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Head barely declivent anteriorly; somewhat prolonged in postoc- 
ular region, but not constricted to form a neck. Tylus not attaining 
midlength on antennal segment I. Vertex flattened, slightly depressed 
before ocelli. Ocelli behind hind margin of eyes. Eyes rounded. 
Length of head 1.40; postocular length 0.30; width across eyes 1.10; 
interocular distance 0.52. Anterior pronotal lobe rounded; anterior 
margin with a distinct band-like collar. Transverse pronotal impres- 
sion well demarked and complete save for a narrow, median, dull 
carina. Posterior pronotal margin straight across base of scutellum. 
Humeral angles truncate, rounded. Length anterior pronotal lobe 
1.22; width 1.38; width transverse impression 1.28; length posterior 
pronotal lobe 0.80; width across humeral angles 1.98. Length scutel- 
lum 1.20; width 1.04. Hemelytra not quite attaining end of abdo- 
men; rounded rim of pygophore visible posteriorly beyond heme- 
lytral membrane. Lateral corial margins vaguely sinuate at level of 
claval commissure. Length corium 2.06; midline distance apex 
corium to apex membrane 3.04; length claval commissure 0.82; mid- 
line distance apex clavus to apex corium 1.82. Labium attaining 
anterior margin of metacoxal cavities. Length labial segments I 
1.20, II 1.30, III 1.08, IV 0.58. Bucculae short, projecting anteriorly 
around base of labium; buccular juncture broadly V-shaped and 
occurring at level of antenniferous tubercles. Antennae slender and 
extremely elongate; segment IV fusiform and slightly curving. 
Length antennal segments I 1.32, II 2.22, III 2.14, IV 2.30. Legs 
elongate, slender. Fore femur slightly incrassate with spines double 
ranked, the anterior row extending proximad two-thirds the femoral 
length. Middle one-half or more of fore tibia bearing a single row of 
small spines. Mesofemur with a single row of spines on anterior 
surface. Mesepimeron barely emergent. Metathoracic scent gland 
auricle strongly elevated from pleural surface. Total length 8.98. 
Holotype. Panama: La Mesa above El Valle, 13-1-1974, B. J. 
Harrington and J. A. Slater. In American Museum of Natural His- 
tory, New York. 
Paratypes. 1$, 10?, Same data as holotype. In American 
Museum of Natural History, New York; United States National 
Museum of Natural History, Washington; British Museum (Natural 
History), London and private collections of P. D. Ashlock, B. J. 
Harrington, and J. A. Slater. 
