540 FAMILY XIX. — REDUVIID^E. 



slender, pubescent, the second joint shorter than first; prono- 

 tum with front lobe longer than hind one and with a deep 

 median groove ; elytra without a discoidal cell in front of basal 

 angle of membrane ; front coxae usually more or less elongate ; 

 all the femora more or less setose. Two genera are represented 

 in the eastern states. 



KEY TO EASTERN GENERA OF SAIOIX.E. 



a. Pronotum unarmed; apex of scutellum ending in a long horizontal 

 spine; basal joint of tarsi shorter than third, not longer than 

 second. I. Oncerotrachelus. 



<Ki. Hind lobe of pronotum armed with two long, acute, suberect, out- 

 ward-projecting spines; scutellum with two inclined or suberect 

 spines; basal joint of all tarsi longest. II. Saica. 



I. Oncerotrachelus Stal, 1868, 130. 



Rather short slender species having the head porrect ; eyes 

 large, coarsely granulated; first joint of beak stout, extending 

 behind the eyes, longer than the others united, setose beneath ; 

 pronotum as long as its greatest width, its front lobe with a 

 subglobose convexity each side of the median impressed line ; 

 front coxae three or four times as long as thick ; front femora 

 and tibiae straight, unarmed ; middle and hind legs relatively 

 short. Two species are known, one from Grenada, the other 

 from our territory. 



514 (717). Oncerotrachelus acuminatus (Say), 1832, 32; I, 356. 



Elongate-oblong, widest behind the middle of 

 abdomen. Dull reddish-brown, the elytra in great 

 part, scutellum and middle of hind lobe of pronotum 

 fuscous-brown; antenna? tinged with fuscous, the basal 

 joint paler; sides of under surface fuscous-brown. 

 Body above, antennae and legs thickly clothed with fine 

 erect hairs, the joints of antenna? gradually decreas- 

 ing in length and thickness from the base. Pronotum 

 smooth, its hind lobe with humeral angles convex, the 

 impressed line of front lobe terminating in a fovea 

 on middle of hind one. Scutellum tricarinate, the 

 carina? merging to form the long terminal spine. 

 Elytra gradually widening behind the middle, their 

 tips broadlv rounded, reaching or slightlv surpass- 



Jvjg L29 I^t^Ill'lIf? 



x 6. ing tip of abdomen. Length, 5.5 — 6.5 mm. (Fig. 



(After Champion), ioq\ 



Frequent throughout Indiana, more so in the southern coun- 

 ties, occurring throughout the year. Sanford, Bassenger, R. 

 P. Park and Dunedin, Fla., November — April. Borden Springs, 



