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Head nearly vertical, with the eyes two-thirds basal width of pronotum, 

 distinctly wider than median length of pronotum; vertex swollen, separated 

 from base of clypeus by a distinct incised line; facial angle a right angle; 

 eyes vertical, oval; gula short; rostrum passing intermediate coxae, segment 

 I reaching to base of head. Antennae inserted near apical angle of eye; 

 segment I attaining apex of clypeus; II as long as width of head with eyes, 

 linear, a little thickened in male; III and IV together equal to II, III a 

 third longer than IV. Pronotum transverse, its length one-half its basal 

 width and equal to its apical width, sides straight or nearly so. Elytra long, 

 almost parallel in male, the costa a little arcuated in female; tip of cuneus 

 attaining apex of abdomen. Posterior femora much thickened; third segment 

 of hind tarsi not longer than II, the suture very obscure. Surface smooth, 

 polished, thickly clothed with short pale deciduous hairs. 



Type of genus, Strophopoda apnea, new species. This 

 genus was included in my keys to the genera of the Miridae, 

 1916, but not before validated by description of a species. 



26. Strophopoda aprica, new species 



Black, polished, short pale-pubescent; antennae and legs 

 in part whitish, tip of cuneus and a connecting spot on mem- 

 brane white. Length 2 x / 2 mm. 



Characters as given for the genus; surface impunctate but minutely sha- 

 greened ; male genital segment narrow, conical ; sinistral clasper incurved 

 and acute as in Chlamydatus suavis, the dextral broad, curved, truncate at 

 apex. 



Color, deep black, polished ; base of vertex with a pale median dot ; antennae 

 pale yellowish in female, somewhat infuscated in male; segment I black, 

 white at apex; II and III narrowly fuscous at base, more apparent in female; 

 edge of bucculae narrowly white; segment II of rostrum fuscous brown; apex 

 of cuneus and a line on its basal fracture white; membrane with a white 

 spot at tip of cuneus; femora black, tipped with white; tibiae white, with 

 spines and large dots at their bases black ; tarsi brown. 



Described from numerous examples of both sexes taken 

 at various places in San Diego Co., Calif., from sea level to 

 3500 feet in the Cuyamaca Mountains, from April to Oc- 

 tober. 



Holotype, male, and allotype, female, in collection of the 

 author; paratopes in his collection and that of the California 

 Academy of Sciences. 



Type locality, San Diego County, Calif. 



27. Chlamydatus monilipes, new species 



Allied to suavis Reut., but with the antennae mostly pale 

 and the tibiae dotted. Length 2 x / 2 mm. 



