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B. Descriptions of New Genera and Species. 



Fain. A N T H o c o R I D .?;. 

 Genus Lasiochiltjs. 



Lasiochilus PICT0S, sp. nov. 



In form' similar to L. nehulosus, Uhler, but somewhat narrower, 

 with the head a little more tapering. Above pale rufo-flavous and 

 testaceous, beneath pale rufo-piceous. Head moderately short, rufo- 

 testaceous, minutely rugulose in front, with a triangular impressed 

 line between the eyes, near which the surface is slightly granulated ; 

 the neck is a little swollen, highly polished, slightly wider than the 

 space between the eyes, bounded in front by an impressed line 

 with some punctures ; the front narrower and longer than the neck, 

 with the sutures bounding the tylus deeply defined ; antennae mode- 

 rately slender, not setaceous, testaceous, a little dusky, the second 

 joint much the longest, a little thicker towards the tip, the third 

 joint much more slender, a little shorter than the fourth, which 

 is a little thicker than it ; rostrum pale fuscous, slender, reaching 

 as far as the middle coxae. Pronotum trapezoidal, wider than long, 

 with the lateral oblique margin pale testaceous, reflexed, with the 

 anterior angle a little rounded; surface rufo-testacous, polished, re- 

 motely pubescent, the callosity of the anterior lobe long, convexly 

 prominent ; collum scarcely projecting beyond the side of the head, 

 narrow, but distinct ; the posterior lobe large, punctate, the punctures 

 continuing forward on the sides, the posterior margin hardly sinu- 

 ated, with the humeral angles callous, pale, and acute. Scutellum 

 pale reddish brown, depressed and punctate behind the middle. 

 Hemelytra pale testaceous, minutely pubescent, closely punctate 

 except upon the posterior part of the corium ; the cuneal portion 

 smoke-brown, but darker exteriorly, and dull testaceous on the 

 costal border ; posterior margin of the corium also brown ; mem- 

 brane soiled whitish. Legs dusky testaceous. Venter clouded 

 with dusky brown, a little paler exteriorly, the posterior margins 

 of the segments fringed with yellowish hairs, and most of the 

 ventral surface spread with fine yellowish pubescence. 



Length to tip of abdomen 2 millim. ; width of base of pronotum 

 I millim. 



One or two specimens were found on the leeward side of 

 St. Vincent, and others were taken in the island of Grenada. 



Fam. Ceratocombid^. 

 Genus Schizoptera, Fieber. 



ScmzoPTEEA scutellata, sp. nov. 



In form similar to S. rutteri, Eeuter, but with the membrane 

 more tapering posteriorly. Subconic-ovate, black, opaque, minutely 

 pubescent, with a broad orange band covering the clavus, except 



