54 FAMILY II. — PODOPIDiE. 



KEY TO EASTERN GENERA OF PODOPI I >.\ K. 



a. Front angles of pronotum bearing: a prominent toothed lobe; tu- 

 bercles at base of antennae not prominent or toothed ; cheeks con- 

 vex, meeting in front of tylus. I. Oncozygia. 

 aa. Front angles of pronotum bearing an acute or obtuse unarmed 

 tooth; tubercles at base of antennae ending in a curved tooth or 

 spine; cheeks flattened, not meeting in front of tylus. 



II. PODOPS. 



I. Oncozygia Stal, 1872, 15. 



Small oblong-oval, sub-convex, species having the head but 

 slightly shorter than pronotum, of nearly equal width through- 

 out, its sides obtusely sinuate ; cheeks swollen, convex, their 

 tips rounded and contiguous in front of tylus; antennae short, 

 second joint reaching apex of head, first and fourth joints sub- 

 equal in length, fifth longer, stouter and fusiform ; beak reach- 

 ing middle coxae ; pronotum strongly narrowed in front, disk 

 with an obtuse submedian transverse impression ; scutellum 

 reaching tip of abdomen, its sides on basal half parallel, then 

 slightly diverging and curved to form a semicircular rounded 

 apex, disk with an oblique impression each side near base ; 

 sterna not sulcate or carinate. Other characters as in key. But 

 one species is known. 



16 (72). Oncozygia clavicornis Stal, 1872, 16. 



Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Dull piceous-brown, very sparsely fur- 

 nished with short inclined yellowish hairs; antennae, tibiae and tarsi 

 reddish-brown; hind angles of connexivals yellowish. Pronotum densely 

 punctate, disk of front lobe with a rounded tubercle each side, the lobe 

 on front side margins narrow with a single tooth in front, an obtuse 

 one behind, sinuate between the two; hind lobe with side margins ob- 

 tusely toothed in front. Connexivum narrowly exposed. Other char- 

 acters as above. Length 3.5 — 5 mm. 



Brownsville, Tex., July (Barber). Bueno (1920,70) records 

 it from Ashby, Fla. ; known elsewhere only from Fort Mon- 

 roe, Va., and Vancouver. The Texas specimen at hand is cov- 

 ered with a grayish crust. A rare species wherever found. 



II. Podops Laporte, 1832, 72. 



Species of medium or small size and oblong-oval subconvex 

 form, having the head longer than wide, narrower in front of 

 eyes, tylus strongly convex, forming a distinct ridge along its 



