522 FAMILY XVIII. — PLOIARIHLE. 



496 ( — ). Empicoris palmensis sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender. Head and front lobe of pronotum dull yellow 

 blotched with fuscous; hind lobe of pronotum a uniform dull yellow; 

 meso- and metanota brownish-yellow, their spines dark brown; elytra 

 dull yellow, the costal margin of each with a small fuscous submarginal 

 blotch in front of middle and another at apical fourth; first and second 

 joints of antenna? each with about nine pale l'ings alternating with nine 

 narrower brownish ones; beak yellow, the second joint with two fuscous 

 rings, the third with base tinged with fuscous; front legs yellow, the 

 coxa? each with two brownish dots on outer side, the femora with four 

 narrow rings and apical fifth brownish, tibia? with two brownish rings 

 on basal half and a wider one at apical third ; middle and hind legs yel- 

 low, alternated with narrow brownish rings; under surface pale brown, 

 the margins yellowish. Joint 2 of antenna? one-fifth shorter than 1, 3 

 one-half the length of 2, twice as long as 4. Both head and eyes small 

 for the genus. Hind lobe of pronotum subquadrate, the usual obtuse dis- 

 cal ridges scarcely evident. Spine of mesonotum almost horizontal, of 

 metanotum suberect. Elytra surpassing abdomen by one-fifth their 

 length, their tips narrowly rounded. Spines of front femora very short 

 and wholly pale, almost invisible. Length, 4.2 — 4.7 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., Jan. 20 — April 22. Two specimens beaten 

 from the dead leaves of cabbage palmetto. Differs from all our 

 described species in its pale color, erect slender hairs on parts 

 mentioned in key, dark notal spines and relative length of 

 antennals. 



497 ( — ). Empicoris winnemana McAtee & Malloch, 1925, 19. 



Elongate, slender. Head and pronotum dark brown; elytra pale 

 brown, veins whitish, stigma as in key; antenna? and legs fuscous-brown, 

 the usual paler rings, except the incisures, vague or wanting, more dis- 

 tinct on front and middle femora. Antennae finely pubescent, joint 4 

 two-fifths as long as 3. Front femora more than twice as long as coxa?, 

 their lower margin thickly beset with short hairs and minute spines. 

 Other characters as in i of key. Length, 4.5 mm. 



Known only from Plummer's Island, Md., and Vienna, Va., 

 where it occurs in October. 



498 ( — ). Empicoris culiciformis (De Geer), 1773, 323. 



Elongate, slender. Head and pronotum pale reddish-brown, thickly 

 clothed with very fine silvery-gray hairs ; elytra thickly mottled with 

 pale fuscous-brown spots, costal margins pale with two small oblong 

 blackish spots behind the middle; hind wings not spotted near apex; con- 

 nexivals dark brown, each with a pale spot on front half; beak pale 

 brown, the apex whitish; under surface dark brown, the front half of side 

 margin of each ventral pale; middle and hind legs with dark and pale 

 annulations subequal in width; front coxa? pale with a small spot at 

 middle of each side and apex black; front femora and tibia? each with 



