TRIBE I. — HARMOSTINI. 



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201 (339). Harmostes fraterculus (Say), 1832, 10; I, 324. 



Elongate oval. Reddish-brown, often with a reddish tinge; costal 

 margin of elytra with a row of fuscous dots ; membrane hyaline with 

 numerous similar dots ; under surface and legs nearly uniform 

 reddish-yellow, the apical third of hind femora dusky. Basal joint 

 of antennae short, thick, scarcely passing the acute apex of 

 head, second very little longer than third ; fourth slightly longer than 

 first, pubescent; beak passing hind coxa?. Pronotum with humeral angles 

 rounded, front portion rather strongly declivent, its side margins broadly 

 concave, entire; disk with a fine median line, rather coarsely and densely 

 punctate, each puncture, as well as those of elytra, under surface and 

 femora, enclosing a minute yellow scale. Scutellum sparsely punctate and 

 with a median raised line, the edges strongly reflexed. Length, 6 — 8 mm.; 

 width, 2—2.3 mm. 



Putnam, Posey, Perry and Crawford counties, Ind., Aug. 2 — 

 Sept. 24. Swept from flowers of boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum 

 L., and other Compositse in marshy places. A species of south- 

 ern range extending from New Jersey west through southern 

 Indiana to Oklahoma and south to Georgia, Arizona, California, 

 and Central America. Easily known by its entire margins of 

 pronotum, short basal joint of antennae, long beak and row of 

 distinct fuscous dots along the margin of elytra. 



202 (336). Harmostes reflexulus (Say), 1832, 10; I, 323. 



Elongate-oval. Above greenish-yellow to pale reddish-brown sprin- 

 kled with scattering fuscous or reddish dots ; costal margin of elytra with 

 a few vague fuscous points; membrane clear hyaline; under surface and 



legs greenish-yellow, often sprinkled with 

 minute reddish dots, the tip of the beak, 

 fourth antennal and tarsal claws fuscous. 

 Antennae as in key, the spines at base very 

 acute, the basal joint rugose-granulate. 

 Beak scarcely reaching hind coxae. Prono- 

 tum with front portion but little declivent, 

 its side margins strongly reflexed, entire, 

 but slightly concave, humeri rounded; disk 

 with a fine median line, the apical third 

 finely and closely, the remainder coarsely 

 confluently punctate. Elytra coarsely, not 

 densely punctate, the punctures each en- 

 closing a minute yellow bristle. Length, 

 7.5—9 mm.; width, 2.2—2.7 mm. (Fig. 57). 



Common throughout Indiana, May 

 16 — Jan. 13. Hibernates beneath basal 



Fig. d7, X a. (Original). 



leaves of mullein, half buried logs 



