308 FAMILY IX. — ARADID,£. 



234 (384). Aradus uniformis Heidemann, 1904, 231. 



Broadly oval. Uniform fuscous-black; apical angles of connexival 

 segments faintly yellowish; third joint of antennae wholly whitish; 

 cells of membrane with fuscous cross-bars. Head short, about as long 

 as broad; tylus cylindrical, obtuse; antenniferous spines small, acute, 

 slightly divergent; impressions of vertex short, rather shallow; anten- 

 nae short, stout, second joint clavate, more than twice as long as third, 

 the latter one-third longer than fourth ; beak reaching hind margin 

 of front coxae. Pronotum with side margins flattened, rounded, feebly 

 reflexed, their edges minutely and evenly granulated; disk with six 

 carina? distinct, only the middle pair entire. Scutellum elongate-tri- 

 angular, sides strongly elevated, sinuate at middle. Basal expansion 

 of corium long, rather wide, its edge minutely crenate. Connexivum 

 narrowly exposed, male, almost wholly exposed, female. Male with ab- 

 domen oblong-oval, fifth ventral much shorter than sixth, genital 

 segment short, moderately convex, lobes large, elytra reaching their 

 tips; female with abdomen broadly and evenly oval, dorsal genital 

 segment with hind margin truncate, elytra reaching its apex. Length, 

 4.7—5.5 mm. (PI. II, fig. 40). 



Dunedin, Fla., Feb. 23; beaten from Spanish moss; the first 

 record for that State (W. S.B.). Rockaway Beach, Long 

 Island, N. Y., May 26; Lakehurst, N. J., May 29 (Davis). 

 Aberdeen and Southern Pines, N. Car., April 23 (Brimley) . 

 Ranges from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania and south to 

 North Carolina and Florida. Occurs especially along the ocean 

 in beach drift. A handsome and well marked little species, 

 easily recognized by its broad form, dark color, and short an- 

 tennae with third joint pale. 



235 ( — ). Aradus insignitus Parshley, 1921, 75. 



"Black, third antennal bright orange-yellow. Similar in structure 

 to uniformis except as follows: Tyius long, strongly compressed, 

 slightly enlarged at middle; antenniferous spines short, stout; antennae 

 (fig. 39c) as thick as front femora, first segment scarcely reaching 

 middle of tylus, length of second almost equal to width of head including 

 one eye (17 to 19). Pronotum (fig. 39d) distinctly convex, the lateral 

 margins slightly expanded, strongly reflexed, carina? well elevated. 

 Scutellum obscured. Hemelytra obscured, apparently reaching almost 

 to apex of abdomen ; basal expansion of exocorium slight. Abdomen 

 broadly oval, the lateral margins almost entire. Length, 5 mm." 

 {Parshley). (PI. II, fig. 39). 



The above is the original description of the single damaged 

 female type, taken in Massachusetts and now in the Parshley 

 collection. Of it he says : "The antennal, pronotal and genital 

 characteristics are so distinctive that there can be no possi- 

 bility of confusing it with uniformis, its nearest ally." 



