626 FAMILY XXIV. — ANTHOCORID;£. 



599 (844). Lasiochilus pallidulus Reuter, 1871, 562. 

 Elongate-oblong. Pale brownish-yellow, often with a slight fuscous 



tinge; head, pronotum and basal half of scutellum shining; antennae and 

 legs concolorous, the basal joints of the former often darker. Joint 1 of 

 antennae slightly surpassing tip of tylus, 2 and 3 subequal, each about 

 one-third longer than head, 4 slightly longer than 3. Beak reaching 

 middle coxae. Pronotum as long as head, hind angles acute, sides con- 

 verging from base to apex, deflexed in front of middle; disk finely punc- 

 tate, each puncture bearing a long, very fine hair, hind margin broadly 

 and shallowly concave. Scutellum with apical half depressed, opaque, 

 rugose-punctate. Elytra opaque, slightly surpassing tip of abdomen, both 

 clavus and inner margin of corium distinctly punctate, elsewhere very 

 finely punctate, each puncture with a long yellowish hair. Length, 

 2.5—3.3 mm. 



Dunedin, Ft. Myers, Everglade and R. P. Park, Fla., Novem- 

 ber — April. I have found this to be one of the most common 

 Anthocorids in southern Florida, occurring mainly in low wet 

 places. In autumn and spring it frequents the tall dead grasses 

 and weeds along the margins of ponds and lakes ; in winter it 

 hides beneath boards, piles of weeds and other cover in the 

 vicinity of water. At Ft. Myers in late March it was sifted in 

 numbers from the debris on the mucky bottom of an extinct 

 wet-weather pond. Occurs occasionally at light. Ranges from 

 South Carolina, southwest to Florida, Texas, Mexico and the 

 West Indies. Uhler (1894a, 198) records the taking of it in 

 numbers in Grenada, in April, while flying over open places at 

 sunset. 



600 (845). Lasiochilus fusculus Reuter, 1871, 563. 



Elongate-oval. Head, pronotum and mesoscutum dark chestnut- to 

 piceous-brown, strongly shining; remainder of upper surface fuscous- 

 brown, opaque; cuneus usually slightly darker than corium; membrane 

 dusky, its apical margin pale; antennae reddish-brown, the terminal joints 

 darker; femora dark reddish-brown to piceous; beak, tibiae and tarsi pale 

 brownish-yellow. Antennae with third and fourth joints subequal, each 

 distinctly shorter than second. Pronotum shorter than in pallidulus, the 

 transverse impression nearer its base, the short area behind it finely 

 transversely rugose; front portion with a few scattered erect hairs. 

 Scutellum finely transversely rugose. Elytra very finely and sparsely 

 punctate, each puncture furnished with a short very fine inclined hair. 

 Femora shorter and more swollen than in pallidulus; tibiae with numerous 

 setae. Length, 2.5 — 2.8 mm. 



Marion and Putnam counties, Ind., scarce, July 10 — Oct. 1. 

 Dunedin, Fla., Nov. 18— Dec. 17 (W.S.B.). Westfield, N. J., 

 Sept. 4 (Davis). Willow Springs, 111., July 8— Aug. 21 (Ger- 



