SUBFAMILY VII. — RHYPAROCHROMINiE. 399 



ee. Front lobe of pronotum more elongate, widest behind middle 

 and with sparse subprostrate pubescence ; pale markings of 

 upper surface very distinct; front femora, except knees, 

 piceous. 

 /. Hind lobe of pronotum finely, sparsely and evenly punctate, 

 distinctly wider than front one; front tibiae only slightly 

 curved except near base. 344. basalis. 



ff. Hind lobe of pronotum more coarsely, rugosely and unevenly 

 punctate, scarcely wider than middle of front one; front 

 tibiae strongly curved throughout. 345. curvipes. 



era. Pale costal area of corium interrupted behind the middle by the 

 ends of a fuscous or piceous cross-bar. 

 g. Fourth joint of antennae wholly fuscous; general color dark red- 

 dish brown or fuscous; front of head evidently declivent. 



346. BILOBATA. 



gg. Fourth antennal pale at base; general color pale reddish-brown; 



head porrect. 347. servillei. 



340 (546). Orth/ea longulus (Dallas), 1852, 578. 



Elongate, very slender. Head, front lobe of pronotum, scutellum 

 and under surface dull black or piceous, in fresh specimens thickly 

 clothed with fine grayish-yellow appressed pubescence; basal lobe of 

 pronotum reddish-brown with fuscous punctures, the hind angles paler; 

 corium and clavus dull white with rows of reddish-brown or fuscous 

 punctures, a triangular smooth pale area near inner apical angle; mem- 

 brane whitish-hyaline; antennae reddish-brown, the fourth joint and 

 apex of third, fuscous; legs pale reddish-brown, the front femora and 

 third joint of tarsi darker. Second and fourth antennals subequal in 

 length, third slightly shorter. Pronotum with front lobe subcylindrical, 

 impunctate, slightly longer than wide; hind one declivent to the obtuse 

 constriction, finely, sparsely irregularly punctate. Scutellum with a 

 row of punctures each side, its disk with a vague transverse submedian 

 elevation, behind which is an obtuse longitudinal median keel. Front 

 femora armed beneath with two rows of short irregular spines. Other 

 characters as in key. Length, 5.7 — 6.8 mm. 



Occurs throughout Florida; taken Oct. 25 — April 26, at 

 nearly all collecting stations, and recorded from numerous 

 others. Agricultural College, Miss. {Weed). Hibernates in 

 bunches of Spanish moss, in crevices of dead leaves of cabbage 

 palmetto and beneath rubbish on ground. In spring taken by 

 sweeping weeds and grasses in moist soil. A neotropical species 

 ranging from North Carolina to Florida and Texas. Occurs 

 also in Mexico, South America and the West Indies. Usually 

 listed as a Paromius, but Barber (1918, 76) has placed that 

 genus as a subgenus of Ortha-a. Dallas says that the thighs 

 are black, but this is not true of Florida specimens. 



