20 NOTES ON JAMAICAN HEMIPT.ERA 



Family Anthocoridse 



Piezostethus sp. 



Numbers of a small species in this genus that I have been 

 unable satisfactorily to determine were taken in various parts 

 of the island. 



Triphleps insidiosus Say. 



One specimen, certainly pertaining to this species, was 

 taken at Mandeville and two smaller examples that I cannot 

 feel sure are distinct were swept from herbage at Hope Bay. 



Cardiastethus fraterculus n. sp. 



Fulvous, tinged with rufous in places. Head and prothorax rufo- 

 piceous; the pronotum, excepting the disk of the anterior lobe, and the 

 humeri piceous black with metallic reflections in certain lights. Elytra 

 dull and opake, apical one half of the clavus, disk of the corium, and inner 

 field of the embolium within the longitudinal furrow, fuscous; cuneus black- 

 ish. Membrane fuscous with iridescent reflections, the inner margins ful- 

 vous at base and pallid toward the apex. Antennae, rostrum and legs 

 testaceous yellow. 



Head short, the prolongation before the base of the antennae quadrate. 

 Eyes large, granulated. Antennae: first joint attaining the apex of the 

 head, second longest, clavate and fuscous at apex, third and fourth more 

 slender, dusky, fourth shortest, much shorter than the third; all but the 

 basal armed with long scattering hairs. Rostrum reaching to between the 

 anterior coxae. Pronotum broad, transverse, strongly narrowed to the front, 

 sides feebly arcuated; surface coarsely punctured, omitting however the 

 large pale disk of the anterior lobe; collum rather narrow, distinct. Scu- 

 tellum pale, the transverse impression conspicuous. Elytra with scattering 

 coarse shallow punctures; embolium narrow, at apex about one half the 

 width of the corium; nervures of the membrane almost obsolete. Propleura 

 and sutures of the other pleural pieces rufo-piceous. Osteolar canal long, 

 strongly curved and attaining the anterior suture of the mesopleura. Whole 

 upper surface sprinkled with short, stiff, yellow hairs. Length 2 mm. 



Described from one example taken at Mandeville, March 

 29th. This seems to be quite distinct from any species yet 

 described. It answers most nearly to Reuter's description of 

 Pergandei but has the short rostrum and feebly sinuated costa, 

 and in his synopsis would go directly to consors from New Zea- 

 land. It is perhaps still nearer to assimilis which has a short 

 rostrum notwithstanding that Prof. Reuter has placed it in his 

 table among those in which the rostrum attains the middle of 

 the mesosternum. From that species however ours may be 

 distinguished by the different sculpture of the pronotum, the 



