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dots. Head as in lugens but less declivent, the margins of cheeks less re- 

 flexed. Pronotum as there, the front angles with a small yellow outward 

 projecting tooth; disk coarsely, deeply, closely punctate, the punctures on 

 declivity separated by narrow oblique and transverse ridges. Scutellum 

 coarsely and deeply punctate, elytra more sparsely and shallowly so. Ab- 

 domen with sides sparsely and rather finely punctate, the middle third 

 smooth; ends of ventral segments with hind angles projected slightly 

 backward so that from above the edge of abdomen appears subserrate. 

 Length, 7 — 8.5 mm. ; width, 4 mm. 



Dunedin and Lakeland, Fla., Nov. 16— March 2. (W.S.B.). 

 Three taken at Dunedin from beneath a pile of dead leaves of 

 cabbage palmetto ; one dead and damaged specimen at Lakeland 

 from a spider's web on oak tree. Originally described from 

 Mexico, Cuba and Nova Granada. Not mentioned in Barber's 

 "Hemiptera of Florida," but recorded from that State and 

 Texas by Van Duzee (1917, 38). 



81 (116). Mormidea guerini Lethierry & Sevei'in, 1893, 123. 



Elongate-oval, subdepressed above, convex beneath. Above dull red- 

 dish-brown to piceous, thickly marked with small fuscous punctures, these 

 aggregated to form a dark spot on humeral angles of pronotum and an- 

 other on base of scutellum ; narrow edge of side margins of pronotum, tip 

 and a large irregular curved spot on each basal angle of scutellum, a 

 small spot near outer apical angle of corium and the edge of connexivum 

 calloused ivory-white; under surface dull yellow, the middle and sides of 

 abdomen with a row of irregular fuscous blotches ; legs dull yellow flecked 

 with purplish dots. Head flat, porrect; cheeks finely and rather sparsely 

 punctate, a little shorter than tylus, their sides distinctly sinuate. Pro- 

 notum with front half moderately declivent, front angles with a small 

 tooth, disk finely, rather sparsely and evenly punctate, its side margins 

 distinctly, not strongly concave. Scutellum finely and sparsely punctate, 

 the tip and basal spots smooth. Elytra finely and evenly punctate. Ab- 

 domen with sides finely and shallowly punctate, the middle almost 

 smooth. Apex of genital plate of male with a prominent rounded median 

 lobe. Length, 8 — 9.5 mm. ; width, 5 — 5.5 mm. 



Everglade, Fla., May (Davis). Originally described by Gue- 

 rin from Cuba as M. geographica, which name was preoccu- 

 pied. First recorded from this country by Barber (1914, 522), 

 his record being based on Everglade specimens taken by Davis 

 in June. He states that Cuban specimens show considerable va- 

 riation in the extent of the yellow markings on corium and scu- 

 tellum, these parts in some cases being unmarked with yellow. 



VII. SOLUBEA Bergroth, 1891, 235. 

 Elongate-oblong subconvex species having the head porrect, 



