ART. 25 MEGAEIDI]SrAE AND CAISTOPINAE McATEE AI^D MALLOCH / 



MEGARIS LAEVICOLLIS Stal 



Megaris laevicolUs Stal, C, Hemiptera Mexicana, Ent. Zeit. (Stettiu), vol. 

 23, 1862, p. 84 [Rio de Janeiro]. 



The color varies from castaneous to black; the fore wing (fig. 6) 

 has the corium hyaline discally, brownish near the heavily chitinized 

 base, and reddish apically; the membrane is fumose, with a crinkled 

 dusky band paralleling radial margin; hind Aving as in Figm^e 10. 

 Antenna testaceous ; tibiae and tarsi pale brownish. Head seen from 

 above as in Figure 8. Scutellum somewhat impressed near antero- 

 lateral angles; punctures most numerous and deepest near these 

 angles, thence they become shallower and sparser, the anterior disk 

 being quite impunctuate. Exposed corium with a prominent medial 

 longitudinal carina. Propleurum with a few coarse punctures in a 

 series across middle and in a group at each end of this series, other- 

 wise impunctate in contrast to the uniformly punctate meso- and 

 meta-pleura. Length 2 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Holotype. — ^Male, Rio de Janeiro, F. Sahlberg (Stockholm Mus.) ; 

 other specimens; Esperitu Santo, Staudinger, 1898 (Budapest Mus.) ; 

 New Friburg, February, 1884, Caraca, Second Semester, 1884 ; E,io de 

 Janeiro, 1883, all in Brazil, collected by P. Germain (Paris Mus.) ; 

 San Bernardino, Paraguay, K. Fiebrig (U.S.JST.M.). The last speci- 

 men bears the following freeh^^ translated note : " 14 Nov. In a 

 cluster of leaves, together with a cassid and some * * * which 

 were lost." 



MEGARIS TRINOTATA Distant 



Cyrtaspis trinotata Distant, W. L., Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. 

 Rhynehota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera, vol. 1, p. 309, August, 1889. 

 [Panama ; Volcan de Chiriqui.] 



Brownish black, with red spots as described in key ; beak, antennae, 

 and legs, testaceous. Head seen from above as in Figures 12 (male), 

 15 (female), with sparse, shallow punctures; second and third an- 

 tennal segments of male as in Figure 4. Pronotum with more 

 numerous and deeper punctures, rather evenly distributed, except for 

 a discal spot, anterior areas in the position occupied in many Heterop- 

 tera by callosites, and rather prominent swellings near posterior 

 angles, which are smooth ; a slightly impressed punctate line extends 

 entirely across hind margin of pronotum. Scutellum copiously and 

 rather deeply punctate, except on discal color spot, with a distinct 

 transverse impression paralleling front margin. Propleurum less 

 copiously punctate, especially anteriorly, than meso- and meta-pleura ; 

 prosternal sulcus with a few punctures. Length, 2 mm.; width, 

 2 mm. 



Holotype. — ^Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama, Champion; other speci- 

 mens: Motzorongo, Vera Cruz, Flohr (British Mus.) ; Porto Belle, 



