NO. 3651 ARADIDAE V—KORMILEV 15 
Median ridge of hypopygium reaching almost to its tip; color testaceous. 
M. placida haitiensis, new subspecies, Haiti 
Mezira placida haitiensis, new subspecies 
Ma.re.—Similar to Mezira placida placida, but median ridge of 
hypopygium reaching almost to the tip of the latter. 
Cotor.—Testaceous; membrane fuscous, whitish at base; labium 
and tarsi yellow. 
MEASUREMENTS.—Head 21.5:22.5; relative length of antennal 
segments I to IV: 10:8:11:9; pronotum 22:46; scutellum 19:26; ab- 
domen 73:54 across segment IV; hemelytra reaching one-fifth tergum 
VII; hypopygium 17:22. 
Total length 5.54 mm, width of pronotum 1.84 mm, width of 
abdomen 2.16 mm. 
Ho.totrypr.—Male, Port au Prince, Haiti, E. D. Ball, 1940 (USNM 
type 69619). 
ALLoTYPE.—Female, Port au Prince, Haiti, Herbert Osborn, 
deposited in the collections of Ohio State University, Columbus, 
Ohio. 
PaRATYPES.—Six males, collected with holotype, in the collections 
of U.S. National Museum and in author’s collection; seven males, 
collected with allotype, in the collections of Ohio State University 
and in collection of the author. 
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