268 FAMILY VII. — CORISCID.E. 



turn ; beak stout reaching middle coxae, joint 2 subequal to 3 

 and 4 united, the third very short ; antennas half the length of 

 body, joint 1 shorter than head, 2 and 4 subequal, 3 slightly 

 shorter; pronotum subquadrate, slightly longer than wide, side 

 margins straight, entire, humeri not prominent, obtusely 

 rounded, hind margin subtruncate, not toothed; membrane 

 reaching tip of abdomen, its veins mostly simple; apex of 

 corium straight, oblique, its outer angle not reaching middle 

 of membrane ; elytra as wide as abdomen, connexivum not ex- 

 posed; front and middle femora and all the tibiae unarmed; 

 hind femora moderately swollen, surpassing abdomen and with 

 a row of stout spines beneath on outer margin ; basal joint of 

 hind tarsi more than twice as long as 2 and 3 united ; claspers 

 of male flat, approximate. 



Two species are known, both occurring from the Rocky 

 Mountains westward, and one of them recorded also from 

 New York and Illinois. 



197 (328). Tollius curtulus (Stal), 1859a, 234. 



Elongate-oblong, depressed above, convex beneath. Above dull yel- 

 low mottled with fuscous. Head fuscous with a median and two lateral 

 lines reddish-yellow; antennae greenish-yellow, the apical joint dusky; 

 pronotum dull yellow sprinkled with fuscous dots and punctures, the 

 apical half with two blackish median lines, divergent behind and sep- 

 arated by a narrow yellowish one; both pronotum and head with nu- 

 merous erect blackish hairs; scutellum fuscous, the tip pale; elytra with 

 numerous small fuscous blotches, the small sparse punctures each bearing 

 a minute yellow appressed hair; membrane pale mottled with vague fus- 

 cous dots; under surface with sides fuscous, the middle reddish-brown; 

 femora in great part fuscous to piceous, tibia? and tarsi dull greenish- 

 yellow. Structural characters as under generic heading. Length, 11 — 12 

 mm.; width, 3 — 3.5 mm. 



Stanford University, Cal., May 14 {Gerhard). Recorded from 

 New York, Illinois, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, California and 

 British Columbia. Resembles in form and general appearance 

 a Catorhintha. The New York record is that of Barber (1911a, 

 31), from Kingsbridge. 



VI. Stachyocnemus Stal, 1870, 215. 



Small elongate-oblong pubescent and bristly species having 

 the head declivent, triangular, strongly narrowed and much 

 produced in front of antennae; beak as in Tollius, reaching 

 middle of mesosternum ; antennae slightly passing base of pro- 

 notum, first joint reaching apex of head, slightly longer than 



