219 
8. Female with basal genital plates widely separated at base and sometimes 
for the entire length of their inner margins; male hypopygium with two 
long slender chitinized processes on each side in orifice....Apoecilus Stal. 
— Female with basal genital plates contiguous the entire length of their inner 
margins; male hypopygium with a broad subtriangular or furcate chitin- 
ized plate;onseach side in) OTIfiCe, <\...c alse cele os clos e+ ova ve sisieis Podisus Stal. 
The above groups are as easily distinguished as are most genera in 
Pentatomidae and ought to rank as genera. 
June, 1919. 
