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Antennae with numerous fus- 

 cous annulations, their first joint 

 rather longly pilose. 



Pronotum very short, only 

 slightly longer than its basai 

 breadth. 



Anterior coxae somewhatshor- 

 ter than pronotum. 



Middle and hind femora with 

 numerous fuscous annulations. 



Middle and hind tibias with 

 numerous fuscous annulations. 



Antennee with very few fus- 

 cous annulations, their first joint 

 not pilose. 



Pronotum very long, very 

 much longer than its basai 

 breadth. 



Anterior coxae much longer 

 than the pronotum of oculata. 



Middle and hind femora with 

 only three fuscous annulations 

 which are very remote from 

 each other. 



Middle and hind tibiae with a 

 single fuscous annulation placed 

 near the base. 



Ail thèse characters of oculata are mentioned in Reuter's Latin 

 description which Distant apparently has not understood. — 

 P. polita DiST. is very closeiy related to the true oculata Reut. 



MIRID.^. 



3. The genus Silanus Dist., from Geylon, is identical with Ful- 

 vius Stâl. The tarsi are, of course, three-jointed as in ail other 

 Miridae, but Distant figures them as two-jointed; hence his wrong 

 statement : a posterior tarsi with the first joint shorter than the 

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