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Uhler did not separate this species from his brcvis as is shown 

 Ijy determination labels on specimens. Renter (1909) had this species 

 before him when discussing brcz'is, a fact easily ascertained from that 

 author's remarks as well as a determined specimen in the Heidemann 

 collection. Uhler's description of brez'is was misleading in that he de- 

 scribed the membrane as "soiled white," a term more applicable to the 

 species here described. 



Deraeocoris (Camptobrochis) brevis ( Uhler) 



1904 Camptobrochis brcvis Uhler, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., xxvii, p. 359. 

 If'l7 Ca.iuptobrocliys brci'is Van Duzee. Cat. Hemip., p. 354. 



Piceous to black, shining, larger and more elongate than )u'bulosus: mem- 

 brane infuscated near the apex. 



S ■ Length 4.7 mm. Head : width .97 mm., vertex .4 mm., length .48 mm. ; 

 black, shining, the carina, spot near front margin of eye and a more obscnre 

 mark on median line of frons, yellowish to ivory-white, eyes brownish to black. 

 Rostrum, length 1.54 mm., attaining the middle of the intermediate coxae, piceous, 

 sometimes slightly paler at apex of first and second segments. 



Aiitcimac : segment I, length .34 mm. ; II, 1.2 mm., thickness of apical half 

 (.08 mm.) very little greater than on basal half (.07 mm.); Ill, .45 mm.; 

 IV, .38 mm. ; black, verj^ finely pale pubescent, segment II, with a few hairs 

 equal to thickness of the segment. 



Pronotum: length 1 mm., width at base 1.71 mm., anterior angles .88 mm., 

 collar .58 mm. ; black, collar except at sides, slenderly on lateral and posterior 

 margins of disk, lower pleural margin to top of coxal cleft, pale to ivory- 

 white ; disk moderately conve.x, closely and rather coarsely punctate, minutely 

 pale pubescent ; lateral margins practically straight, perceptibly carinate, an- 

 terior angles prominent, posterior angles rounded yet the nearest one-third of 

 basal margin if projected would form a right angle with the lateral margin, 

 the middle one-third slightly sulcate ; calli confluent, forming a transverse 

 slightly elevated area, impunctate, shining; propleura closely and coarsely punc- 

 tate; xyphus distinctly convex, finely pale pubescent. ScutcUum rather coarsely 

 punctate except nearest the basal margin, black, narrowly at apex and more 

 slenderly at basal angles ivory-white ; mesoscutum moderately exposed, black, 

 finely pale pubescent. Sternum and pleura black, ostiolar peritreme white. 



Hcmdytra : width 2.02 mm. ; piceous to black, slightly translucent on basal 

 one-fourth of embolium and a small spot near base of corium; glabrous or 

 only minutely and sparsely pubescent, shining, closely and rather coarsely punc- 

 tate, the heaviest punctures closely placed on the clavus ; lateral margin of 

 embolium slightly sinuate, minutely pubescent near the edge. Cmirus length 

 slightly greater than width at base, punctate, black, pale and more or less trans- 

 lucent bordering the fracture and inner angle. Membrane clear, a distinct fus- 

 cous arc in the submargin of the apex, slightly darker at each side; veins fus- 

 cous, darker along apex of areoles, the infuscation invading the membrane 

 slightly. 



Lefis: piceous to black, the femora liecoming ferrugino-testaceous toward 

 the apices, not distinctly annulated with paler, rather longly but finely pubescent, 



