534 FAMILY XVIII. — PLOIARIID^E. 



at hand are winged. The known range of fraternus extends 

 from New England west to Kansas and Oklahoma and south- 

 west to Florida, Louisiana and Texas. It has not been taken, 

 but should occur in southern Indiana. The hind tibiae have 

 three pale rings on basal half, instead of one as stated by 

 Banks in his key (1909, 47). He mentions it as occurring 

 "commonly at Falls Church, Va., at the base of tufts of grass 

 in moist fields in October and November." 



As pointed out by Banks (loc. cit.) the Ploiaria simplicipes Say 

 Ms., described by Uhler (1878, 430) is probably a nymph of 

 this species. The description of Uhler agrees in all particulars, 

 both in color and structure, with a small wingless M. fraternus 

 and not at all with the genus Ploiaria under which it is cata- 

 logued by Van Duzee. 



509 (714). Metapterus uhleri (Banks), 1909, 47. 



Elongate, slender. Dark sooty brown or fuscous-black; head, anten- 

 na? and legs paler; connexivals of female usually with a small yellow spot 

 on each incisure; membrane of elytra, when present, dull gray and with 

 numerous fuscous granules ; upper surface of front femora and tibiae 

 with a few small paler spots. Pronotum one-third longer than meso- 

 notum, slightly widened in front. Mesonotum with five very fine carina?, 

 each slightly projected backward from the disk as a cusp. Metanotum 

 with two similar cusps or short prostrate spines. Apex of last dorsal of 

 female entire (fig. 42). Length, 7 — 10 mm. 



Pine, Lake Co., Ind., May 7 ; Southern Pines, N. Car., Nov. 

 20 — Dec. 14 (Gerhard). Cold Springs, N. J., and Wrightsville, 

 N. Car., April (Davis). Its known range extends from Mas- 

 sachusetts west to South Dakota and Oxbow, Saskatchewan, 

 and south to Virginia and North Carolina. Its habits are un- 

 recorded except that it was taken in New York under stones. 

 Six of the seven specimens at hand are wingless ; in the other 

 one the elytra extend only to base of fifth dorsal. 



510 ( — ). Metapterus neglectus McAtee & Malloch, 1925, 87. 



Elongate, slender, subcylindrical. General color dull straw-yellow, 

 head with a vague pale line each side; front femora with four brown 

 spots each side, the basal one elongate; front tibia? with two brown 

 rings; middle and hind femora with apical halves pale reddish-brown, 

 the former with apex, the latter with two rings and apex pale yellow; 

 middle and hind tibia? each with three brown rings on basal third ; dorsum 

 of abdomen with a narrow reddish line in the groove each side of median 

 ridge, the apical third of each connexival narrowly fuscous-brown. 

 Front legs rather short and stout, their coxa? slightly shorter than head 

 and pronotum united; front femora distinctly stouter and one-fourth 



