SUBFAMILY I. — CARTHASIN^E. 539 



From the Saicinae it differs in characters of subfamily impor- 

 tance, as shown in the key and above. The subfamily is repre- 

 sented by one genus containing five described species, four 

 occurring in tropical America and the West Indies, the other 

 in our territory. 



I. Carthasis Champion, 1900, 305. 



In addition to the characters above given the members of 

 this genus have the eyes rounded, prominent, coarsely granu- 

 lated ; beak 3-jointed, its base inserted between the tips of the 

 prolonged cheeks, joint 1 as long as 2 and 3 united ; antenna? 

 4-jointed, inserted on the tips of the short cylindrical anten- 

 niferous tubercles, joints 1 and 2 stouter than the others, sub- 

 equal in length, 3 slightly shorter than 2, 4 one-half or more 

 longer than 3 ; pronotum strongly constricted behind the mid- 

 dle, front lobe subcylindrical, its apex somewhat flaring, hind 

 lobe wider than long, its base truncate ; scutellum triangular, 

 its tip acute ; elytra constricted opposite apex of scutellum then 

 widened and slightly surpassing abdomen, their tips broadly 

 rounded ; front legs raptorial, the femora feebly swollen, armed 

 beneath with a single row of numerous short spines and three 

 or four longer setae. 



513 (835). Carthasis decoratus (Uhler), 1901, 509. 



Elongate, slender, strongly constricted at middle. Pale yellow or 

 greenish-yellow; head, base of hind lobe of pronotum, scutellum, clavus, 

 a transverse bar across middle of elytra and the apex of corium, roseate- 

 or crimson-red ; elytra with a faint fuscous cross-bar behind the scutel- 

 lum; membrane hyaline, dusky near base; antennae yellow, the terminal 

 joints fuscous; legs and under surface pale yellow. Disk of pronotum 

 very finely rugose, the humeral angles feebly nodulose above. Corium 

 long and narrow, reaching beyond middle of membrane. Connexivum of 

 female narrowly exposed behind the middle. Under side of head and 

 basal joint of beak beset with several long slender setae. Front tibiae 

 one-third shorter than femora, armed beneath with numerous very slender 

 spines. Length, 4.5 — 5 mm. 



Dunedin and R. P. Park, Fla., Jan. 3 — April 7. Occurs only 

 on shrubs and low undergrowth in dense hammocks. Recorded 

 heretofore from Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania and Mississippi. 



Subfamily II. SAICINAE Amyot & Serville, 1843, 371. 



Small, elongate slender species having the front portion of 

 head very short, hind portion subglobose and swollen ; antennae 



