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from the humeri to near the bluntly rounded anterior angle ; the 

 surface polished, with the callosities large, smooth, almost con- 

 tiguous, the suture behind them faintly defined, the humeri acutely 

 tubercular, the anterior margin slightly excavated across to the 

 middle of the eyes, and the posterior margin feebly sinuated. 

 Scutellum of medium size, about as wide as long, prominently 

 convex. Legs of medium size, the posterior femora long, curved, 

 compressed; unguiculi long, slender, widely spreading apart. 

 Hemelytra complete, much longer than the abdomen, bluntly 

 rounded at tip, almost parallel-sided, the costal margin only a 

 little curved, abruptly reflexed, the discoidal vein well defined, and 

 the membrane almost as long as the corium. Abdomen ample, not 

 contracted at base, blunt at tip in the female, but tapering towards 

 tip in the male. 



Ctlloceps pellicia, sp. nov. 



Pale testaceous, long elliptical, polished, minutely pubescent. 

 Head yellow, black along the middle line, including the tylus, 

 sometimes with a black band between the lower line of the eyes ; 

 bucculae blackish ; rostrum yellowish, piceous at tip, reaching 

 behind the middle coxse. Antennae long, gradually decreasing 

 towards the tip, the basal and second joints stout, the second much 

 the longest, obscure yellowish, the thii'd a little shorter than the 

 second, and the fourth still shorter, the basal one shortest, a little 

 longer than the head, black excepting at base and tip. Pronotum 

 moderately polished, dull yellow, obscured by brown posteriorly 

 and towards the sides, the surface a little scabrous, transversely 

 w-rinkled, remotely punctate, minutely pubescent, the sides beneath 

 more or less infuscated and a little scabrous ; sternal segments 

 polished, mostly yellow, those of the mesosternum more or less 

 dusky. Coxae and legs pale yellow, the femora usually a little 

 darker at base and with the immediate tip piceous, the nails and 

 tip of tarsi piceous. Scutellum dark brown, obsoletely carinate on 

 the middle line, polished, not distinctly punctate. Hemelytra 

 pellicular, translucent, pale testaceous, obsoletely fuscous on the 

 inner border of the clavus and corium, the coarse bounding vein at 

 basal angle of membrane piceous, the vein on middle of corium is 

 also dusky in some specimens ; veins of membrane usually a little 

 brownish. Venter yellow, more or less dusky on the middle, with 

 the sides tinged with rufous or orange and the ovipositor piceous. 



Length to end of venter 2^ millim., to tip of membrane 3 mUlim. ; 

 width of base of pronotum barely 1 millim. 



Several specimens of both sexes, collected by Dr. Gundlach in 

 Cuba, were submitted to me for examination, and others are in the 

 collection from the island of St. Vincent, which were captured by 

 Mr. Herbert H. Smith in the month of May. I have also seen a 

 specimen from Southern Florida and others from the island of San 

 Domingo. 



Not having specimens for dissection, I have been unable to 

 ascertain a few points necessary to establish the precise relations 



