150 FAMILY V. — PENTATOMID^. 



straight, impunctate, broader than in undata; front half closely punc- 

 tate, hind one more sparsely punctate. Length, 5 — 6 mm. 



A species of northern distribution, its known range extend- 

 ing from Nova Scotia, northern Michigan and Nebraska to 

 British Columbia and California. Hussey (1922b, 85) gives in 

 detail the differences between it and undata. 



100 (147). Neottiglossa sulcifrons Stal, 1872, 18. 



Oblong-oval, convex above and beneath. Above dull reddish or 

 brownish yellow, the head, front portion of pronotum, basal third and 

 narrow median line of scutellum, black, opaque or feebly bronzed; nar- 

 row edge of side margins of pronotum and elytra and a short curved 

 calloused line each side of base of scutellum, pale yellow; antennas red- 

 dish-yellow, the last two joints dusky; entire under surface bronzed; legs 

 yellow throughout. Head convex, narrowed in front; cheeks longer 

 than tylus, contiguous in front, separated from it each side by a dis- 

 tinct groove, their margins notched and strongly sinuate in front of 

 eyes, otherwise as in key. Pronotum with disk evenly punctate, often 

 with a small pale calloused spot each side of middle. Scutellum evenly 

 and coarsely punctate throughout except on basal calloused lines. Ab- 

 domen finely and evenly punctate, thoracic pleura more coarsely and 

 densely so. Osteolar opening prolonged as a fine distinct tapering ridge. 

 Hind margin of male genital plate entire. Length, 4 — 5 mm. ; width, 

 2.5 — 3 mm. 



Marion, Lawrence and Martin counties, Ind., May 30 — Aug. 

 25 ; beaten from oak and swept from timothy meadows and 

 roadside herbage. Not taken in the northern half of the State. 

 It is among the smallest of our Pentatomids and readily sep- 

 arated from our other species by its color and the characters 

 given in key. Stal's type was from Texas, and it is a species of 

 southern range, extending from New Jersey westward, south 

 of central Indiana and Illinois and northern Iowa, to Nebraska, 

 Kansas and New Mexico. Recorded from North Carolina and 

 Georgia but not as yet from Florida. Uhler (1877, 402) states 

 that near Baltimore, Md., he swept numerous specimens of it 

 from weeds in July. Stoner (1920, 95) states that in Iowa 

 "hibernating individuals have not been discovered and practi- 

 cally all the specimens have been swept from sparsely growing 

 blue-grass and timothy." The nymphs of the third and fourth 

 stage are curious oblong, strongly convex creatures, bright yel- 

 low in hue with four black stripes along the entire upper sur- 

 face. 



