SUBFAMILY III. — ORTHOTYLINyE. 805 



passing tip of tylus, 2 four times as long as 1, 3 and 4 united 

 slightly longer than 2, 4 half the length of 3 ; pronotum twice 

 as wide at base as long, apex about two-thirds as wide as base, 

 calli scarcely evident ; elytra usually entire with sides sub- 

 parallel, surpassing abdomen ; females sometimes brachypter- 

 ous, with body oval and elytra shorter than abdomen ; hind 

 femora thickened, saltatorial. Three of the ten known North 

 American species occur in the eastern states. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF PARTHEXICUS. 



a. Upper surface thickly flecked with small dots. 

 b. Dots of upper surface brick-red; cuneus in great part reddish; 

 membrane fuscous. 846. psalliodes. 



bb. Dots of upper surface brown or fuscous; cuneus not reddish; mem- 

 brane mostly white. 847. vaccini. 

 aa. Upper surface without distinct dots; cuneus and corium tinged with 

 reddish. 848. juniperi. 



846 (1198). Parthenicus psalliodes Reuter, 1876, 85. 



Pale brownish-yellow thinly clothed with fine yellowish hairs; en- 

 tire upper and lower surface thickly dotted with dull red, the dots aggre- 

 gated on cuneus to cover most of its surface; membrane pale fuscous- 

 hyaline, iridescent, veins reddish; legs greenish-yellow, dotted with red; 

 apical half of hind femora fuscous with two reddish rings ; tibial spines 

 yellowish with red dots at base. Antennae pale yellow, joint 1 and apex 

 of 2 marked with reddish. Length, 2.8 — 3.3 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., Nov. 23 — Dec. 6. Two macropterous speci- 

 mens swept from huckleberry, another from beneath a chunk 

 on margin of pond. Described from Texas ; recorded elsewhere 

 only from California. 



847 (1199). Parthenicus vaccini (Van Duzee), 1915, 117. 



Macropterous form — Elongate, subparallel. Greenish-white, head, 

 calli and scutellum tinged with brownish-yellow; pronotum, scutellum 

 and elytra dotted with fuscous, the dots condensed on apical fourth of 

 corium and near tip of cuneus; commissure with a brown line behind tip 

 of clavus ; membrane translucent white, veins pale brown, four brown 

 spots on margin; femora straw-yellow, their apical half with brown 

 spots, those on hind femora sometimes merging; under surface pale 

 brownish-yellow, more or less tinged with fuscous. Antennae straw-yel- 

 low, joint 1 whitish with a black dot on inner face, but slightly surpass- 

 ing tylus; 2 with a few vague brown dots, slightly longer than 3, 4 sub- 

 equal in length to 1. Head prolonged in front of eyes a distance equal 

 to width of an eye. Elytra nearly twice the length of abdomen. Length, 

 2.7 — 3.5 mm. Brachypterous form — Oval; membrane abbreviated, 

 scarcely reaching tip of abdomen. Length, 1.6 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., April 6 ; one brachypterous female swept from 

 tall grasses near the margin of a pond ; compared with allotype. 



