REDUVIID BUGS — CAPRILES 109 



Antennal segments 35:193:58:24; fii-st segment thicker, slightly 

 shorter than length of head, covered with sparse long hairs of nearly 

 the same length as diameter of segment; second segment thinner 

 than first, covered with long pale hairs which become shorter as they 

 approach apex; thh'd segment thinner than second, pilosity similar to 

 third; fourth of same diameter as third, covered with pale hairs. 

 Rostrum broad, segments 26:20:14. Pronottim slightly wider than 

 long; anterior lobe elevated, one-third of pronotum; sculptured. 

 Posterior lobe with posterolateral spines long; central spine almost 

 vertical, wavy. Scutellum broader than long ; lasteral margins elevated 

 near base, with an almost vertical long spine at apex. PostscuteUum 

 small, with a long, slightly decumbent terminal spine. Wings sur- 

 passing end of abdomen; venation and markings as in figure 80,a. 

 Femora slightly incrassate near apices, with sparse vertical pilosity. 

 Tibiae, from about the middle to the apex, with shorter, gradually 

 more abundant and more forwardly inclined hairs. Apical spongy 

 fossae well developed in fore tibia, rounded, shorter than diameter of 

 apical portion of same tibia; smaller in midtibia and hind tibia. 

 Prosternum with anterolateral processes as in figure 80, e. Fore tarsi 

 2-segmented; hind tarsi 3-segmented. Abdomen ventrally with a 

 carina up to the fifth segment; sternites transversely corrugated. 

 Second connexivial segment with anterior and posterior processes; 

 others with posterior, long, upward and backwardly directed spines 

 only. 



Posterior process of hypopygium long, elongate, tapering, not 

 lanceolate; upcurved and closely attached to body. 



This species is closer to Salyavata nigrofasciaia Costa Lima, from 

 which it can be separated by the anterolateral process of the proster- 

 num, absence of a transverse dark band in pronotum, very different 

 color pattern of the hemelytra, and the first antennal segment being 

 less than one-fifth the length of the second. 



Holotype: Male, USNM 61731, collected on the northern slopes 

 of Mount Marahuaca, Pacaraima Range, Territorio Amazonas, 

 Venezuela, May 1-25, 1950. 



Ctenotrachelus pallidopodus, new species 



Figure 80,f-h 



Male: Over-all length 10.2 mm. Body infuscated, legs pale. 

 Head with hghter areas behind antennal sockets and eyes. Antenna 

 and beak stramineous. Anterior lobe of pronotum infuscated ; posterior 

 lobe with stramineous areas on ridges. Scutellum black. Hemelytra 

 with scattered irregular stramineous spots, more abundant on mem- 

 brane; inner discal cell with irregular yellowish longitudinal fascia on 

 outer half; outer discal cell with narrow yellowish fascia adjacent to 



