642 FAMILY XXIV. — ANTHOCORID^E. 



Dunedin, Fla., March 5 — April 3, two specimens beaten from 

 the dead leaves of cabbage palmetto. The short subulate beak, 

 setose front femora, curved front tibia? and peculiar sculpture 

 of pronotum distinguish this form from any of our known 

 eastern species of the subfamily. In the co-type the dark bar 

 across the tips of clavus and corium is less evident than in 

 the type. 



III. Cardiastethus Fieber, 1860, 266. 



Oblong or ovate pubescent species distinguished from their 

 allies by the characters given in key and by having the an- 

 tennae pilose, the last two joints slender, linear or subfusiform, 

 the second swollen toward apex; pronotum with collar very 

 short but evident, callus of front lobe more or less elevated ; 

 middle portion of hind lobe depressed, the basal margin deeply 

 concave ; scutellum transversely sulcate ; embolium of elytra 

 with apex nearly as wide as that of corium ; membrane 4- 

 veined, the three inner ones not widely separated, their bases 

 equidistant and not forked, the two outer ones with bases more 

 remote but their apical halves converging; hind coxae contigu- 

 ous, femora all slender. Nearly 20 species have been described, 

 mostly from the Old World or tropical America, three occur- 

 ring in the United States and our territory. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF CARDIASTETHUS 



a. Membrane uniformly dusky or with only a narrow pale line adja- 

 cent to the suture; length not over 2.2 mm. 

 b. Side margins of embolium subparallel, straight or but slightly 

 rounded toward apex; dull clay-yellow, the apex of cuneus more 

 or less piceous. 619. assimilis. 



bb. Side margins of embolium distinctly rounded toward apex; pale 

 ■ brownish-yellow, the clavus, corium and cuneus in part fuscous. 



620. PERGANDII. 



aa. Membrane pale fuscous with a narrow stripe on the inner side and 

 a triangular spot on outer basal angles pale hyaline; general 

 color piceous, the elytra fuscous, opaque, with parts of the clavus 

 and embolium paler; length, 2.4 or more mm. 621. luridellus. 



619 (867). Cardiastethus assimilis (Reuter), 1871, 564. 



Oblong-oval. Dull brownish-yellow; basal half of pronotum, scu- 

 tellum, apical halves of clavus and corium, fourth joint of antenna?, base 

 of membrane and sides of abdomen usually heavily tinged with fuscous: 

 ocelli dull red, placed near the inner basal angles of the eyes. Pronotum 

 with median transverse groove, short, rather shallow, its ends curved 

 slightly forward; transverse callus of front lobe prominent, almost 

 smooth; hind lobe and sides of front one rather densely finely punctate. 



