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FAMILY XI. — LYG^EID^. 



scutellum longer than wide, finely and sparsely punctate ; clavus 

 with regular rows of punctures, its commissure shorter than 

 scutellum ; elytra entire, reaching tip of abdomen ; front femora 

 strongly swollen, armed beneath with one spine and numerous 

 small teeth. Eight species are known from North America, 

 two occurring in the eastern states. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF EREMOCORIS. 



a. Disk of front lobe of pronotum almost impunctate; femora not 



pilose; smaller, length not over 6 mm. 385. ferus. 



aa. Disk of front lobe of pronotum finely and sparsely punctate, each 



puncture bearing an erect hair; femora thickly pilose with long 



erect hairs ; larger, length 6.5 or more mm. 386. setosus. 



385 (600). Eremocoris ferus (Say), 1832, 16; I, 333. 



Elongate-oval. Head, disk of front lobe of pronotum, four stripes 

 on hind lobe, scutellum and under surface fuscous-black; side margins 



of front lobe of pronotum and basal 

 half of elytra, pale brownish-yellow; 

 hind lobe of pronotum, except dark 

 stripes and apical half of elytra chest- 

 nut-brown, the corium with fuscous 

 blotches; membrane dark brown with 

 conspicuous pale spot each side near 

 apex of corium ; antennae fuscous, the 

 first joint and basal half of second 

 paler; front femora usually piceous, 

 shining, remainder of legs and beak 

 reddish-brown. Structural characters 

 as above given. Length, 5.2 — 6 mm. 

 (Fig. 90). 



Frequent in southern Indiana ; 

 Lake and Starke counties only in 

 the northern portion. Occurs 

 throughout the year, hibernating 

 beneath cover along the borders of 

 upland woods, sometimes a dozen 

 or more within a space of a few 

 square inches ; in summer occur- 

 ring on the ground, more com- 

 monly in sandy places. Sherborn, 

 Mass., Oct. 24 (Frost). Ranges from Quebec and New Eng- 

 land west to Colorado and Vernon, B. C, and southwest to 

 South Carolina and Texas. 



Fig. 90. X 10. (After Drake. 

 Tech. Publ. Xo. L6, X. Y. Si. Coll. 

 For. I . 



