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FAMILY V. — PENTATOMID.-E. 



small blotches on elytra, also with numerous small irregular smooth yel- 

 low spaces on scutellum and elytra; membrane of elytra pale with nu- 

 merous narrow reticulate fuscous lines between the main veins; beneath 

 uniform pale dull yellow. Head with cheeks equalling, but not surpass- 

 ing tylus, subapical sinus less deep than in arborea, nearly rectangular, 

 the tooth small and meeting the cheek almost at right angles. Front 

 side margins of thorax with six to eight teeth, these longer and more 

 acute than in arborea. Scutellum with median central ridge, shorter 

 and less convex, the impression near apex less evident. Other characters 

 as given in key. Length, 12 — 19 mm.; width, 8 — 10 mm. 



Dunedin and Cape Sable, Fla., Dec. 15 — Feb. 29. Beaten 

 from foliage of deciduous trees along the borders of wet ham- 

 mocks. Recorded also from Biscayne Bay, Tampa, Orlando 

 and Big Pine Key, Fla. A West Indian species described from 

 Cuba and known in this country only from southern Florida. 



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704. 



(85). Brochymena quadripustulata (Fabricius), 1775, 



Oval, subdepressed, narrower behind than arborea. Above dull 

 reddish-brown, thickly marked with small fuscous punctures and sparsely 

 so with small irregular smooth white spaces, the pronotum and scutellum 



also with a few much coarser and 

 deeper widely scattered black punc- 

 tures; antenna? piceous, the tip of 

 segments two and three paler; each 

 segment of connexivum with two 

 blackish bars; under surface dull yel- 

 low; femora and tibia? dull red, an- 

 nulated with black; tarsi piceous, the 

 second joint often paler. Head with 

 cheeks curved upward, much longer 

 than tylus, their tips obtusely 

 rounded, the anteapical sinus shallow, 

 almost rectangular. Pronotum with 

 humeri obtusely triangular, their 

 front edge rounded ; front side mar- 

 gins with 6 — 10 teeth, these shorter 

 and more irregular in length than in 

 arborea. Scutellum with apical two- 

 thirds somewhat broader and less 

 Pig- 20, x .;. (After Lugger). rapidly tapering than there, its 

 median ridge less evident. Osteole distinct in the form of a short tube 

 with terminal auricle and surrounded by a smooth pale area. Female 

 with apical dorsal segment of abdomen truncate and basal plates of 

 genital segment slightly convex, feebly declivent behind. Length, 14 — 18 

 mm.; width, 8—11 mm. (Fig. 20). 



Common in southern Indiana, apparently less so in the north- 

 ern counties, Feb. 14 — Dec. 8. Occurs on the foliage of various 



