SUBFAMILY II. — CAPSIN^E. 



685 



woods and on herbage about the margins of ponds. Tarboro, 

 N. Car., May 28 (Brimlcy). Described from Mexico. Recorded 

 also from Biscayne Bay, Fla., and San Diego, Cal. The head 

 of Distant's type was in part black, but Reuter (1913, 36) says 

 that the color of head is variable, "etiam sanguineum, solum 

 clypeo nigro," as in all the Florida specimens at hand. The 

 basal half and more of pronotum is covered with a subcordate 

 black spot, which reaches the hind angles. 



663 (906). Platytylellus nigricollis (Reuter), 1876, 65. 



Form and size of intercidendus. Color much the same, the pro- 

 notum with only the collar and side margins orange-red ; all the coxae 

 and basal third of hind femora of the same hue. Joint 2 of antenna? 

 nearly three times the length of 1, 3 one-fourth longer than 4. Length, 

 6 — 6.4 mm. 



Lake County, Ind., June 29 — July 14. Ranges from New 

 England west to North Dakota and south to New Jersey. 



664 (899). Platytylellus in- 

 sitivus (Say), 1832, 21; 

 I, 340. 

 Black, opaque, finely granu- 

 late; pronotum, scutellum, gula 

 and prosternum wholly pale 

 orange-yellow; beak fuscous, its 

 basal joint tinged with yellow. 

 Width of pronotal collar slightly 

 greater than that of head. Joint 1 

 of antenna? one-fourth longer 

 than width of vertex, 2 nearly 

 three times longer than 1, 3 two- 

 thirds the length of 2, twice as 

 long as 4. Beak reaching or 

 slightly passing hind coxae. 

 Length, 8.5— 10 mm. (Fig. 165). 



Marshall, Tippecanoe and 



Marion counties, Ind., June. 



Sanford, Istokpoga, Moore 



< ^ Haven, R. P. Park and Dun- 



Fig. 165, X m- (Original). edin> pj^ March 3 _ April 



13. Apparently scarce in Indiana but rather common in Flor- 

 ida, where it occurs in spring on foliage of shrubs and herbs 

 along the borders of ponds and the paths and margins of moist 

 dense hammocks. Recorded also from Crescent City, St. John's 

 Bluff and Biscayne Bay. Described from Indiana and ranges 



