NOTES ON ARADIDAE, III — KORMILEV 257 



rounded, crenulate, not extending beyond front border of collum. 

 Lateral notch sharply marked; interlobal depression deep; foredisc 

 with four (2 + 2) high, granulate ridges; hind lobe wider than fore- 

 lobe (57:43); lateral margins parallel to each other, roundly con- 

 vergent anteriorly; hind margins with three excavations in middle 

 and mesad of rounded hind angles; hind disc roughly granulate. 



Scutellum shorter than wide at base (23:30); lateral borders 

 slightly sinuate near tip; disc granulate; median ridge cross-shaped. 



Hemely tra reaching over foreborder of tergum VII ( cf ) or to hmd 

 border of tergum VI (9). 



Abdomen longer than wide (83:65); lateral borders parallel-sided, 

 roundly convergent posteriorly; connexiva with postero-exterior 

 angles not protruding. Hypopygium cordiform, median ridge slightly 

 raised backward. Spiracles II to VII ventral, placed far from lateral 

 margin, those of VIII lateral and visible from above. Lobes of VIII 

 in female relatively short, not reaching middle of IX, latter 

 tricuspidate. 



Color. — Ferrugineous, partially piceous; hind borders of connexi- 

 val segments yellow; membrane brown. 



Measurements. — Female, head shorter than wide across eyes 

 (23:27); proportions of antennal segments 10:7.5:12.5:9; pronotum 

 shorter than wide across humeri (30:60) ; scutellum shorter than basal 

 width (25:30); abdomen longer than wide (90:68). 



Total length: male, 7.85 mm.; female, 8.65 mm. Width of pro- 

 notum: male, 2.85 mm.; female, 3.0 mm. Width of abdomen: male, 

 3.25; female, 3.4 mm. 



HoLOTYPE. — Male, Hoboken, New Jersey, intercepted on orchid 

 plants from Venezuela, April 5, 1939 (USNM type 65801). 



Allotype (female) and 2 paratypes, same labels as holotype. 



Remarks. — This species is dedicated to the late Harry G. Barber, 

 eminent American hemipterist. 



Mezira paralata, new species 



Female. — Broadly ovate, abdomen subparallel-sided, almost sub- 

 rectangular in outline, partially covered with conspicuous, yeUow, 

 curled hairs. 



M. paralata is closely allied to M. lata (Champion) but differs from 

 it by the following characteristics: anterior process of head constricted 

 at base, dilated, and distinctly notched at tip, barely reaching to 

 middle of first antennal segment; abdomen subrectangular (not ovate 

 as in M. lata) ; lobes of VIII very short, rounded, reaching only to 

 basal fourth of IX, latter rounded posteriorly ; antenniferous tubercles 

 blunt, subpai'allel to each other; rostrum short, not reaching to hind 

 border of rostral groove. 



