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Fig. 23 Adult female Aphelonema viridis, new species, 

 face and female genital segment (original). 



median keel; the two preceding segments have the median keel par- 

 tially black; the elytra and frons are paler in places and the legs are 

 pale testaceous. The male differs in having the abdomen a distinctive 

 rosy-orange color. 



Male genital plates or styles short and narrow, somewhat tri- 

 angular, stout at the base and the acuminate tip slightly incurved, and 

 not quite reaching the anal tube. 



Length of body, female 2.25-2.50 mm.; of the male 1.80 mm. 



Described from a female taken by the writer sweeping 

 grass on floor of pine woods at Hattiesburg, Miss., Aug. 10, 

 1921, and a series of two females from Ocean Springs, Miss., 

 Feb. 22, six females and five males from Hurley, Miss., Feb. 

 24, and a pair from Wade, Miss., Feb. 24, 1922, all brachyp- 

 terous and taken by Prof. Herbert Osborn sweeping grass 

 in low pine land. 



THE GENUS HYSTEROPTERUM AMYOT & SERVILLE 



Members of this genus are of world-wide distribution, 

 occurring in Europe, Africa, Indo-Malaysia and America. 

 Four species are known from the United States, only one 

 of which is recorded from our territory; another, H. auro- 

 reum is known only from Texas. 



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