﻿NEOTROPICAL 
  MIRIDAE, 
  LXIV 
  — 
  CARVALHO 
  

  

  629 
  

  

  Hemielytra 
  elongate, 
  the 
  margins 
  subparallel, 
  cuneiis 
  very 
  long, 
  

   almost 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide 
  at 
  base, 
  embolium 
  very 
  narrow, 
  

   linear. 
  Legs 
  mutilated. 
  Male 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Holotype: 
  Female, 
  USNM 
  61942, 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  (on 
  bananas), 
  inter- 
  

   cepted 
  at 
  New 
  York, 
  May 
  11, 
  193G. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  Vannius 
  rubrovittatus 
  Distant, 
  1893, 
  but 
  

   easily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  yellow 
  first 
  antennal 
  segment, 
  the 
  eyes 
  

   pointed 
  posteriorly, 
  and 
  different 
  color 
  markings 
  of 
  apex 
  of 
  corium 
  

   and 
  cuneus. 
  

  

  Fulvius 
  albonotatus, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Figures 
  73, 
  75,c, 
  7Q,d,f 
  

  

  Characterized 
  by 
  its 
  small 
  size, 
  whitish 
  spots 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum, 
  

   and 
  male 
  genitalia. 
  

  

  Male: 
  Length 
  2.4 
  mm., 
  width 
  1.0 
  mm. 
  Head: 
  Length 
  0.3 
  mm., 
  with 
  

   0.4 
  mm., 
  vertex 
  0.21 
  mm. 
  Antennae: 
  Segment 
  I 
  length 
  0.2 
  mm.; 
  II, 
  

   0.5 
  mm.; 
  Ill, 
  0.2 
  mm.; 
  IV, 
  0.4 
  mm. 
  Pronotum: 
  Length 
  0.2 
  mm., 
  

   width 
  at 
  base 
  0.7 
  mm. 
  Rostrum: 
  Length 
  1.0 
  mm., 
  segment 
  I 
  length 
  

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

  

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  Figure 
  76. 
  — 
  Male 
  claspers: 
  a, 
  Fulvius 
  castaneous, 
  new 
  species, 
  left 
  clasper; 
  h, 
  

   Peritropoides 
  quadrinotaius, 
  new 
  species, 
  left 
  clasper, 
  dorsal 
  view; 
  c, 
  Fulvius 
  

   castaneous, 
  new 
  species, 
  right 
  clasper; 
  d, 
  F. 
  albonotatus, 
  new 
  species, 
  left 
  clasper, 
  

   dorsal 
  view; 
  e, 
  Peritropoides 
  quadrinotatus, 
  new 
  species, 
  left 
  clasper, 
  ventral 
  

   view; 
  /, 
  Fulvius 
  albonotatus, 
  new 
  species, 
  left 
  clasper, 
  side 
  view. 
  

  

  Color 
  brown, 
  distinctly 
  darker 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum; 
  head 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  with 
  a 
  whitish, 
  short 
  fascia 
  on 
  vertex 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  also 
  dark 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  spot 
  touching 
  posterior 
  margin 
  

   on 
  median 
  line 
  ; 
  antenna 
  with 
  segment 
  I 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  lighter 
  at 
  apex 
  

   (but 
  not 
  white), 
  segment 
  II 
  yellowish 
  sulphurescent, 
  wliitish 
  at 
  apex 
  

   and 
  lighter 
  at 
  base, 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  fuscous; 
  mesoscutum 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  at 
  middle, 
  lighter 
  on 
  basal 
  angles; 
  scutellum 
  dark 
  brown 
  

  

  