﻿NEOTROPICAL 
  MIRIDAE, 
  LXIV 
  — 
  CARVALHO 
  625 
  

  

  Peritropoides 
  annulatus, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Plate 
  15, 
  b 
  

  

  Characterized 
  by 
  its 
  color, 
  size, 
  and 
  structure 
  of 
  head. 
  

  

  Female: 
  Length 
  2.2 
  mm., 
  width 
  0.9 
  mm. 
  Head: 
  Length 
  0.2 
  mm., 
  

   width 
  0.3 
  mm., 
  vertex 
  0.22 
  mm. 
  Antennae: 
  Segment 
  I 
  length 
  0.1 
  

   mm.; 
  II, 
  0.4 
  mm.; 
  Ill, 
  0.2 
  mm.; 
  IV, 
  0.3 
  mm. 
  Pronotum: 
  Length 
  0.3 
  

   mm., 
  width 
  at 
  base 
  0.8 
  mm. 
  Rostrum: 
  Length 
  1.0 
  mm., 
  segment 
  I 
  

   length 
  0.25 
  mm.; 
  II, 
  0.28 
  mm.; 
  Ill, 
  0.25 
  mm.; 
  IV, 
  0.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Color 
  brownish 
  with 
  whitish 
  spots 
  or 
  areas; 
  head 
  brown 
  on 
  vertex 
  

   with 
  two 
  whitish 
  spots 
  bordering 
  eye, 
  clypeus 
  and 
  frons 
  with 
  brown 
  

   and 
  whitish 
  areas, 
  sides 
  of 
  head, 
  clypeus, 
  and 
  first 
  segment 
  of 
  rostrum 
  

   reddish 
  brown, 
  remaining 
  rostral 
  segments 
  yellowish; 
  eyes 
  dark 
  

   brown; 
  first 
  antenna 
  brown 
  with 
  whitish 
  apex, 
  second 
  antenna 
  with 
  

   three 
  whitish 
  and 
  two 
  brown 
  rings, 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  antennae 
  brown 
  

   with 
  whitish 
  apices; 
  pronotum 
  brown, 
  especiaU}^ 
  at 
  middle 
  and 
  

   lateral 
  margins, 
  with 
  yellowish 
  spots, 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  with 
  three 
  

   distinct 
  whitish 
  spots, 
  one 
  adjacent 
  to 
  each 
  lateral 
  angle 
  of 
  mesoscutum 
  

   and 
  the 
  third 
  median; 
  mesoscutimi 
  also 
  with 
  two 
  whitish 
  spots 
  at 
  base; 
  

   scutellum 
  brown 
  with 
  whitish 
  apex; 
  hemielytra 
  with 
  clavus 
  and 
  basal 
  

   half 
  of 
  corium 
  white 
  with 
  small 
  brown 
  dots, 
  apical 
  portion 
  of 
  corium 
  

   and 
  embolium 
  brown 
  to 
  reddish 
  brown 
  (except 
  a 
  white 
  spot 
  on 
  apex 
  of 
  

   embolium 
  and 
  external 
  apical 
  angle 
  of 
  corium 
  reaching 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   base 
  of 
  cuneus), 
  cuneus 
  reddish 
  brown 
  with 
  extreme 
  apex 
  white; 
  

   membrane 
  infumate; 
  underside 
  darkish 
  brown, 
  apex 
  of 
  coxa 
  reddish, 
  

   trochanters 
  and 
  extreme 
  apex 
  of 
  femora 
  wliitish, 
  the 
  posterior 
  pair 
  

   noticeably 
  darker, 
  tibiae 
  yeUow 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  ring 
  near 
  base 
  and 
  

   a 
  large 
  one 
  near 
  middle, 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  and 
  two 
  

   basal 
  rings; 
  whitish 
  apex 
  of 
  posterior 
  femur 
  with 
  a 
  reddish 
  to 
  brown 
  

   ring. 
  

  

  Morphological 
  characters 
  as 
  given 
  for 
  genus. 
  Male 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Holotype: 
  Female, 
  USNM 
  61940, 
  Colombia 
  (on 
  orcliid), 
  intercepted 
  

   at 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  Calif., 
  Dec. 
  16, 
  1940. 
  

  

  Peritropoides 
  quadrinotatus, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Figures 
  74,6, 
  75,e,f, 
  76,6,/ 
  

  

  Characterized 
  by 
  its 
  color, 
  dimensions, 
  and 
  structure 
  of 
  head. 
  

  

  Male: 
  Length 
  3.0 
  mm., 
  width 
  1.1 
  mm. 
  Head: 
  Length 
  0.3 
  mm., 
  

   width 
  0.5 
  mm,, 
  vertex 
  0.24 
  mm. 
  Antennae: 
  Segment 
  I 
  length 
  0.2 
  

   mm.; 
  II, 
  0.6 
  mm.; 
  Ill, 
  0.3 
  mm.; 
  IV, 
  0.5 
  mm. 
  Pronotum: 
  Length 
  

   0.4 
  mm., 
  width 
  at 
  base 
  1.0 
  mm. 
  Rostrum: 
  Length 
  1.7 
  mm.; 
  segment 
  

   I 
  length 
  0.42 
  mm.; 
  II, 
  0.45 
  mm.; 
  Ill, 
  0.42 
  mm.; 
  IV, 
  0.45 
  mm. 
  

  

  