428 FAMILY XI. — LYG,£ID;£. 



Buck Key, Fla. (U. S. X. Mus.). Recorded by Barber (1918c, 

 61) from Florida. Described from Mexico and Guatemala. 



Tribe IV. GONIANOTINI Stal, 1872b, 58. 



This tribe contains only the single genus, characterized be- 

 low. 



I. Emblethis Fieber, 1861, 51, 197. 



Head feebly declivent, scarcely as wide across the eyes as 

 front margin of pronotum ; beak reaching mesosternum, its 

 first joint to base of head ; pronotum wider than long, its side 

 margins widely flattened, their width greater than diameter of 

 eye, disk feebly corlvex, front margin concave ; scutellum almost 

 as long as pronotum, not carinate ; elytra entire, reaching tip 

 of abdomen, clavus irregularly punctate ; costal margin of 

 corium widely flattened and reflexed at base, gradually nar- 

 rowed toward apex ; hind tibiae with setose bristles ; basal seg- 

 ment of hind tarsus twice as long as others united. 



381 (597). Emblethis vicarius Horvath, 1908, 563. 



Elongate-oval. Above dull brown- 

 ish-yellow rather thickly marked with 

 fuscous punctures, these often aggre- 

 gated to form dark blotches ; membrane 

 pale brown, often spotted near base 

 with darker brown ; antenna 3 brownish- 

 yellow, the fourth joint dusky, under 

 surface dull black, the margins in part 

 paler; front femora fuscous, the knees 

 paler; the other femora, tibia? and tarsi 

 brownish-yellow. Antennae beset with 

 rigid bristles, basal joint scarcely ex- 

 ceeding tip of tylus, second longest, 

 third slightly shorter than fourth. 

 Front femora armed beneath with nu- 



Fig. 89. X 7. (After Brunei-). , ,, --.,, , . 



merous short teeth. Other characters 

 as under generic heading. Length, 6 — 6.2 mm. (Fig. 89). 



Marshall and Vigo counties, Ind., Feb. 25 — Aug. 8; prob- 

 ably occurs throughout the State. Common in winter in Vigo 

 County, hibernating beneath mullein leaves and other cover in 

 sandy localities, and found in summer on the ground and low 

 herbage in cultivated fields. Dunedin, Fla., Dec. 13 ; one speci- 

 men taken from beneath bark of pine. Recorded only from 

 Atlantic Beach, that State. Ranges from New England west 

 to North Dakota, Montana and Vancouver, and southwest to 

 Florida, California and Mexico. Formerly listed as E. arenarius 

 (Linn.). 



