546 FAMILY XIX. — REDUVIID^:. 



their basal tubercles very short, first joint porrect, as long as 

 or longer than front lobe of head ; eyes relatively small, coarse- 

 ly granulated; pronotum with sides gradually feebly converg- 

 ing from the base, disk with four vague obtuse ridges, the 

 median groove rather deep, the others with short narrow forks ; 

 elytra reaching to or slightly beyond base of sixth dorsal; 

 front and middle legs short, their femora and tibiae unarmed, 

 hind legs longer, more slender, but femora not reaching tip of 

 abdomen. Last dorsal of male broadly emarginate ; of female 

 prolonged and tapering to an obtuse tip. About a dozen species 

 are known, two of them from our territory, one from Central 

 America, the others from the Old World. Van Duzee (1917, 

 241) has listed P. spurca Stal, a Surinam species, from the "S. 

 St.", but no other eastern record can be found. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF PYGOLAMPIS. 



a. First joint of antennae subequal in length to front portion of head; 



front femora distinctly swollen. 520. sericea. 



aa. First joint of antenna? nearly twice as long as front portion of head ; 



front femora but little swollen. 521. pectoralis. 



520 (723). Pygolampis sericea Stal, 1859b, 378. 



Elongate, subparallel. Above fuscous-brown, densely clothed with 

 fine prostrate grayish pubescence; head and pronotum somewhat paler; 

 larger cells of membrane with an irregular whitish line; incisures of 

 connexivum each with a small pale spot; abdomen dull yellow with a 

 median line and a narrow one each side fuscous; beak, apical joints of 

 antennae, sterna, coxa?, knees and front and middle femora fuscous- 

 brown; basal joint of antenna? and remainder of legs reddish-brown, 

 the front and middle tibia? annulate with paler. Tylus with apex pro- 

 jected forward from between a short fork. Length, 13 — 15 mm. 



Lake Co., Ind., May 5 (Gerhard). Raleigh, N. Car., May 5 

 (Brimley). Wilmington, N. Car., April 18 (Davis). Described 

 from Pennsylvania. Ranges from New England west to Illi- 

 nois and southwest to South Carolina and Texas. But few sta- 

 tions are on record. 



521 (724). Pygolampis pectoralis (Say), 1832, 33; I, 306. 



Elongate, slender. Pale reddish-brown or dull brownish-yellow, 

 sparsely clothed with fine silvery pubescence; apical joints of antenna? 

 and elytra, especially the membrane, strongly tinged with fuscous; apical 

 angles of connexivals each with a small pale spot; meso- and metasterna 

 and sometimes the middle of abdomen, fuscous; tibia? annulate with pale 

 and dark rings. Joint 2 of antenna? longer than 1, 3 shortest, one-half 

 the length of 4. Pronotum longer than in sericea, the disk of hind lobe 



