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apical half of antenna? black; both dorsal and ventral surface of abdo- 

 men reddish. Head much longer than broad; tylus long, sides somewhat 

 compressed; antenniferous spines long, acute, feebly divergent; impres- 

 sions of vertex narrow, deep, parallel; antenna? slender, shorter than 

 head and pronotum united, second joint more than three times the length 

 of third, the latter slightly longer than fourth; beak reaching middle 

 third of mesosternum. Pronotum with sides broadly flattened, feebly 

 reflexed, their edges with numerous irregular teeth; disk with four 

 nearly entire carinse, the outer basal one each side distinct. Scutellum 

 subpentagonal, sides feebly elevated, subparallel to middle, apex nar- 

 rowly rounded. Male with sides of abdomen crenate, fifth and sixth 

 ventrals subequal, genital segment short, strongly convex, elytra reach- 

 ing genital lobes; female with dorsal genital twice as wide as long, its 

 hind margin obtusely angulate, elytra scarcely reaching its base. Length, 

 8.5—10 mm. (PI. II, fig. 33.) 



Raleigh, N. Car., Feb. 17 (Brimley). Ranges from Quebec 

 and New England west to Wisconsin and South Dakota, and 

 southwest to Georgia, the Pacific Coast examples included by 

 Uhler having since been described as blaisdelli Van D. Not as yet 

 recognized but should occur in Indiana. Resembles acutus in 

 form and size, but differs in lacking the yellow spots on con- 

 nexivals and in its longer, more slender second antennal. 



233 ( — ). Aradus approximates Parshley, 1921, 72. 



Elongate-oval. Grayish-brown sprinkled with whitish granules and 

 tinged with dull yellow along the margins ; membrane brownish with 

 scattered darker spots ; disk of abdomen above bright red ; antenna? dark 

 beyond apical third of second segment. Head longer than broad; tylus 

 elongate, subcylindrical, compressed; antenniferous spines slender, acute, 

 divergent; postocular tubercles prominent, acute; impressions of vertex 

 oval, deep; second antennal suddenly enlarged near apex, more than 

 three times as long as third, the latter nearly twice as long as fourth; 

 beak reaching apical third of mesosternum. Pronotum with margins 

 rather broadly expanded, feebly reflexed, their edges granulated behind 

 and with a few irregular teeth in front; disk with transverse impression 

 distinct, carina? feebly elevated. Scutellum broadly subpentagonal, sides 

 scarcely elevated, apex narrowly rounded. Basal expansion of corium 

 long, narrow, flat. Connexivum widely exposed, its edges feebly notched. 

 Male with fifth ventral slightly longer than sixth, genital segment 

 strongly convex, its lobes long, elytra reaching their base; female, dorsal 

 genital segment twice as wide as long, elytra reaching its base. Length, 

 8—11 mm. (PI. II, Fig. 36). 



Lake Co., Ind., Oct. 23 (W.S.B.). Thomasville, Ga., 

 March 12 (Davis). Three specimens of this large and recently 

 described species were taken from beneath the bark of pine 

 snags near Millers in 1902. Its known range extends from 



