NEOTROPICAL MIRIDAE, LXV CARVALHO 643 



Termatophyloides pilosulus, new species 



Figure 123,a,d,g 



Characterized by its color and dimensions. 



Female: Length 2.1 mm., width 0.99 mm. Head length 0.35 mm., 

 width 0.33 mm., vertex 0.17 mm. Antennae segment I length 0.12 

 mm.; II, 0.21 mm.; Ill, 0.16 mm.; IV, 0.18 mm. Pronotum length 

 0.49 mm., width at base 0.78 mm. Rostrmn length 0.63 mm., seg- 

 ment I length 0.10 mm.; II, 0.17 mm.; Ill, 0.17 mm.; IV, 0.18 mm. 



Color: General color dull black with silvery pubescence; apex of 

 head subrufescent, basal segment of antennae fuscous, apex of third 

 segment and apical four-fifths of fourth segment reddish, otherwise 

 yeUow, eyes rufescent, membrane brown; underside darkish to cas- 

 taneous; femora and tibiae black, tarsi black except for basal seg- 

 ment which is yellowish. 



Morphological characters : As given for the genus. 



Male: Unknown. 



Holotype: Female, Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on 

 orchids, Dec. 30, 1948, "Insp. Leary, coll., Laredo, Tex., 49529," 

 USNM 61946. 



Paratype: Female, Guatemala, on dried leaves with stalk of ba- 

 nanas, "Brownsville [Tex.], No. 53658 Lot. 433570," Apr. 10, 1943. 

 One nymph with same data. 



Termatophylella, new genus 



Deraeocorinae, Termatophylini. Genus of small size, very shortly 

 and adpressedly pilose, body ovoid, compact. 



Head inclined, pointed, vertex faintly sulcate longitudinally, 

 carinate; eyes roundish, small, orbita divergent towards the clypeus 

 forming a right angle on vertex, contiguous to pronotum; seen from 

 side, the eyes are rounded in front, sub truncate posteriorly; seen from 

 below, buccula prominent, pilose, gula noticeably concave, trans- 

 versally striate. Rostrum reaching middle coxae, first segment very 

 short, not reaching beyond level of antennal peduncle, remaining seg- 

 ments subequal in length. 



Antennae inserted in front of eyes, very short, finely pilose; seg- 

 ment I thicker than the others; segment II slender at base, incrassate 

 towards the apex; segments III and IV very slender. 



Pronotum strongly declivous, punctate, calli large, occupying the 

 anterior two-thirds of pronotum, surrounded by a furrow with a well 

 marked series of punctures, collar thicker than diameter of first an- 

 tennal segment, lateral margins carinate and reflexed anteriorly. 



