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than the second ; fourth white at the base, nearly as long as the first. 
Prothorax with a strongly-marked transverse furrow at somewhat before 
the middle, and with a fusiform piceous band on the hind border. Scutelluni 
sometimes piceous in the middle at the base. Legs piceous; femora some- 
times red. Corium piceous. Membrane black, with a narrow cinereous 
border. Length of the body 5 lines. 
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41. DYSDERCUS PECTORAL1S. 
Mas. Teslaceus , longi- ellipticus, subtus lutens, rostro cintennis pedibusque 
nigris ; rostrum segmentum 2um ventrale attingens, articulo lo luteo ; 
anlenrue corpore multo breviores , articulo 4o luteo apicem versus 
nigro ; pectus nigro bifasciatum ; venter ferrugineo plagiatus ; femora 
lutea, basi nigra ; mcmbrana apicem versus nigra , apice diaphano. 
Male. Testaceous, elongate-elliptical, luteous beneath. Eyes, rostrum, 
antennae and legs black. Eyes rather prominent. Rostrum extending to 
the second ventral segment; first joint luteous. Antennae much shorter 
than the body ; first joint longer than the head ; second a little shorter 
than the first; third much shorter than the second; fourth luteous, black 
towards the tip, a little longer than the first. Prothorax with a well- 
defined transverse furrow at somewhat in front of the middle. Pectus 
with two black bands. Abdomen beneath with some ferruginous patches. 
Eemora luteous, black at the base. Membrane black towards the tip, 
which is pellucid. Length of the body 8 lines. 
