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CURUPIRA gen. nov. 
Head short and broad, deflected in front, eyes very prominent, 
their outer margins wider than the anterior margin of the pronotum. 
Pronotum elongate, the posterior margin deflexed, the posterior 
angles somewhat foveate and elongate. Scutellum with a long erect 
spine at apex. Hemelytra not quite reaching apex of the abdomen. 
Legs long and slender. Antennæ elongate. Rostrum about reaching 
the intermediate coxæ,the penultinate joint a little shorter than the 
apical joint which is the longest. 
Curupira illustrata n. sp. 
Brownish ochraceous; the head, anterior half of pronotum, ster- 
num and base of abdomen very dark castaneous ; coxæ pale ochra- 
ceous. Antennæ with the apices of the second and third joints nar- 
rowly infuscated, the apical joint pale luteous with its apical half 
fuscous. 
The basal joint of the antennæ is slightly thickened and shorter 
than the second third and fourth joints which are subequal in length. 
The head and the anterior portion of the pronotum are pilose. 
Long. 13 millim. 
Hab. Rio Janeiro. 
LEPTOCORISA TIPULOIDES. 
Cimez tipuloides De Geer.Mém. III, p. 354, 27, t. 35, f. 18 (1773). 
Sub-fam. Berytinæ. 
JALYSUS SOBRINUS. 
Jalysus sobrinus Stäl. Rio. Hem. 2. p. 60, 1 (1862). 
JALYSUS TENELLUS. 
Metacanthus tenellus Stäl. Freg. Eug. resa. Ins. Hem., p. 236, 
42 (1859). 
Sub-fam. Corizinæ. 
Division Harmostaria. 
HARMOSTES SERRATUS, 
Acanthia serrata Fabr. Ent. Syst. IV, p. 75, 32 (1794). 
HARMOSTES PROLIXUS. 
Harmostes prolisus Stäl. Rio. Jan. Hem. I, p. 37, 3 (1860). 
Division Corizaria. 
CORIZUS PICTIPES. 
Rhopalus pictipes Stäl. Freg. Eug. resa. Ins. p. 239, 48 (1859). 
Division Serinetharia. 
JADERA OBSCURA. 
Pyrrhotes obscura Hope. Cat. Hem. II, p. 26 (1842). 
