HEMIPTERA— HETEROPTERA. 



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the narrow intervening spaces whitisli hyaline ; stigma uniformly brown, veins 

 fuscous with certain regions pallid (see figure). Wings hyaline, veins and 

 membrane along them, especially at apex of wing, infuscate. Anterior leg 

 dark brown, the base and upper surface of coxae, the trochanter, the basal 



Text-fig. 25. — Empicoris (Dictynna) nitidicollis, subgen. et. sp. n. : a, lateral view of head and 

 thorax ; b, hemielytron ; c, anterior leg ; d, ventral view of base of abdomen, showing 

 straight posterior margin of first ventrite. 



third of underside, two medial annulations and the extreme apex of femur, 

 extreme base, a sub-basal and a sub-apical annulation of tibia, and base of 

 tarsus, yellowish- white ; intermediate leg yellowish- white, a spot towards apex 

 of coxa, seven more or less regular annulations and the apex (broadly) of femur 

 deep brown, eight annulations and the apical third of tibia brown ; hind leg 



