274 FAMILY VIII. — CORIZID^E. 



and other cover, and in summer and autumn occurs on flowers 

 of various Composite along borders of meadows and streams. 



Ormond, Dunedin, R. P. Park and Saratosa, Fla. ; common, 

 Tsov. 19 — April 22, on weeds and low shrubs in open pine woods 

 and about lakes and ponds. Recorded by Van Duzee as "common 

 everywhere in Florida." 



This is the most frequent and widely distributed Harmostes 

 in the United States, ranging over the whole area of this coun- 

 try. It is recorded from Canada only from British Columbia, 

 but doubtless occurs throughout the southern portion. Though 

 mentioned in most of the local lists, nothing is said of its habits. 

 In color it is quite variable, some specimens being pale yellow- 

 ish-green without fuscous spots, others reddish-brown with 

 pronotum often tinged with fuscous and elytra with numerous 

 fuscous dots. The tylus is so convex as to be prominently ele- 

 vated above the cheeks so that Say gave "head carinate before," 

 as one of his two leading characters. 



— (338). Harmostes—? obliquus Say, 1832, 11; I, 324. 



"All above punctured; rostrum and head rather short. Body pale 

 yellowish-rufous; head obviously punctured, not extending to tip of 

 first joint of antennae; antennae, first joint robust; second hardly two- 

 thirds as long as third; thorax with rather large punctures; no obvious 

 transverse impressed line; hemelytra, on the corium with large separate 

 punctures; posterior edge very oblique and elongated; membrane im- 

 maculate, undulated by the nervures ; beneath more obviously tinged 

 with rufous; feet paler; rostrum hardly reaching the intermediate coxae. 

 Length less than three-twentieths of an inch. It may be distinguished by 

 the remarkable obliquity of the terminal line of the corium. Inhabits the 

 United States." 



The above is the original description of Say's Syromastes obli- 

 quus, which follows immediately after those of his S. reflexulus 

 and S. fraterculus. It is not at present known to what insect the 

 name rightfully belongs. As the three forms were the only ones 

 placed by him in Syromastes it must be closely allied to the two 

 above described, though much smaller (3.5 mm.). From his 

 distribution note it must also have been a common species of 

 wide range. 



II. Aufeius Stal, 1870, 221. 



Small oval species closely allied to Harmostes but having the 

 eyes and ocelli less prominent ; antennae shorter and stouter, the 

 first joint but slightly passing apex of head, second shorter 



