374 FAMILY XI. — LYG^EID^E. 



usually in great part, piceous; front of head and a spot each side of 

 scutellum yellow; antenna? with joints 1 and 2 usually fuscous, the others 

 pale; beneath dull yellow at middle, sides piceous, legs yellow, femora 

 with brown dots. Head flattened, smooth, polished, not punctate but 

 with grooves as mentioned in key. Pronotum subelliptical, angles 

 rounded, disk coarsely, sparsely punctate, the apical third with a curved 

 smooth area each side. Scutellum as in key, its disk punctate and with 

 a smooth median carina. Length, 3.5 — 4.2 mm. 



Crawford and Posey counties, Ind., July 21 — Aug. 30; Dun- 

 edin and Sarasota, Fla., Nov. 30 — April 20 (W. S. B.). Agri- 

 cultural College, Miss. (Weed). An austroriparian species 

 found in Indiana only in the extreme southern part of the 

 State. Frequent about Dunedin, Fla., hibernating beneath 

 cover, and taken by sweeping, mainly in low grounds. Com- 

 mon throughout Florida and ranges from New Jersey west to 

 southern Indiana, Oklahoma and Colorado and south and south- 

 west to Texas, Arizona, California and Mexico. Varies much 

 in fuscous markings of upper surface, those mentioned in 

 description being often vague or wanting, but easily dis- 

 tinguished by its smooth head with cross grooves. 



315 (499). Geocoris bullatus (Say), 1832, 18; I, 336. 



Smaller than punctipes; body but slightly widened behind middle. 

 Above grayish, often tinged with yellow; head 

 between eyes, base of scutellum and two spots 

 on hind margin of corium blackish; pronotum 

 with two prominent smooth yellow callosities 

 on apical third, these sometimes in part fus- 

 cous; antennal joints usually reddish-brown to 

 piceous, their tips paler; under surface piceous, 

 the base of head, sides of coxal cavities and 

 hind margins of pleura whitish yellow; beak 

 and femora in part piceous. Head minutely 

 densely punctate or shagreened between the 

 eyes. Pronotum subquadrate, evenly punc- 

 tate, more sparsely near base. Scutellum with 

 a flat smooth median line. Length, 3 — 3.5 mm. 



Fig. 80, X in. (pig. 80). 



i Alter Bruner). 



Lake and Porter counties, Ind. ; probably occurs throughout 

 the State. Found principally in sandy localities, along the 

 margins of lakes and ponds ; hibernates as imago beneath cover 

 and taken by sifting in summer and autumn. Dunedin and Key 

 West, Fla., Oct. 26 — March 11. Frequent about Dunedin be- 

 neath clumps of weeds on the dry white sand of the bay front. 

 Recorded from numerous other localities in Florida. Ranges 



