1889.] 



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pronotum subquadrate, rather narrower in front tban behind, lateral 

 angles slightly spinose : scutellnm short and broad, with the apex broad 

 and rounded : hemely tra very short, covering only the two first segments 

 of the abdomen (not always), with their apical margin truncated, some- 

 what membranous : sternum with a narrow longitudinal canal : abdomen 

 nearly circular, slightly convex above, very convex beneath, with the 

 apex somewhat truncated : the two lateral vulvar plates bearing stigmata : 

 legs stout, femora unarmed ; tibiaa prismatic, the posterior pair slightly 

 dilated internally and channelled beneath ; anal apparatus, in cf , seen 

 from beneath, appears to consist of a plato of a semicircular form, broad- 

 ly notched on its posterior margin and occupying a broad emargination 

 of the last segment of the abdomen ; seen from above, it presents a cir- 

 cular corneous ring, the upper portion of which is very narrow, whilst 

 the lower portion is produced and emarginate posteriorly : the opening 

 of the ring is narrowed irregularly by a large tooth on each side, 

 close to which the margin of the ring is clothed with yellowish hairs. 



423. Atelides centuolineatus, Dallas. 



Atelides centrolinmtus, Dallas, A. M. N. H., (2 s.J x, p. 306, 430, t. 5, f. 1-5 (1852): 

 Walker, Cat. Hot., lii, p. 500 (18G8) : Stal, Eu. Hem., i, p. 89 (1870). 



5 . Head above, brassy black, somewhat obscure, rather finely 

 rugose, with the lateral margins tinged with chestnut, and with a longi- 

 tudinal orange yellow band down the middle ; beneath brownish fulvous, 

 with the orbits brassy : eyes brown ; ocelli yellow : antennoB with the 

 first two joints black, thickly clothed with short stiff hairs, but with the 

 furrows of the second joint naked; basal joint fulvous at the base; 

 apical joint fulvous : rostrum pale chestnut with the basal joint fulvous : 

 pronotum blackish, somewhat brassy, with the annular spots near the 

 anterior margin and an indistinct j^atch within each lateral angle chest- 

 nut, the surface minutely punctured and wrinkkid transversely ; the disc 

 with a smooth orange-yellow band continuous with that on the head ; 

 the sides broadly margined with dull orange, with the extreme edges 

 black : scntellum black, very thickly and minutely punctured and trans- 

 versely wrinkled, with a smooth orange-yellow band continuous with 

 that on the thorax : pectus brownish fulvous, sparingly punctured, with 

 a broad, brassy black, rugose longitudinal band on each side within the 

 lateral margins : legs pale chestnut brown : hemelytra blackish, some- 

 what brassy, finely granulosa ; outer margin broadly fulvous, edged with 

 black ; the submargiual vein, a streak on the disc and the base of the 

 inner margin fulvous ; membrane brown : abdomen above blackish, some- 

 what brassy, finely granulose, with the sides dull chestnut irrorated with 

 black points ; the middle with a longitudinal orange band continuous 



