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  MUSEUM 
  

  

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  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Vol. 
  103 
  Washington: 
  1955 
  No. 
  3337 
  

  

  NEOTROPICAL 
  MIRIDAE, 
  LXIV: 
  NEW 
  BUGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   SUBFAMILY 
  CYLAPINAE 
  (HEMIPTERA) 
  

  

  By 
  Josfi 
  C. 
  M. 
  Carvalho 
  ' 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  

   study 
  specimens 
  of 
  Cylapinae 
  in 
  that 
  institution's 
  collection, 
  among 
  

   which 
  were 
  found 
  the 
  new 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  herein 
  described. 
  

  

  Brachyfulvius, 
  new 
  genus 
  

  

  Cylapinae, 
  Fulviini. 
  Body 
  roimded, 
  strongly 
  convex 
  on 
  hemielytra, 
  

   distinctly 
  shagreened 
  and 
  very 
  short 
  pubescent. 
  

  

  Head 
  elongate, 
  protruding 
  between 
  the 
  antennae, 
  somewhat 
  hori- 
  

   zontal, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  neck; 
  eyes 
  small, 
  slightly 
  removed 
  from 
  an- 
  

   terior 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum; 
  vertex 
  sulcate; 
  seen 
  from 
  side, 
  clypeus 
  

   prominent, 
  gula 
  long; 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  about 
  middle 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  the 
  

   first 
  segment 
  reaching 
  level 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  head, 
  remaining 
  segments 
  de- 
  

   creasing 
  gradually 
  in 
  thickness. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  inserted 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  eyes, 
  removed 
  from 
  anterior 
  margin 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter 
  by 
  a 
  space 
  equal 
  to 
  thickness 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  first 
  antennal 
  

   segment, 
  the 
  latter 
  thick, 
  incrassate 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  second 
  segment 
  

   linear, 
  about 
  2.5 
  times 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  first, 
  both 
  shortly 
  pilose; 
  third 
  

   and 
  fourth 
  joints 
  very 
  slender 
  and 
  longly 
  pilose. 
  

  

  Pronotum 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  collar, 
  the 
  calli 
  strongly 
  raised 
  and 
  forming 
  

   two 
  conical 
  protuberances 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  furrow, 
  both 
  occupying 
  an 
  

   area 
  of 
  about 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  disc, 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  curved 
  

   posteriorly, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  rounded 
  and 
  depressed 
  anteriorly, 
  then 
  

  

  iMuseu 
  Nacional, 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro, 
  Brazil; 
  John 
  Simon 
  Guggenheim 
  Memorial 
  fellow, 
  1953. 
  Additional 
  

   help 
  granted 
  by 
  the 
  Brazilian 
  National 
  Research 
  Council. 
  

  

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