300 



FAMILY IX. — ARADID^E. 



Elytra rather strongly narrowed at middle; connexivum broadly ex- 

 posed, the apical angles of the segments prominent. Genital segments 

 as in fig. 27, a and &. Length, 5.8—6.5 mm. (PI. II, fig. 27). 



Described from Alabama and known only from there. 



226 (392). Aradus proboscideus Walker, 1873, 35. 



Elongate-oval. Pale to dark reddish-brown; antenna?, except fourth 

 joint, hind angles of pronotum, basal expansion of corium, apical angles 

 (sometimes the entire hind margin) of each connexival, inner halves of 

 genital lobes, and tips of femora and tibiae, usually pale dull yellow; 



• f? bre\iii}u% 



f 3 funestus 



40 unik'-mis 



Plate II. Structures of Aeadus. 

 «, Ventrals V and VI and genitals of female; &, genitals of male, terminal por- 

 tion cnly ; c, antenna ; </, pronotum and sometimes the adjacent parts : c, dorsal view 

 of hind part of abdomen, female; </. /. genital lobes. (After Parsbley). 



