SUBFAMILY I. — PROSTEMMIN^E. 589 



or more widened, compressed and furnished with numerous 

 short setae, thus forming with the femora a highly specialized 

 raptorial organ. The subfamily is represented in this country 

 by two genera, one occurring in the eastern states. 



I. Pagasa Stal, 1862, 60. 



Black or fuscous shining species having, in addition to char- 

 acters given above, the eyes large, prominent, coarsely granu- 

 lated; pronotum longer than broad with a fine straight trans- 

 verse groove very close to its front margin ; scutellum with two 

 small median f oveae ; embolium of elytra present ; front and 

 middle tibiae with a spongy fossa at apex. Two of the eight 

 known species occur in the eastern states. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF PAGASA. 



a. Beak reaching middle coxae, joint 2 much longer than 3; clavus of 

 elytra opaque; apical third of front tibia? much widened on inner 

 side. 562. pallipes. 



aa. Beak reaching front coxa?, joints 2 and 3 subequal in length; elytra 

 shining throughout; front tibiae angularly widened only on under 

 side near apex. 563. FUSCA. 



562 (815). Pagasa pallipes Stal, 1873, 108. 



Elongate-oval. Black, shining; the head and pronotum with a few 

 widely scattered erect hairs; scutellum, clavus and membrane dull sooty 

 black; antennae reddish-brown, the outer joints tinged with fuscous; legs 

 and beak brownish-yellow. Antennae 5-jointed, joint 2 very short, less 

 than half the length of 1, 3 — 5 subequal, each more than twice the length 

 of 1. Pronotum campanulate, its transverse constriction near base with 

 a row of punctures, elsewhere smooth and very shining; sides in front of 

 constriction rounded and feebly converging, elytra in macropterous forms 

 reaching tip of abdomen, connexivum broadly exposed, female, narrowly 

 so, male; in brachypterous form reaching onto third dorsal. Length, 

 5.5 — 7 mm. 



Sanford, Lakeland, Cape Sable and Dunedin, Fla., Nov. 21 — 

 March 29. Occurs sparingly about Dunedin beneath bunches of 

 weeds, on foliage of oak, etc. Recorded from Newberry, Jack- 

 sonville and Key Largo, that State. Known elsewhere from 

 Michigan, Kansas, Texas, Utah and Panama. Uhler (1876, 

 325) says that it is commonly found in company with Nabis 

 subcoleoptratus, a species which it closely resembles in color and 

 form. 



563 (816). Pagasa fusca (Stein), 1857, 90. 



Form and size of pallipes. Color much the same, the scutellum only 

 of the upper surface opaque. Joint 2 of antennae more than half the 



