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c. Antenniferous tubercles nearly as long as basal antennal and with 

 two slender cylindrical processes between them; front tibiae of 

 male but slightly curved. 518. modesta. 



cc. Antenniferous tubercles less than one-fourth the length of basal 

 antennal with a single short obtuse spine between them ; front 

 tibia? of male strongly curved. 519. brimleyi. 



516 (719). Pnirontis languida Stal, 1859b, 381. 



Elongate, slender, subparallel. Color a nearly uniform pale straw- 

 yellow; head sometimes in great part fuscous; membrane and cells of 



corium whitish-hyaline, often 

 tinged with reddish. Basal 

 joint of antennas longer than 

 \ front lobe of head, the latter 

 beset with minute spicules. 

 Pronotum gradually widened 

 V toward base, its hind portion 

 subdepressed and with a me- 

 dian and two lateral shallow 

 grooves, the median one the 

 wider, narrowed in front and 

 extending to apical fourth of 

 disk. Elytra not reaching 

 apex of abdomen. Last dor- 

 sal of male transversely 

 wrinkled, its apex deeply and 

 widely cleft, the tips of its 



a lux of female abdomen from above. Fig. 131. lobes subacute. Length, 13 — 

 t. languida Stal, male X 4. (After Champion). , . ,„. -,o-i\ 



14 mm. (Fig. 131). 



Brownsville, Tex., Aug. 15 (Barber). Santiago de las Vegas, 

 Cuba, Oct. 15 (Fracker). Recorded from St. Augustine, Ft. 

 Myers and St. Petersburg, Fla. Ranges from South Carolina 

 southwest to Texas and the West Indies. Recorded also from 

 Brazil. 



517 (720). Pnirontis infirma Stal, 1859b, 382. 



Elongate, slender. Dull straw-yellow; apical joints of antenna? 

 tinged with fuscous; connexivals with apical angles blackish; coxa? brown; 

 basal joint of antenna? as long as front lobe of head, armed beneath with 

 two rows of short spines. Disk of pronotum with a nearly entire median 

 groove, its margins somewhat elevated. Elytra reaching last dorsal. 

 Length, 10—12 mm. (Fig. 130). 



Ft. Myers, Fla., March 31; taken at light (Dazns) . Mobile, 

 Ala., Sept. 8 (Gerhard). Its known range extends from New 

 Jersey west to Illinois and southwest to Florida, Texas, Cuba 

 and northern Brazil. Not as yet taken, but should occur in 

 southern Indiana. Barber lists it also from LaBelle and Ever- 



