734 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^E. 



cc. Cuneus not red ; beak not passing- hind coxae. 



d. Upper surface black and pale; apical half of femora reddish- 

 yellow; cuneus and scutellum, except basal angles, pale; tibiae 

 pale. 745. nigropallidus. 



dd. Upper surface uniformly black, the tips of embolium and cuneus 

 alone pale; apical half of femora reddish-brown with a pale 

 subapical ring; tibiae yellowish stained with reddish. 



746. TINCTIPES. 

 66. Smaller. Length, less than 4 mm. 



e. Pronotum fuscous-black, the collar, edges of side margins, area 

 in front of and each side of calli, and a backward projecting 

 ray between them dull yellow; hind femora with brown spots; 

 length 3.5—3.8 mm. 747. cuneatus. 



ee. Color of pronotum not as above; beak reaching sixth ventral; 

 femora without spots or rings ; length, 3.2 mm. 



748. DELONGI. 



aa. Beak not reaching upon hind coxae. 

 /. Beak reaching upon middle coxae. 

 (/. Upper surface black, the narrow apex of cuneus and a line each 

 side of fracture, paler; tibiae uniformly black. 



749. PROXIMUS. 



gg. Upper surface black and pale; cuneus with at least the inner 

 half red, tip of scutellum and basal third of corium pale; tibiae 

 pale. 750. unifasciatus. 



ff. Beak not reaching middle coxae. 

 h. Tibiae in part or wholly pale; upper surface in great part black. 

 i. Elytra wholly black clothed with silvery silken pubescence; legs 

 tinged with fuscous. 751. nubilipes. 



ii. Elytra in part pale. 

 j. Legs almost wholly pale. 

 k. Cuneus black, its narrow carinate edge and that of em- 

 bolium wholly pale; apical half of hind femora with several 

 fuscous dots near middle of outer face. 



752. PUNCTIPES. 



kk. Cuneus and embolium pale or reddish-yellow; legs wholly 



reddish-yellow, the apical half of hind femora with not 



more than one fuscous dot. 753. fulvipes. 



jj. Legs in part black; femora red, the apical third black; tibiae 



orange-red at middle, the base and tip black. 



754. VENUSTUS. 



hh. Tibiae wholly black. 



/. Femora red with only the tips black; beak reaching onto front 



coxae. 

 in. Larger, length 6.4 mm.; embolium and cuneus wholly black. 



755. GERHARDI. 



mm. Smaller, length 4.5 — 5 mm.; embolium and outer edge of cuneus 

 yellowish. 756. brevirostris. 



//. Femora not red; beak reaching behind front coxae; length, not 

 more than 6 mm. 



