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third, exceeding tylus by one-third its length; beak reaching 

 hind coxae ; pronotum as in generic key, scarcely separated into 

 two lobes, side margins straight, gradually converging toward 

 apex ; clavus with three rows of punctures, its commissure 

 shorter than scutellum ; front femora armed beneath with a 

 few minute teeth and several long setae ; basal segment of hind 

 tarsus much longer than others united. One species is known. 



390 (593). Valtissius diversus (Distant), 1893, 407. 



Elongate-oval. Above pale dull yellow, the head and scutellum with 

 a brownish tinge; membrane milky-white; basal joint of antenna? reddish- 

 yellow, the remainder dull brownish; under surface pale brown, the 

 prosternum dull yellow. Third and fourth antennals subequal, second 

 slightly longer than either. Head across eyes, a little narrower than 

 front margin of pronotum. Hind lobe of pronotum and corium sparsely 

 punctate, each puncture bearing an inclined yellowish hair. Length, 3 mm. 



Brazos Co., Tex. (Barber). A neotropical species described 

 from Guatemala and Panama and recorded from Florida and 

 Texas (Van D., 1917). A specimen in the U. S. Nat. Museum 

 is labeled Milwaukee Co., Wis. 



VI. Xestocoris Van Duzee, 1906, 389. 



Very small elongate-oval species having the head triangular, 

 porrect, inserted in thorax to eyes ; beak passing middle coxae ; 

 first antennal surpassing tylus by one-half its length, second 

 and fourth subequal, third slightly shorter ; pronotum subquad- 

 rate, about one-half wider than long, not constricted to form 

 two lobes ; scutellum flat, triangular, not carinate ; front femora 

 armed beneath with one large and three very small teeth. One 

 species is known. 



391 (604). Xestocoris nitens Van Duzee, 1906, 390. 



Elongate-oval, widest across apex of clavus. Head, disk of prono- 

 tum, scutellum and under surface, chestnut-brown, strongly shining; 

 narrow front and hind margins of pronotum, elytra and legs pale reddish- 

 brown; antenna? reddish-brown, third and fourth joints in part piceous. 

 Pronotum with a few coarse punctures behind front margin; hind angles 

 nodulose above. Scutellum, corium and clavus with sparse, coarse punc- 

 tures bearing erect hairs, those of the clavus in three rows. Membrane 

 very short, not passing tip of corium, its veins subobsolete. Length, 

 3—3.5 mm. 



Indian Lake, Sabael, N. Y., Aug. 24 (Barber). Known only 

 from New England and New York. Occurs on the ground 

 beneath leaves and other debris in damn localities. 



