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Hind legs longest, coxae large, like others; femora somewhat 

 thicker than tibiae, not spined ; tibiae longer than femora, with 

 long setae; second tarsal joint nearly twice as long as third, claws 

 not included. 



Abdomen broad, five visible segments and the prominent male 

 genital segment which is covered with long hairs ; segments of 



Fig. 38. Gelastocoris barberi Bueno, N. S., — (a) dorsal view, (b) lateral 

 view of head; both greatly enlarged. Drawing by Dr. Philip Garman. 



nearly equal width at connexivum, narrowing medially to allow 

 for the compression by the large genital segment ; posterior angles 

 of the segments of the connexivum prominent, each with a margi- 

 nal small tuft of gray hairs ; edges with short black spines ; abdo- 

 men beneath more or less sparsely long gray-pilose. 



All legs, except as noted, with long black spines, and transversely 

 striped with broad brown bands on a white or light ground. 

 Sternal surface more or less granulate or tuberculate, except at 



