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Genus CRYPTASPIDIA Stal 



The genus Cryptaspidia, although clearly set off from the 

 foregoing by natural characters, is rather hard to delimit by the 

 use of artificial ones. It can best be recognized by its general 

 appearance and differs greatly from Gargara in the size of 

 its species and the difference in the structure shown in the 

 pronotal process. 



All of the species assigned to the genus are from the Philip- 

 pines and were described by Stal in his Hemiptera insularum 

 Philippinarum in 1870. 



The insects are long-bodied, rather slender, with very thin, 

 convex metopidia and gradually acuminate posterior processes. 

 The tegmina show two discoidal cells, and this character is 

 given by Stal as generic, but is not in itself sufficient. The hind 

 wings have three apical areas, and the posterior trochanters 

 are without spines. 



Four species are known and may be separated as follows : 



Key to the species of Cryptaspidia. 



a'. Median dorsal carina entirely lacking pubera. 



a\ Median dorsal carina visible although sometimes faint. 



6*. Size small, not over 5 mm. in length tagalica, 



6^ Size large, not less than 6 mm. in length. 



c'. Head strongly convex -.. impressa. 



c^ Head not strongly convex obtusiceps. 



Cryptaspidia pubera Stal. Plate II, fig. 20. 



Cryptaspidia pubera Stal, Hem. Phil. (1870), 729; BUCKT., Mon. 

 Memb. (1903), 267; Funkh., Journ. Ent. & Zool. (1914), 6, 69. 



Black, finely and densely punctate, more or less pubescent 

 with flavous hairs. No dorsal carina. Humeral angles obtuse 

 and not prominent. Tegmina ferruginous, somewhat pubescent. 



Head entirely covered with matted golden hairs ; ocelli pearly, 

 farther from each other than from the eyes, situated above a 

 line passing through center of eyes. Pronotum very convex 

 anteriorly, sparsely pubescent, gradually sloping into posterior 

 process which is rather short, thick, and not carinate. Tegmina 

 rough, somewhat wrinkled, fuscous ferruginous and sparingly 

 pubescent; base black and punctate, this area extending down 

 upon the costal margin. Undersurface of body strongly pubes- 

 cent. Legs and feet uniformly flavous. 



Stal described the tegmina as fuscous hyaline, but in all of the 

 specimens studied they have inclined to opaqueness, especially 

 when seen against the hind wing and abdomen. 



