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Antennae subclavate; apex of third segment slightly swollen, the fourth 
segment fusiform; membranous pronotal margins reflected back against 
or nearly against the surface of the pronotum. 2 
2. Antennae very long (Plate VIII, fig. B). M. lurida Stal 
Antennae much shorter (Plate VIII, fig. C). M. uniformis Stal 
Melanorhopala clavata Stal (Plate VIII, fig. A; Plate X, fig. d). 
Tingis (Melanorhopala) clavata Stal, Enum. Hemipt., Band. Ill, p. 130, 1873. 
Antennae long clavate; first segment strongly swollen one and a half times 
the length of the second; second segment less swollen, short; third segment long, 
slender, greatly swollen at the apex; fourth segment conical. Membranous pro¬ 
notal margins reflected back, vertical. Length, 5 to 5.3 mm.; width, 1.9 to 2.1 mm. 
Color: Dull yellow-brown; the swollen portion of third segment and apical 
segment black. 
We have specimens from Point Pleasant and Westfield, N. J., and 
Newton, Mass. No specimens have been taken in the state. 
Melanorhopala lurida Stal (Plate VIII, fig. B). 
Tingis (Melanorhopala) lurida Stal, Enum. Hemipt., Band. Ill, p. 131, 1873. 
Plate VIII.—Antennae. A, Melanorhophora clavata Stal; B, M. lurida Stal; C, M. 
uniformis Stal. 
