246 Mr. W. L. Distant on Neotropical Peutatomitlse. 



as long as first, third longest, fourth and fifth subequal in 

 length, each much shorter than third ; anteuniferous tubercles 

 distinctly outwardly spined in front of eyes ; pronotum 

 about twice as broad at base as long, anterior angles shortly 

 transversely spined, the lateral angles subpromineut and 

 emarginate, lateral margins oblique, anterior margin slightly 

 concave; scutellum shorter than corium, almost as long as 

 head and pronotum together, moderately convex, the apex 

 rounded ; corium somewhat apicaliy widened, its apical 

 margin finely sinuate near apex; tegmina somewhat short, 

 the veins longitudinal, not anastomosed, but with about two 

 small cells near base ; rostrum slightly passing the posterior 

 coxaj, first joint about reaching base of head, second extending 

 midway between anterior and intermediate coxae ; third 

 almost passing intermediate coxse ; abdomen beneath obso- 

 letely centrally longitudinally sulcate on the first three 

 segments. 



Allied to Schaefferella, but apical lateral margins of the 

 scutellum not reflexed, membranal veins not anastomosed, &c. 



Herrichella thoracica, sp. n. 



Black ; anterior two-thirds of pronotum more or less 

 ochraceous ; antennae dark chocolate-brown ; head very 

 thickly punctate and obliquely striate ; pronotum sub- 

 rugulose, very coarsely blackly punctate at base, on the pale 

 area equally black coarse punctures arranged sparsely iu 

 clusters ; scutellum subrugulose and sparsely coarsely punc- 

 tate, the apical area and lateral margins finely and more 

 thickly punctate ; corium thickly punctate ; membrane dark 

 cupreous ; body beneath thickly punctate, much less so on 

 discal ridge of abdomen and on the posterior lateral margins 

 of the prosternum, which are ochraceous ; tarsi brownish 

 ochraceous ; other structural characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



Long., ? , 15 mm.; exp. pronot. angl. 8 mm. 



Hab. Colombia; Dagua (Brit. Mas.). 



Paralincus, gen. nov. 



Head longer than broad, the lateral lobes longer than the 

 central lobe, passing its apex but somewhat widely separated, 

 their lateral margins moderately reflexed ; eyes large, trans- 

 versely exserted, situate between the insertion of the an- 

 tennae and base of head ; ocelli wide apart near base ; antennae 

 five-jointed, first joint only slightly passing apex of head, 

 second, third, fourth, and fifth -joints almost subequal in 



