326 FAMILY IX. — ARADID^E. 



Cuba. The Florida specimens are distinctly darker in hue than 

 those from Indiana. 



259 (410). Neuroctenus elongatus Osborn, 1903, 41. 



Very close to N. simplex; slightly larger and paler. Above dark 

 brown, the edge of abdomen paler reddish-brown; membrane brown with 

 two paler spots at base; under surface reddish-brown, the femora darker. 

 Tylus slightly exceeding tip of first antennal, its apex slightly notched; 

 antenniferous spines strongly divergent, their tips acute; antennal joints 

 subequal. Pronotum as in simplex, the side margins slightly sinuate in 

 front of middle. Scutellum as there but the apical half with faint carina. 

 Male with genital segment broad oval, its hind margin subangulate and 

 lobes small ; female with lateral lobes as seen from above, slightly 

 longer than the middle one which is obtusely rounded and notched at 

 apex. Length, 5.5 — 6.5 mm. 



Lake, Fountain, Jackson Posey and Crawford counties, Ind. ; 

 April 19 — Nov. 8. Raleigh, N. Car., July (Brimley). Washing- 

 ton, D. C. (Gerhard). Occurs beneath bark of oak. Recorded 

 from Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. 



260 (409). Neuroctenus pseudonymus Bergroth, 1898a, 27. 



Broadly ovate. Above blackish-brown, the sides of abdomen slightly 

 paler, membrane with two pale spots at base; beneath reddish-brown, 

 femora darker, beak, coxae and tarsi paler. Head slightly longer than 

 broad, cheeks distinctly surpassing tylus, slightly exceeding first anten- 

 nal, their tips not contiguous ; antenniferous spines acute, strongly di- 

 vergent; spinous process behind eyes distinct, acute; third joint of an- 

 tennae more slender and slightly longer than second. Pronotum with 

 front side margins slightly sinuate, distinctly not strongly reflexed, front 

 angles rounded; disk, as also that of scutellum, roughly granulated. 

 Abdomen dilated, broadly oval. Male with genital segment oval, broader 

 than long, its hind margin broadly rounded, lobes very small; female 

 with dorsal genital lunate, its lobes very broad, concave above. Length, 

 6 — 7 mm. 



Posey Co., Ind., April 10— May 10 (W.S.B.). Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, May 7 (Davis). In Posey County it was taken in some 

 numbers beneath decaying chunks in low damp places. Known 

 elsewhere from District of Columbia and North Carolina. Heide- 

 mann (1904a, 163) records it as occurring near Saluda, N. Car., 

 beneath bark of a decaying chestnut log and says : "It is more 

 robust and broader in body than any other of our species of 

 Neuroctenus." It is the N. ovatus Stal of Osborn and other 

 authors. 



261 (411). Neuroctenus hopkinsi Heidemann, 1904a, 163. 



Elongate-oval. Dark reddish-brown, opaque; membrane blackish 

 with two triangular yellow spots at base near tip of scutellum and one 



