302 FAMILY IX. — ARADID>£. 



Saranac Lake, N. Y., September (Davis). Known only from 

 New England and New York, where it occurs mainly in the 

 elevated regions. 



228 ( — ). Aradus consors Parshley, 1921, 56. 



Elongate-oval. Grayish-brown with vague darker markings; basal 

 third of pronotum slightly paler; membrane pale brown; hind margins 

 of connexivals and inner margins of genital lobes obscurely pale; ven- 

 trals reddish-brown. Antennae pale reddish-brown, joints 2 and 3 pale 

 at apex, 4 darker; relative length of joints as in fig. 22c. Structure 

 much as in proboscideus. Antenniferous spines shorter, conical, slightly 

 divergent. Pronotum (fig. 22cZ) with front portion of disk flatter, teeth 

 of side margins smaller and broader, carinae feebly elevated. Scutellum 

 broader, sides nearly straight, feebly elevated, tip broadly l-ounded. 

 Elytra broad, covering sides of disk of abdomen; basal expansion of 

 corium long, feebly reflexed; apex of membrane broadly rounded. 

 Length, 7.6 mm. (PL I, fig. 22). 



Known only from the single female type, taken in Massachu- 

 setts and now in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cam- 

 bridge. 



229 (371). Aradus similis Say, 1832, 28; I, 351. 



Oval, thickly and rather finely granulate above. Grayish-brown; 

 apical half or more of third antennal, apical angles and sometimes 

 edges of connexival segments, inner margins of genital lobes and tips 

 of tibiae, usually dull yellow. Head as long as broad, distinctly longer 

 than pronotum; tylus robust, subcylindrical, obtuse; antenniferous 

 spines rather large, feebly divergent; impressions of vertex wide, deep, 

 straight or nearly so; antennae slender, nearly as long as head and pro- 

 notum united, second joint more than twice as long as third, the latter 

 one-third longer than fourth; beak reaching mesosternum. Pronotum 

 very irregular and rugose, the transverse impression distinct; side 

 margins narrow, not reflexed, their edge with irregular coarse teeth; 

 carinae well elevated, more so in front. Scutellum wider than usual, 

 subpentagonal, sides moderately elevated, parallel on basal third, disk 

 with two shallow impressions at base. Elytra strongly narrowed, ex- 

 posing disk of abdomen within the connexivum; basal expansion of 

 corium narrow. Abdomen broadly oval, its sides feebly notched. Male 

 with fifth and sixth ventrals subequal in length, genital segment short, 

 strongly convex, carinate, elytra reaching genital lobes; female with 

 dorsal genital twice as wide as long, its hind margin curved, truncate at 

 middle, elytra not reaching its base. Length, 4.5 — 8.5 mm. (PI. II, 

 fig. 30). 



Occurs throughout Indiana, but much more common in the 

 southern portion; March 16 — Oct. 10. Staten Island and White- 

 face Mt., N. Y., April 10— July 10 (Davis). Hibernates be- 

 neath logs and bark, mainly in dry upland localities, and in 



