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longer than hind one, the latter declivent to the obtuse constriction, hind 

 angles nodulose, disk thickly rather coarsely punctate. Scutellum coarsely 

 punctate and with a vague median carina on apical half. Length, 

 3.2—3.7 mm. 



Chokoloskee and Moore Haven, Fla., March 1 — June 1. Taken 

 by sweeping low herbage in moist soil. Recorded by Barber 

 from Titusville, Everglade, Miami and St. Augustine. De- 

 scribed from Cuba and known also from Texas. 



354 (562). Ptochiomera antennata Van Duzee, 1909, 172. 



Form and color much as in minima. Hind lobe of pronotum with 

 four or five short dark stripes ; corium with apex and an interrupted 

 transverse bar behind middle fuscous, the ends of the bar forming a dark 

 spot on the pale costal margin; membrane fuscous, its veins pale; anten- 

 na? with basal joint fuscous-brown, remainder reddish-brown, the apical 

 half of fourth paler; legs as in minima. Antenna? stout, but slightly 

 longer than head and pronotum united, first, second and fourth joints 

 subequal in length, third one-half shorter. Brachypterous form with 

 front lobe of pronotum longer and wider, its sides more rounded than 

 in macropterous one; membrane obsolete; corium reaching fifth dorsal. 

 Length, 2.8 — 3 mm. 



Dunedin and Key West, Fla., Jan. 1 — April 19. Taken from 

 beneath boards along the mucky margin of a pond, from bases 

 of tufts of grass and by beating in a dense hammock. Van 

 Duzee's unique female type was found running on a hot sand 

 bank near Tampa, Fla. Known definitely elsewhere only from 

 Miami, Fla., though Van Duzee doubtfully included an Arizona 

 specimen with his type. Of the five specimens I have taken, 

 four were brachypterous. 



355 (570). Ptochiomera ferruginea (Stal), 1874, 153. 



Oblong-oval. Head, front lobe of pronotum, scutellum and under 

 surface dark reddish-brown; hind lobe of pronotum, corium and clavus 

 straw-yellow dotted with reddish-brown punctures; membrane hyaline; 

 antennae reddish-brown, the fourth joint and apex of third piceous; legs 

 and beak a uniform pale brownish-yellow. Antenna? rather stout, but 

 little longer than head and pronotum united, first joint surpassing tip 

 of tylus by half its length, second one-half longer than fourth, more than 

 twice the length of third, fourth fusiform, stouter than the others. 

 Macropterous form with pronotum bell-shaped, front lobe much narrower 

 and twice the length of hind one, the latter with hind angles nodulose, 

 disk rather densely, evenly, coarsely punctate. Scutellum punctate at 

 sides and base; disk with a vague angulate median elevation, the apical 

 lengthwise carina distinct. Membrane reaching tip of abdomen. 

 Brachypterous form with pronotum as in key, its front lobe three times 

 as long as hind one ; membrane obsolete, corium reaching middle of fifth 

 dorsal. Length, 2.8 — 3 mm. 



