HEMIPTERA— HETEROPTERA— LYGiEID^. 391 



LiTHOCORIS EVULSUS. 



The single specimen known is rather faintly preserved upon the stone,! 

 but otiierwise is in excellent condition. The head and thorax are dusky, 

 the abdomen paler ; the antennae and legs are also pale obscure. Head 

 rather densel}^ and not very finely punctate. Thorax more coarsely and 

 more distantly punctate, as is also the scutellum. Hemelytra with similar 

 coarse punctte arranged along the veins ; membrane cloud}-. 



Length of body, 6.5""" ; antenna?, 4"°' ; hind femora, 2.2°"° ; tibise, 

 3.2'°'°; tarsi, 1.5°"°; breadth of thorax, 2.2'°°'; abdomen, 2.'i°>°'. 



Florissant. One specimen. No. 4890. 



7. COPHOCORIS gen. nov. (ncogjd?, xopi?). 



Head rounded, a little broader than long, a little broader than the 

 apex of the thorax but not nearly so broad as its middle ; front roundly 

 produced, almost angulate ; antennae only half as long as the body, the 

 basal joints just surpassing the front of the head, the remaining joints slen- 

 der, subequal, the last faintly incrassated. Thorax at least one-fourth 

 broader than long, divided into anterior and posterior lobes of equal length, 

 the posterior lobe with straight and nearly parallel sides, the anterior taper- 

 ing forward, the sides oblique and straight. Legs apparently muoli as in 

 the preceding genus, but perhaps sliglitly shorter. Abdomen wl-11 rounded, 

 hardly ampliated latevall}^ 



A single species occurs at Florissant 



CoPHOCORIS TENEBRICO^US. 



Whole body almost uniformly dark, the abdomen, antennae, and legs 

 much lighter. Head minutely punctate. Thorax distantly and rather 

 coarsely punctate; scutellum the same. Corium of hemelytra reaching a 

 little beyond the middle of the abdomen, infuscated, the veins finely punc- 

 tate ; membrane clear. 



Length of body, 5°°'; antennae, 2.4°'°'; breadth of thorax, l.G""; 

 abdomen, 2°"°. 



Florissant. One specimen, No. 9742. 



