HEMIPTERA— HETEROPTERA. 



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one- and two-thirds as wide as at the anterior margin ; strongly punctate, dull 

 yellow with a transverse fascia across the anterior disc extending on each side 

 to the anterior lateral angles, a spot just within each of the humeral angles, 



Text-fig. 12. — Nysius pacificus, sp. n. : a, dorsal view of head, pronotum and scutellum 

 6, lateral view of head and thorax ; c, hemielytron. 



and six longitudinal fasciae extending from the posterior margin to the anterior 

 transverse band, the two central ones much thinner than the others and con- 

 verging anteriorly (Text-fig. 12, a). Scutellum strongly punctate, except for a 

 median longitudinal laevigate ridge ; dull yellow, with the base (narrowly) and 



