

 infuscatis. Caput, scutellum pectusque subtiliter punctulata, vertice 

 (çf) oculo 2 1/2 latiore. Pronotum crebre profundius punctulatum. 

 Hemelytra lsevia. Abdomen subheve. — tf. Long, cum membr. 

 2,7 mill. 



N. B. — In Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wïen XXII, p. 40-41 Reuter bas 

 redescribed Eccritotarsus procurrens Dist., founding the genus 

 Bothrophorella upon it. In the generic description he says : « pro- 

 noto... apice quam basi circiter dimidio angustiore, limbo 

 apicali... medio impressione haud discreto, callis médium pronoti 

 subattingentibus; scutello pronoto saltem dimidio breviore ». In four 

 cotypes of this insect now before me the apex of the pronotum is 

 l'ully three times narrower than the base and much narrower than 

 the head, and forms a true collar or « stricture » (according to 

 Heuter's terminology), the impressed line terminating it behind 

 being distinctly visible also in the middle and very distinct on the 

 sides and benealh ; the cal li do not reach much beyond the apical 

 third of the pronotum; the scutellum is four times shorter than the 



