SUBFAMILY VII. — RHYPAROCHROMIN^. 419 



glade, Fla., and heretofore known only from coastwise stations 

 in that State from Ormond southward. Very distinct from our 

 other species by the characters given in key. 



II. Tempyra Stal, 1874, 155. 



Small oblong-oval species resembling superficially our species 

 of Blissus, and having the antennae short, stout, the first joint 

 slightly surpassing apex of head, second twice the length of 

 third, fourth fusiform, stouter than the others ; pronotum sub- 

 trapezoidal, its transverse impression feeble ; front lobe convex, 

 side margins slightly sinuate near middle ; beak reaching 

 middle of mesosternum, its first joint subequal in length to first 

 antennal. One species is known. 



367 (576). Tempyra biguttula Stal, 1874, 157. 



Oblong-oval. Head, pronotum, scutellum and under surface dull 

 black or piceous ; elytra reddish-brown, piceous toward apex, the corium 

 with a prominent pale spot at middle, of apical fourth; membrane fus- 

 cous, the apex paler; antenna? reddish-brown, the fourth joint and apex 

 of third fuscous ; legs dull yellow. Front lobe of pronotum finely and 

 densely punctate, hind one more sparsely, more coarsely so. Scutellum 

 scarcely as long as the commissure of clavus, thickly punctate and with 

 a vague median carina on apical half. Other characters as under generic 

 key and heading. Length, 3 — 3.2 mm. 



Columbus, Tex., Aug. 28 (Barber). Plummer's Island, Md., 

 hibernating beneath sycamore bark (Barber, 1914a, 170). No 

 other records. 



III. Peritrechus Fieber, 1861, 48, 153. 



Small oblong-oval species having the head porrect, as wide 

 as or wider across eyes than front margin of pronotum ; beak 

 reaching to or behind middle coxa?, its first joint to base of 

 head; pronotum trapezoidal, sides straight, feebly converging 

 from base to apex, disk without transverse constriction ; scutel- 

 lum much longer than wide, without median carina ; elytra 

 covering the abdomen, membrane reaching its tip ; front 

 femora moderately swollen, armed beneath with three or four 

 large and several minute teeth. Three species are known, two 

 occurring in the eastern states. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF PERITRECHUS. 



a. Width of pronotum just back of front angles subequal to that of 

 head across eyes ; third and fourth antennals subequal, second 

 longest; smaller, length not over 5 mm. 368. fraternus. 



