396 FAMILY XI. — LYG^ID^. 



antennae one-fourth longer than third, almost as long as second. Other 

 characters as in key. Length, 6 — 7 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., Sept. 1 ; taken at porch light. Recorded from 

 Sanford by Van Duzee and from Everglade and Ft. Myers by 

 Barber, the latter's L. confraternus being a synonym. Described 

 by Stal from Mexico, and ranges from southern Florida south 

 to Venezuela and Argentina. 



337 (535). Ligyrocoris slossoni Barber, 1914, 513; 1924b, 135. 



Elongate, slender, subparallel. Head, dull red; front lobe of pro- 

 notum (except collar), scutellum, transverse bar of elytra and under 

 surface dark chestnut- to blackish-brown; collar and hind lobe of pro- 

 notum, femora and basal portion of antennae reddish-brown ; corium dull 

 yellow with fuscous dots, the costal margin to transverse dark bar and 

 a triangular spot near apex straw-yellow; legs reddish-brown, the tibiae 

 somewhat paler; fourth antennal and apical half of third fuscous. Sec- 

 ond and fourth antennals subequal, third a little shorter. Pronotum 

 with front lobe impunctate and without setae, exclusive of collar, but 

 slightly longer and distinctly narrower than hind one, the constriction 

 between the two very strong; hind lobe rather coarsely, sparsely and 

 very unevenly punctate. Scutellum with only one row of punctures each 

 side of apical half, its median carina subobsolete. Length, 5 — 6.5 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., Feb. 14 ; a single female taken by beating 

 dead leaves of oak near the bay beach. Known otherwise only 

 from the unique male type taken by Mrs. Slosson at Lake 

 Worth, Fla. 



338 (537). Ligyrocoris sylvestris (Linnaeus), 1758, 449. 



Elongate, slender. Head, front lobe of pronotum and scutellum dull 

 black or piceous and bearing a few short stiff erect hairs ; basal lobe of 

 pronotum, clavus, transverse bar across corium and apex of the latter 

 reddish-brown to fuscous; costal margin of corium pale yellow, broadly 

 and completely interrupted by the dark transverse bar; membrane dark 

 brown, a spot at apex and the veins at base pale; antennae pale yellow, 

 the fourth joint and apex of third fuscous; under surface piceous-black, 

 the abdomen densely clothed with fine short grayish-yellow pubescence; 

 legs pale yellow, the femora often in part darker. Pronotum with front 

 lobe subcylindrical, nearly twice as long and but slightly narrower than 

 hind one, the diameter at collar subequal to that of constriction between 

 the two lobes; hind lobe sparsely and finely punctate. Membrane about 

 reaching apex of abdomen, male; to middle of sixth dorsal, female. 

 Length, 4.7 — 5.5 mm. 



Vigo and Crawford counties, Ind., July 1 — Aug. 30 (W.S. 

 B.). Willow Springs and Palos Park, 111., July 4 — Aug. 21 {Ger- 

 hard). Not taken, but doubtless occurs, in northern Indiana. 

 The single Vigo County specimen was found on the ground be- 



