HEMIPTERA OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. 2bl 



occupying nearly all of it, the cells very large, chiefly 

 hexagonal, above stained with dark brown ; lateral lam- 

 ella short, sunken and with a brown spot anteriorly, bent 

 upwards posteriori}^ the edge with very short, close set 

 spines. Scutellum simple at base and brown there, the 

 carinate middle line high, with a brownish spot each side. 

 Hemielytra with large, mostly subquadrangular areoles, 

 the outer border deeply sinuated, the costal row of cells 

 stopped at one-third from the tip, and the very minute 

 spines hardly extending that far, base feebly notched; 

 the inner margin, a band before the apex, and the bullate 

 portion of the disk brown. Antenna;, excepting the dark 

 apical joint, the rostrum, bucculae, and legs testaceous. 

 Apical third of the venter rufous. 



Length to tip of hemielytra, 3 mm. Width of pronotal 

 lamellcE, ij5^ mm. 



This species is labeled in the collection "Cal. 7." 

 It is, however, an inhabitant of Lower California, Mex- 

 ico and Arizona. 



ARADID^. 



Aradus americanus H. Schf. One specimen is in 

 the collection which was made at Cape St. Lucas by Mr. 

 John Xanthus. 



Aradus ^equalis Say. A single specimen is in this 

 collection, labeled "S. Cal." It has been taken at Cape 

 St. Lucas and on the island of Santa Cruz. 



Aradus lugubris Fallon. This species has also been 

 taken at Cape St. Lucas and in Mexico. 



Brachyrhynchus emarginatus Say. Specimens 

 were collected at San Jose del Cabo, by Dr. G. Eisen; 

 and near Cape St. Lucas, by Mr. John Xanthus. 



