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pressed hairs; antennas chestnut-brown, the apical joint fulvous; femora 

 dark reddish-brown or fuscous, the front and middle tibias and all the 

 tarsi paler. Head as in femorata, the eyes smaller; basal joint of 

 antennae stout, feebly curved, third shortest, four-fifths the length of 

 second, fourth longest, slightly longer than first. Pronotum much as 

 in femorata, disk somewhat uneven, granulate, without distinct tubercles 

 as there, its side margins subsinuate, armed with a few very small 

 nodular teeth; humeri prominent, obtusely angled, their hind margin 

 with a few nodules. Connexivum very narrowly exposed. Femora stout, 

 armed beneath on apical two-thirds with two rows of teeth, hind ones of 

 male nearly straight, swollen, but less so than in femorata, nodulate as 

 there, with lower teeth more acute and more regular in size. Hind tibia? 

 of female dilated on both sides, of male only on the outer one, the dila- 

 tion in both sexes angulate and narrowed at basal third, in female 

 again at apical third; the inner side feebly toothed throughout its 

 length in male, beyond the dilation which ends at middle, female. Length, 

 23 — 25 mm.; width, 9 — 10 mm. 



Dunedin, Palmdale, Miami, R. P. Park, Ft. Myers and Sara- 

 sota, Fla., Feb. 9 — April 4 (W.S.B.). Occurs on the foliage 

 of shrubs along the margins of dense hammocks. When flushed 

 it flies like a bird, often for several hundred feet. If marked 

 down it can then be approached cautiously and taken by a 

 quick sweep of the net. Mobile, Ala., March 3 (Gerhard). 

 Barber records it from numerous stations along the east coast 

 and central regions of Florida. Known only from Georgia, 

 Alabama, Florida and Texas. Intermediate in size between 

 terminate and femorata. More apt to be confused with the latter, 

 but easily distinguished by its narrower body, pale fourth joint 

 of antennae, lack of tubercles on pronotum and less swollen, 

 more regularly toothed hind femora of male. 



155 (242). Acanthocephala terminalis (Dallas), 1852, 431. 



Elongate-oval, moderately robust, subdepressed above, convex be- 

 neath. Fuscous or dark chestnut-brown, thickly clothed above with 

 yellowish appressed hairs, beneath with grayish ones; antennas with 

 basal joint fuscous, 2 and 3 reddish-brown, 4 reddish-yellow; tip of 

 scutellum and incisures of connexivum yellowish; membrane dark brown; 

 femora fuscous, middle and hind tibiae and all the tarsi dull yellow, the 

 apical joint of the latter fuscous. Head subquadrate, longer than wide, 

 convex; antennas as in confraterna; beak slightly surpassing middle 

 coxas. Pronotum subhexagonal, humeri prominent, obtusely rounded, 

 sides feebly sinuate, minutely toothed, disk with numerous small rounded 

 glabrous tubercles. Connexivum narrowly exposed. Femora slender, 

 hind ones somewhat compressed, straight and not greatly enlarged in 

 male, all armed beneath with two rows of small teeth. Hind tibias of 



