. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 167 71. Cymus bellus n. sp. Form of angustatus but much smaller and marked with black and white on a testaceous ground. Head short and broad, much swollen across the base, strongly punctured; tylus much deflected, viewed from above short and broad, but little longer than the short pointed cheeks. Eyes not prominent. Basal joint of the anten- nae thick, cylindrical, as broad as the tylus which it ex- ceeds by one half its length; second about one third the length of the first; th
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 167 71. Cymus bellus n. sp. Form of angustatus but much smaller and marked with black and white on a testaceous ground. Head short and broad, much swollen across the base, strongly punctured; tylus much deflected, viewed from above short and broad, but little longer than the short pointed cheeks. Eyes not prominent. Basal joint of the anten- nae thick, cylindrical, as broad as the tylus which it ex- ceeds by one half its length; second about one third the length of the first; third considerably longer than the second and like it slender and and feebly clavate at apex; fourth about e^ual to the first, fusiform. Bucculae prom- ,,*,., , , ,., ,. , , , CYMUS BELLUS lment, rounded, thick and punctured like the cheeks and tylus with which the}- are confused. Rostrum attaining the intermediate coxae; first joint not quite reaching the base of the head. Pronotum strong- ly convex posteriorly; lateral margins sinuated just before the humeri, al- most rectilinear anterior to this sinus; median carina distinct for a short space before the middle; anterior edge elevated and thin; surface coarsely and regularly punctured. Scutellum short carinate posteriorlv. Elytra coria- ceous, punctured; apical margin rather strongly sinuated near its apex. Length 3mm. General color castaneous. Head deep black; antennae testaceous, darker or castaneous on the apical joint; first joint deep black as far as the tip of the tylus, its apex white. Pronotum shading to black posteriorly, at least in the males; anterior edge whitish. Scutellum dark castaneous becom- ing black at apex, sometimes white on either side. Elytra testaceous be- coming a little darker inwardly and along the base of the costa; extreme tip of the clavus and slender hind margin of the corium black; membrane whit- ish hyaline with a narrow median fuscous vitta. Beneath castaneous; the legs a little paler, claws bl
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