166 . HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. 
Division HARMOSTARIA. 
Harmostaria, Stal, En. Hem. iii. p. 97 (1878). 
This division is well distinguished by the posterior femora being incrassated and 
spined beneath. It comprises a group of Neotropical and Nearctic insects, of which 
but two genera have been enumerated. 
HARMOSTES. 
Harmostes, Burm. Handb. ii. 1, p. 8307 (1835); Dallas, List Hem. ii. p. 520 (1852); Stal, Stett. 
ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 306 (1862) ; En. Hem. i. p. 219 (1870). 
The distinguishing characters given for the division Harmostaria serve roughly to 
characterize this genus. | 
This genus is both Neotropical and Nearctic, a greater number of the species being 
found in the former region. It is largely represented in Central America. 
A. Abdomen not dilated. 
a. Lateral margins of the pronotum crenulated. 
1. Harmostes serratus. (Tab. XV. fig. 13.) 
Acanthia serrata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 75. 32. 
Coreus gravidator, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 183. 22; Syst. Rhynch. p. 199. 38. 
Syrtis serrata, Fabr. Syst. Rhynch. p. 123. 6. 
Harmostes perpunctatus, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. 521. 3; Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 807. 184. 
Harmostes serratus, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. p. 67.1*; En. Hem. i. p. 220. 1°; Uhler, Bull. U.S. Geol. 
& Geog. Surv. ii. p. 300°; iii. p. 407*; Berg, Hem. Argent. p. 90. 113°. 
Hab. Norra America, California ?, Manitou 4, Arizona *,x—Mextico%, Orizaba (Bilimek, 
Mus. Vind. Ces.).— AntILLES!?, St. Domingo (Mus. Vind. Ces.), Cuba*; ARGENTINE 
REPUBLIC >, 
The Argentine Republic, if Prof. Berg is correct in his identification, is the most 
southern habitat of the species, and would denote a very wide area of dispersal. Stal} 
copies, without comment, the habitat given by Fabricius of his Syrtis serrata, “ India 
orientalis (Mus. Tottianum, Mus. Havn.).” The species appears to be somewhat variable 
in coloration, but is distinct from the following species by its size and by the length of 
the rostrum, which only reaches the base of the abdomen. 
A specimen in the Vienna Museum is here figured, which I have compared with the 
typical H. perpunctatus of Dallas. 
2. Harmostes nebulosus. (Tab. XV. fig. 14.) 
Harmostes nebulosus, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 8307. 185*; En. Hem. i. p. 220. 3”. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba, Tacubaya (Bilimek, Mus. Vind. Cws.); Guatemaua, San 
Gerénimo, Volcan de Atitlan, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 
The type, in the collection of Dr. Signoret, is here figured. 
