SUBFAMILY I. — LYCTOCORIIsLE. 625 



paler in female. Joint 2 of antennae distinctly longer than in stalii, 3 

 slightly longer than 4, about one-half the length of 2. Pronotum with 

 transverse impression less evident, the hind margin much more deeply 

 concave, so that the median area behind the impression is distinctly 

 shorter, and the humeral angles longer than in stalii; sides feebly sinuate 

 and more deflexed than there. Scutellum larger, its apical half natter, 

 more finely rugose. Membrane with two median veins less distinct. 

 Length, 4.5 — 5 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., Jan. 20 ; one specimen taken from beneath 

 bark of dead pine (W.S.B.). Spring Hill, Ala., March 12 

 (Gerhard). Lakehurst, N. J., Sept. 6 (Davis). Recorded here- 

 tofore only from South Carolina and Idaho. The darker color, 

 more deeply concave hind margin and more strongly deflexed 

 sides of pronotum and larger scutellum are the principal char- 

 acters other than those given in key which separate this 

 species from stalii. 



II. Lasiochilus Reuter, 1871, 562. 



Very small, oblong or oblong-oval pubescent species, having 

 the head as wide across the eyes as long, narrowed behind into 

 a short neck; beak reaching to or slightly behind middle coxae; 

 joint 1 of antennae usually reaching to or slightly surpassing 

 apex of head, 2 dilated toward apex, twice or more longer than 

 1, 3 and 4 very slender, subequal, beset with long stiff hairs ; 

 pronotum in macropterous forms subtrapezoidal, its base twice 

 as wide as apex, disk with an ill-defined transverse impression ; 

 elytra usually entire and covering the abdomen, opaque and 

 bearing numerous inclined yellowish hairs ; front femora elon- 

 gate-fusiform, moderately swollen, more so in the males ; tibiae 

 spinulose, usually enlarged toward apex which is obliquely 

 truncate in males ; third joint of hind tarsi as long as the others 

 united. Other characters as in generic key. More than 20 

 species are known, only three of which occur with us. 



KEY TO EASTERN' SPECIES OF LASIOCHILUS. 



a. Length, 2.5 or more mm.; elytra entire. 



b. Color a nearly uniform brownish-yellow or pale reddish-brown; 



clavus with four or five nearly regular rows of fine but distinct 



punctures ; margins of pronotum and embolium with a fringe of 



rather long yellowish hairs. 599. PALLIDULUS. 



66. Color fuscous or dark reddish-brown; clavus not or very obsoletely 



punctate; margins of pronotum and embolium with a fringe of 



short hairs. 600. FUSCULUS. 



aa. Length not more than 1.5 mm.; elytra abbreviated, reaching only 



to base of third dorsal. 601. gerhardi. 



