SUBFAMILY V. — PACHYGRONTHIN^. 381 



margin of corium with two fuscous dashes; hind margin of each con- 

 nexival black; antennae dull yellow, the first and second joints annulate 

 with blackish; under surface pale brown, thickly silvery-pubescent; 

 apical half of sixth ventral and some spots on sides and incisures 

 blackish; femora black, knees pale, tibiae annulate with black near apex. 

 Pronotum relatively longer and narrower than in abbreviatus, the trans- 

 verse impression wider and deeper; disk without median carina, densely 

 and finely punctate. Scutellum with carina fine but entire. Elytra in 

 macropterous form narrower than abdomen, reaching almost to its tip, 

 but leaving the connexivum widely exposed. Length, 4.5 — 5 mm. 



Black Mts., N. Car., Aug. 14 (Barber). Described from 

 "Carolina" and recorded from "Florida" (Barber, 1914) ; also 

 from New Jersey, Texas and California. 



322 (513). Phlegyas abbreviatus (Uhler), 1876, 313. 



Oblong, robust. Dull reddish-brown or brownish-yellow, the head, 

 middle of pronotum, scutellum and under surface, more or less densely 

 clothed with a fine iridescent yellowish-gray pubescence, this easily de- 

 nuded and often absent. Pronotum usually with a black transverse 

 band in front of middle and another across base, these often interrupted 

 to form black spots, sometimes wholly absent. Carina of scutellum, 

 margins of corium in part, entire dorsum and a spot on each connexival, 

 blackish; membrane whitish-hyaline, usually with some vague oblique 

 fuscous marks; antenna? reddish-brown or piceous, the incisures paler; 

 ventral surface of abdomen irregularly blotched with piceous; femora 

 black, their tips pale; tibiae black with a pale ring at base and another 

 at apical third. Beak reaching middle coxae. Pronotum subconvex, 

 thickly and coarsely punctate, the median carina very narrow, obsolete 

 toward base. Elytra dimorphic in length, in macropterous forms reach- 

 ing tip of abdomen and covering the connexivum, in the much more 

 abundant brachypterous ones only to third or fourth dorsal. Length, 

 3 — 5 mm. 



Common in all parts of Indiana, occurring throughout the 

 year. Hibernates as imago beneath chunks and piles of rub- 

 bish and taken from April to October by sweeping weeds and 

 grass in meadows, pastures and waste places. Dunedin and 

 Moore Haven, Fla., scarce, March 24 — April 1 ; these being the 

 first definite locality records from that State. Sherborn, Mass., 

 Sept. 20 (Frost). Ranges from Quebec and New England west 

 to Nebraska and Colorado and south and southwest to Florida 

 and Texas. In color, size and facies this species is exceedingly 

 variable. In one Indiana specimen at hand the elytra, except 

 a small spot near apex of corium, and also the membrane, are 

 wholly black. Only about one individual out of twenty is 

 macropterous. 



