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FAMILY XI. — LYG^ID^. 



VII. Cryphula Stal, 1874, 165. 



Small oblong-oval species having the head moderately de- 

 clivent, inserted in thorax to eyes; beak surpassing middle 

 coxae; pronotum subquadrate, two-thirds wider than long, sides 

 subparallel to near front angles, then suddenly rounded into 

 them, disk without transverse constriction ; scutellum very flat, 

 not carinate ; costal margin of corium rather broadly flattened ; 

 elytra either entire and reaching tip of abdomen, or more com- 

 monly abbreviated and reaching sixth dorsal ; front femora 

 armed beneath with three or four minute preapical teeth, and 

 several long bristles; tibiae beset with stiff bristles; basal joint 

 of hind tarsus one-half longer than the others united. Three 

 species are known from North America, one from the eastern 

 states. 



392 (608). Cryphula parallelogram ma Stal, 1874, 165. 



Oblong-oval. Head, disk of pronotum in great part, base of scutel- 

 lum and under surface, dark chestnut-brown and when fresh often with 



a b uish bloom; narrow side margins of 

 pronotum and corium, hind angles of 

 pronotum and some spots near base, three 

 small elongate spots on apical half of 

 scutellum, the veins and some vague mark- 

 ings on corium, pale dull yellow; mem- 

 brane, macropterous form, grayish-brown, 

 veins paler near base; first and second 

 antennals brownish - yellow, third and 

 fourth dark brown ; legs pale brownish- 

 yellow, the front femora darker. First 

 antennal surpassing tylus by one-third its 

 length; second and fourth subequal, third 

 shorter. Pronotum with a few fine punc- 

 tures near front margin; basal third and 

 scutellum finely and sparsely punctate. 

 Clavus with three rows of punctures; 

 corium rather thickly and finely irregu- 

 larly punctate. Length, 3 — 4 mm. (Fig. 91). 



Frequent in southern Indiana ; not taken, though probably 

 occurs, in the northern counties. Occurs throughout the year, 

 hibernating beneath stones and logs on the wooded slopes of 

 streams and along the borders of upland fields; in summer 

 found on the ground in similar localities beneath leaves and 

 other debris, the nymphs in September; also on one occasion 

 beaten from the flowers of the red haw, Cratagus punctata Jacq. 

 Bassenger, Istokpoga and Dunedin, Fla., Nov. 21 — April 11; 



Fig. 91, X 10. (Original). 



