SUBFAMILY II. — NABIN^. 



59: 



»i. Color grayish-white; form narrow; dark markings on inner 



sides of front and middle femora forming vague cross-bars; 



tibiae without spots. 



n. Front femora extending beyond apex of head; elytra with 



numerous small fuscous dots between the nervures; length, 



6.5 — 8.5 mm. 575. ferus. 



nn. Front femora not reaching apex of head ; length, 6 — 6.5 mm. 



576. BREVIS. 



mm. Color pale brownish-yellow to reddish-brown; form broader; 

 femora with conspicuous spots, sometimes with vague cross- 

 bars on inner side, 

 o. Hind tibia? dotted; color pale to dark brownish-yellow; mem- 

 brane in brachypterous form with closed cells. 



577. ROSEIPENNIS. 



oo. Hind tibiae without dots; color pale reddish-brown; mem- 

 brane in brachypterous form without closed cells. 



578. RUFUSCULUS. 

 //. First antennal but slightly if at all longer than anteocular por- 

 tion of head. 



p. Dorsal surface of abdomen black; tibiae with black dots. 



579. INSCRIPTUS. 



pp. Dorsal surface of abdomen with sides and apex broadly pale; 

 tibia? without black dots. 580. kalmii. 



564 (818). Nabis subcoleoptratus (Kirby), 1837, 282. 



Oblong-oval, subdepressed, broad- 

 er behind. Black, shining; the margin 

 of connexivum, antennae and legs pale 

 brownish-yellow; hind lobe of prono- 

 tum and elytra of brachypterous form 

 piceous. Pronotum with transverse 

 constrictions very faint, the collar 

 shorter than in our other species. 

 Elytra in brachypterous form reach- 

 ing middle of second dorsal, their tips 

 rounded and membrane wanting. 

 Front femora not spined beneath. 

 Length, 9—10.5 mm. (Fig. 147y 2 ). 



Fulton and Crawford counties, 

 Ind., June 14 — Aug. 3; taken 

 from beneath stones and by 

 sweeping herbage i n mo i s t 

 grounds ; probably occurs spar- 

 ingly throughout the State. Its 

 general range is northern, ex- 

 tending from Nova Scotia and 

 New England west to Alberta, Colorado and Kansas. Not re- 



Fig. 1 4 7 J -i» , X 4. (After Lugger), 



