1922] 
H emitter ological NoUs 
231 
inserted near the lower angles of the eyes, yellowish or greenish, 
the fourth and sometimes the apical half of the third segments 
infuscated; all segments with short appressed hairs; ratio of 
lengths of segments, 20:77:68:32, the basal segment as long as 
Fig. 1. Male genital claspers of Orthotylus delicatus Cook. A, right clasper, dorsal as- 
pect; B, right clasper, lateral aspect; C, left clasper, dorsal aspect. 
the dorsal aspect of the head, the second segment about one- 
fourth longer than the basal width of the pronotum. Rostrum 
yellow, its apex piceous, reaching onto the middle coxae. 
Pronotum transverse, twice as wide as long, the lateral margins 
very lightly sinuate, the anterior angles broadly rounded; callos- 
ities distinct, joined anteriorly by a transverse elevation be- 
hind which are a pair of deeply impressed punctures; disk rather 
flat, the lateral submargin broadty impressed; anterior angles 
with a long seta directed obliquely outward and forward. 
Hemelytra rather short, the abdomen reaching to the middle of 
the cuneus (o 71 ) or somewhat beyond its apex (9). Male 
genital claspers (Fig. 1) distinctive of the species. 
Color : dorsal parts green in fresh specimens, fading after death 
to yellow on head, pronotum anteriorly, and scutellum; pectus 
