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Color. General color jet black; elytra and legs pallid. Head, second 
segment of antennae, thorax, scutellum, and abdomen beneath shining 
pitchy black. First segment of antennae pallid, except at base black; second, 
third, and fourth segments black. Elytra semitransparent, on the inner 
border of the corium and clavus pallid and infuscated; the apex of corium and 
clavus, the margin of the cuneus, and the membrane faintly smoky. The 
legs pallid. Length, 2.75 mm, width .34 mm. 
One specimen, taken at Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, March 
3d, 1905. 
Lygus pratensis Linnaeus. 
Two specimens of this widely-distributed and very variable 
species from Guatemala: Santa Lucia, Feb. 2d, 1905. 
Lygus sallaei Stal. 
Three specimens from Guatemala: Los Amates, Santa 
Lucia, Feb. 2d; Gualan, Feb. 14, 1905. 
Lygus scutellatus Distant. 
A good series from Guatemala: Los Amates, Jan. 17th, and 
Feb. 25th; Santa Lucia, Feb. 2d; Puerto Barrios, March 3d, 1905. 
Lygus lanuginosus Distant. 
Five specimens from Guatemala: Los Amates, Santa Lucia, 
Feb. 2d, 1905. 
Lygus cuneatus Distant. 
A good series from Guatemala; Los Amates, Jan. 17th; and 
Feb. 25th; Santa Lucia, Feb. 2d; Puerto Barrios, March 3d, 1905. 
Poecilocapsus ornatulus Stal. 
One specimen, taken Feb. 3d, 1905 at Mazatenango, Guate¬ 
mala. 
Horcias plausus Distant. 
Four specimens from Guatemala: Los Amates, Jan. 17th and 
Feb. 25, 1905. 
Eccritotarsus pallidirostris Stal. 
A large series from Guatemala: Santa Lucia, Feb. 2d, 1905. 
Eccritotarsus incurvus Distant. 
One specimen, taken at Los Amates, Guatemala, Tan. 17th, 
1905. 
Eccritotarsus bulbosus n. sp. 
Near E. incurvus Distant, but differing by its smaller size and the 
two conspicuous inflated bulbous enlargments on the pronotum. Antennae, 
legs, membrane, and two spots on the margin of the corium white. Length 
2.5 mm. width .9 mm. 
Head transverse; eyes prominent; face deflected. Antennae with the 
first segment longer than the head and slightly shorter than the second; 
third and fourth segments absent. Pronotum elevated in two conspicuous 
bulbous enlargments equal to the depth of the body, separated by a deep 
central furrow, leaving a narrow collar in front, and slightly overhanging 
the scutellum behind. Head and pronotum roughly punctate. Elytra 
with the costal margins convex, whitish, semitransparent, and with a black 
