June, 1908.] 
Guatemalan Hemiptcra. 
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scurely luteous. Head with a few outstanding hairs on the 
lateral margins; eyes seen from the side reaching the meso- 
pleura with one or two curved outstanding hairs near their pos¬ 
terior angle; second antennal joint very short. Pronotum more 
than three times broader than long, not reaching the lateral 
margins of the body, being separated from them by a short promi¬ 
nence of the mesopleura touching the baekwardly prolonged 
eyes. Mesonotum almost one-half broader than long. Fore¬ 
legs: femora a little longer than the tibiae and tarsi together, 
Fig. 1. Male antenna of Rheumatobatcs imitator Uhl. 
Fig. 2. Male antenna of Rheumatobatcs Rileyi Bergr. 
Fig. 3. Male antenna of Rheumatobatcs tenuipes Mein. 
Fig. 4. Male antenna of Rheumatobates praeposterus Bergr. 
Fig 5. Right male middle leg of Rh. praeposterus. 
In the Figures 2, 3 and 4. the antenna is figured from the outside 
and a little from behind in order to show the spongy pit of the third joint. 
Figure 1 shows the antenna from the inside, the spongy pit in this species 
not being visible from the outer side. 
as long as the distance between the eyes and the middle coxae, 
fringed beneath with moderately long hairs; tibiae with two long 
hairs on the underside; tarsi distinctly shorter than the tibiae, 
claws very fine, hair-like. Middle legs: coxae considerably 
thicker than the hind coxae, especially in the male; trochantera 
convex, thicker than the linear hind trochantera; femora with a 
series of exceedingly short and fine colorless bristles on the under¬ 
side; mutual length of tarsal joints a little variable, first joint 
three to four times longer than second. Hindlegs: femora with 
