114 



FAMILY V. — PENTATOMID.-E. 



ft. Corium with numerous small distinct smooth whitish spots; 

 antennae pale throughout; pronotum with blackish edge 

 of side margins narrow, often indistinct, its disk without 

 a purplish transverse band between the humeral angles; 

 connexivum with oblong black spots on the incisures. 



75. ACCERRA. 



bb. Second joint of antennae distinctly longer than third; smaller, 

 length not over 7 mm. 

 g. Pronotum without transverse rugae but with a white or in part 

 reddish band, scalloped behind, between the humeral angles; 

 second joint of antennae less than one-third longer than third; 

 edge of connexivum and abdomen with black points on the in- 

 cisures. 76. ANTIGUENSIS. 

 gg. Pronotum with transverse rugae and without a whitish band be- 

 tween the humeral angles; second joint of antennae one-half or 

 more longer than third; connexivum and abdomen without 

 black dots. 77. rugulosa. 

 (. Third joint of antennae longer than second; ventrals without black 

 spots on sides or incisures; length less than 8 mm. 



78. PSEUDOCASTA. 



71 (157). Thyanta perditor (Fabricius), 1794, 102. 



Oval, subconvex. Above greenish or grayish-yellow, thickly punc- 

 tate with small punctures, those on head and elytra grayish, on pro- 

 notum and basal half of scutellum more or less fuscous and often aggre- 

 gated to form vague dark markings; antennae with joints 1 — 2 greenish, 

 basal halves of third and fourth reddish, remainder fuscous; humeral 

 spine, tip of scutellum and middle of margin of 

 each connexival segment reddish; basal half of 

 pronotum often with a reddish-purple band be- 

 tween the humeral angles ; membrane hyaline 

 without dark markings; under surface dull 

 greenish-yellow, sparsely and finely punctate, 

 the middle of side margins of each ventral 

 reddish-yellow. Head with apex broadly 

 rounded, cheeks reaching tip of tylus. Pro- 

 notum with front margin equal in width to 

 head across the eyes ; side margins broadly 

 concave from front angles to tip of the acute 

 forward inclined spine of hind ones; disk with 

 short, fine oblique pale rugae enclosing or sur- 

 rounding the small punctures. Length, 9 — 13 

 . v _ mm.; width, 6 — 7 mm. (Fig. 24). 



Fig. l; 4 . X 5. ' \ a / 



(After Hart & Malloch). 



Royal Palm Park, Fla., Dec. 5 — March 

 28 ; numerous specimens swept from herbage along- roadsides 

 and margins of everglades (W. S. /-?.). Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 12 

 — 24 {Gerhard). A neotropical species known definitely in this 



