318 FAMILY IX. — ARADID,£. 



aa. First joint of antennae scarcely reaching apex of antenniferous 

 spines; color pale dull yellow. 249. an.-emus. 



248 (397). Calisius contubernalis Bergroth, 1913, 6. 



Oblong-oval. Dull grayish-yellow; base of elytra, some dots on scu- 

 tellum and middle of each connexival, fuscous. Head porrect, slightly 

 longer than broad, granulated above; antenna? stout, as long as head, 

 joints 1 and 2 subequal, 3 and 4 each slightly longer than those preced- 

 ing; beak reaching base of head. Pronotum shorter than head, narrowed 

 in front; disk finely punctate and with four obtuse granulated carina?, 

 the outer two converging, entire, the others confined to basal half. Scu- 

 tellum abruptly constricted and prolonged backward as a narrow ridge 

 to beyond middle of abdomen. Elytra finely and closely granulate-punc- 

 tate. Sides of abdomen strongly reflexed ; connexivum, viewed f rom the 

 side, formed of two layers, the edge of each division of the upper one 

 with two short lobes, the front one brown, the hind one pale; of the 

 lower one with three lobes, the middle one fuscous, the others pale. 

 Length, 3.2—3.8 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., April 17 ; one specimen beaten from limbs of 

 dead oak. The type, now in the U. S. National Museum, is from 

 St. George Island, Fla. Known elsewhere only from Guade- 

 loupe Island, W. I. 



249 (398). Calisius animus Bergroth, 1913, 7. 



"Closely allied to the preceding but entirely very pale ochraceous 

 without darker markings, all granules and tubercles being as pale as 

 the ground color. First joint of antenna? very short, reaching apex of 

 antenniferous spines (remaining joints wanting). The two convergent 

 keels of anterior pronotal lobe connected at apex by a short transverse 

 ridge. Scutellum without the transverse series of small tubercles close 

 to apical margin, but the apical margin itself distinctly crenulated. Un- 

 der side of body very finely and thickly granulated. First male genital 

 a little shorter than sixth ventral, the apical margin slightly sinuate at 

 middle. Second male genital with median lobe very narrowly triangular. 

 Length, male, 3.8 mm." {Bergroth) . 



Known only from Biscayne Bay, Fla., where it was taken in 

 May by E. A. Schwarz and Mrs. A. T. Slosson. 



II. Proxius Stal, 1873, 139. 



Small elongate-oval species having the head, pronotum and 

 scutellum coated with a pale hard incrustation which forms pe- 

 culiar shaped callosities as shown in fig. 66 ; upper surface of 

 head with a cavity each side for reception of a part of the an- 

 tennae in repose; antennae short, joint 1 stout, reaching or 

 slightly passing tips of apical lobes of head, 2 oval, shorter 

 than 1, 3 slender, filiform, 4 fusiform, pilose at tip ; pronotum 

 subquadrate, its base subtruncate, disk with a transverse im- 



