SUBFAMILY II. — MEZIRIN^E. 323 



(1903, 40) and may have been based on a specimen of 

 emarginata. 



255 (405). Mezira emarginata (Say), 1832, 30; I, 354. 



Resembles lobuta but averaging larger and darker; tylus narrower 

 and more rounded at tip ; antennas stouter and slightly shorter, the rela- 

 tive length of the segments about the same. Pronotum with the trans- 

 verse impression less deep, the notch on sides much less acute, the front 

 lobe smaller and less prominent, the carinas of front portion lower and 

 more irregular, and the granulations of surface, especially the edges, 

 coarser and more regular. Length, 8 — 9 mm. 



Dunedin and Istokpoga, Fla., March 27 — April 10 (W. S. B.) . 

 Cape Hatteras and Fayetteville, N. Car., January — June 

 (Brimley). The Florida specimens were taken beneath rubbish 

 or by sweeping along the margins of woodland ponds and lakes. 

 Described from Mexico and recorded from Jacksonville, Fla. by 

 Barber; also from Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada and Cali- 

 fornia by Van Duzee. The specimens at hand are much darker 

 than those of lobata from Indiana, but are dark reddish-brown, 

 not black as stated by Say. The indentation of margin of pro- 

 notum is a deep, obtuse sinuation rather than a notch as in 

 lobata. This is the "M. moesta Stal," recorded by Sherman (1905, 

 8) from Cape Hatteras, N. Car. That is a Mexican species 

 known in the United States only from Wyoming, Arizona and 

 California. It differs from emarginata in having the antennae 

 more slender with third joint longer, side margins of pronotum 

 not or very faintly sinuate and scutellum without carina?. 



256 (407). Mezira granulata (Say), 1832, 30; I, 353. 



Oblong-oval, densely granulate above. Pale to dark reddish-brown ; 

 membrane whitish clouded with fuscous. Head as long as broad ; tylus 

 rather slender, reaching almost to apex of first antennal, its tip rounded; 

 antennas slender, second and fourth joints subequal, each but slightly 

 more than half the length of third. Pronotum with transverse impres- 

 sion shallow, side margins sinuate near middle, disk without well defined 

 anterior lobe; elevations of front portion low, very irregular. Scutellum 

 broadly triangular, narrowly rounded at tip, the median carina very 

 faint. Length, 4.8 — 5.5 mm. 



Southern half of Indiana, frequent, April 2 — Sept. 20; not 

 taken north of Marion County. Bassenger, LaBelle and Dunedin, 

 Fla., November — March (W.S.B.). Washington D. C, and 

 Rabun Co., Ga., April — July (Davis). Numerous stations in 

 North Carolina (Brimley). Occurs mainly beneath bark of dead 

 water and red oaks ; in Florida also beneath that of pine and 

 the boot-jacks of cabbage palmetto. Scores in all stages have 



