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carina slight but apparent, front broadly convex, coUum broadly exposed; rufo- 

 testaceous, tip of tylus and the bucculae becoming black. Rostrum, length 2.08 

 mm., nearly attaining posterior margins of middle coxae, piceous. 



Antennae: segment I, length .43 mm.; II, 1.42 mm., slender at base and 

 gradually enlarged to thicker at apex, the greatest thickness just equaling that 

 of segment I, dusky pubescent, exserted hairs equal to one and one-half times 

 the thickness of segment I; III, .52 mm.; IV, .43 mm.; all the segments black. 

 Pronotum: length 1.4 mm., width at base 2.31 mm., anterior angles 1.12 

 mm. ; collar .85 mm., dark brownish, opaque ; lateral margins carinate, nearly 

 straight, anterior angles broadly rounded and slightly reflexed ; closely and 

 coarsely punctate, calli convex, confluent, delimited posteriorly by coarse punc- 

 tures ; basal margin of disk sometimes slenderly pale ; propleura black, opaque, 

 finely punctate; xyphus nearly flat, dark brownish to black. Scutclliini rufo- 

 testaceous to bright red, convex, smooth and shining. Sternum and pleura dark 

 brownish or black, opaque ; ostiolar peritreme pale, becoming blackish above 

 and within the ostiole. 



Hemclytra: width 2.9 mm., embolar margin strongly arcuated on the apical 

 half, embolium broad; more closely punctate than on the pronotal disk. Cuncus 

 nearly triangular, strongly deflexed, sometimes palely translucent near inner 

 angles. Membrane brownish black, paler spot bordering tip of cuneus. 



Venter: black, shining, pale 

 pubescent ; genital claspers 

 (fig. 22) distinctive of the spe- 

 cies, in form nearest to buU 

 latus. 



9. Length 5.1 mm., width 



. , . 2.82 mm., very similar to the 



ul CjICiUS VanD. male in form and coloration ; 



A 



segment II, length 1.34 mm.. 



Fig. 22. Deracocoris fulgidus, male genital i j .1 • i j .1 • 1 



claspers. a, left clasper, lateral aspect; b, in- slender, thickened on the apical 



ternal arm of left clasper; c, right clasper, lateral one-fourth scarcelv attaining 



aspect. ' ^ ° 



the thickness of segment I, 



dusky pubescent, exserted hairs equal to twice the thickness of segment. 



Plcsiotypes: S June 6, $ May 4, San Diego County, California 

 (E. P. Van Duzee), paratypes ; author's collection. Specimens exam- 

 ined : CALIFORNIA —9 March 29, 1 $ 19 May 4. San Diego County, 

 paratypes (E. P. Van Duzee). 9 June 18, Hullville. Lake County (F. 

 E. Blaisdell). 9, McCloud, Siskiyou County (E. P. Van Duzee). 

 COLORADO— 5 June 28, Fort Collins (E. P. Van Duzee). 



Mr. Van Duzee states that the species lives on Ceonothus. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF GROUP V 



In form of the claws this group shows a close relationship with 

 the species of group II but the impunctate scutelluni, genital claspers, 

 general body structure and hairy vestiture of some of the species all 

 point to a closer relationship with the species in groups IV and VI. 



