SUBFAMILY I. — PENTATOMIKLE. 



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Fig. 34, X 4. 



( Original ) . 



faintly but evidently concave, its disk 

 and that of scutellum sparsely, coarsely 

 and unevenly punctate. Elytra, except 

 on the calloused spots, finely and rather 

 evenly punctate. Abdomen very finely 

 and sparsely punctate ; thoracic pleura 

 more coarsely and closely so. Genital 

 plate of male with a broad crescentic 

 emargination, the tips of the lobes 

 broadly rounded. Length, 9 — 11 mm.; 

 width, 6—6.5 mm. (Fig. 34). 



Putnam Co., Ind., Oct. 1 ; one 

 adult and one nymph on cedar. 

 Dunedin, Fla., Nov. 28, five adults, 

 three nymphs, also on cedar. This 

 is the first definite station record 

 for Florida. Southern Pines, N. 

 Car.; Mobile, Ala., April 5, and Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 19 (Ger- 

 hard). Denver, Colo., June 20 (Osborn) . Ranges from Maryland 

 and Virginia west to southern Illinois, Iowa and Colorado, and 

 south to Florida, Texas and Arizona. It seems to occur mainly 

 on cedar, as Uhler (1876, 291) states that near Waco, Tex., 

 it was found beneath the bark of cedar trees, and Hart (1919, 

 182) says that specimens taken at Summerfield, 111., were from 

 the same plant. 



XXI. Piezodorus Fieber, 1861, 78. 



Species of medium size, resembling closely in form, structure 

 and general appearance those of Bauasa, but differing in having 

 joints 2 — 5 of antennae subequal ; osteolar canal shorter, 

 scarcely passing middle of metasternal plate, tapering to a 

 point, not extended as a ridge ; spine of second ventral longer, 

 more slender, reaching or slightly passing middle coxae and 

 often overlapping the tip of beak. 



About half a dozen species are known, principally from the 

 tropical regions, two of which occur in our territory. 



KEY TO EASTERX SPECIES OF PIEZODORUS. 



a. Connexivum in great part pale; pronotum with a smooth pale band 

 between the humeri, this separating the paler hue of the front 

 portion from the darker one behind. 117. guildinii. 



aa. Connexivum deep black, edged without by yellow or reddish ; prono- 

 tum without a pale band between the humeri. 118. lituratus. 



