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13. KLEDITOMA GRACILICOENIS. 

 PL XIII, fig. 5. 



Kleditoma gracilicornis, Cam., Mem. Lit. Phil. Soc. Man. (4), 

 ii, 63. 



Black, the knees and tarsi piceous ; wings clear hyaline, the nervures 

 piceous. Antennae thin, twice the length of the thorax ; the third joint 

 one-half longer than the fourth, the fourth to seventh wider than 

 long ; the ninth oval, thicker, nearly twice longer than the sixth, and 

 three-fourths of the width of the ninth ; the club not very abrupt ; the 

 basal three joints of equal width and length, oval, the last longer and 

 sharply conical at the apex. Radial cellule subtriangular ; the second 

 and third abscissae of the radius subequal. Scutellum aciculate, the 

 basal fovese longer than wide. Abdomen longer than the head and 

 thorax united ; the hair-fringe moderate, whitish. Apical incision in 

 wings slight. ? . 



Length 1 mm. 



The much smaller size, the thinner and longer 

 antennae, the smaller and whiter abdominal hair-fringe 

 sufficiently distinguish this species from affinis. 



Nunton (Rev. T. A. Marshall). 



iii. Antennal club five-jointed or sub-five-jointed 

 (=Pentacrita). 



Synopsis of Species. 



1 (2) Legs clear piceous-red ; antennae piceous ; length 2 mm. 



Striata. 



2 (1) Legs for the greater part black ; antennae black ; length under 



2 mm. 



3 (6) Antennae filiform, as long as the body. 



4 (5) Abdomen and legs piceous, the third antennal joint one-half 



longer than the fourth ; the club indistinct. Picipes. 



5 (4) Abdomen and legs black, the third joint twice the length of 



the fourth ; the club distinct. Elegans. 



6 (3) Antennae stout, shorter than the body ; radial cellule sub- 



elongate. 



7 (10) The basal joint of club elongate ; the antennae thin. 



8 (9) The apex of wing almost truncate; the apex of femora broadly, 



tibiae and tarsi clear testaceous ; the wings moderate. 



Truncata. 



9 (8) The apex of wing acutely incised ; the apex of femora, tibiae, and 



tarsi fuscous ; wings longish. Longipennis. 

 10 (7) The basal joints oval, short ; the club stout ; radial cellule sub- 

 triangular. Pentatoma. 

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