828 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^E. 



and antennae pale yellow. Elytra surpassing- abdomen, finely and sparse- 

 ly punctate. Female — -Oblong-oval, widest behind the middle. Color and 

 pubescence as in male, front of head, scutellum, apical half of corium 

 and ventrals usually tinged with fuscous. Pronotum trapezoidal, but 

 slightly wider at base than long at middle, disk finely sparsely punctate; 

 calli large, prominent, well separated. Elytra reaching sixth dorsal, 

 finely and thickly punctate, tips subtruncate, cuneus poorly differentiated, 

 membrane scarcely evident. Antennae in both sexes with joints 1 and 2 

 pale yellow, 1 three-fourths as long as width of vertex, 2 three and 

 one-half times the length of 1 ; 3 and 4 dusky yellow, 3 two-fifths the 

 length of 2, 4 one-half as long as 3. Length, 2 — 3 mm. 



Hillsboro Canal and Dunedin, Fla., Dec. 19 — March 24. 

 Beaten from foliage of wax-myrtle and taken from beneath 

 boards. A neotropical species, described from Texas. Known 

 from the West Indies and not before recorded from Florida. 



887 ( — ). Ceratocapsus drakei Knight, 1923, 533. 



Elongate, sides subparallel. Head reddish, vertex darker; pronotum 

 brown, calli piceous; scutellum dark brown, both it and elytra sparsely 

 clothed with erect yellowish hairs, intermixed with short appressed sil- 

 very ones; clavus and corium yellowish-brown, translucent; membrane 

 and veins pale, apical half darker; legs yellowish-brown; ventrals brown- 

 ish-black. Joints 1 and 2 of antennae dull yellow, apex of 2 darker; 1 

 one-half longer than width of vertex ; 2 three and one-half times the 

 length of 1 ; 3 and 4 fuscous, 3 three-fifths as long as 2, 4 nearly three- 

 fifths the length of 3. Beak reaching between hind coxae. Length, 4.5 mm. 



Recorded from New York and Alberta. 



888 ( — ). Ceratocapsus fuscinus Knight, 1923, 531. 



Oblong-oval. Head dull yellow; pronotum brownish-black, basal 

 fourth of disk yellowish, male, yellowish with only calli dark, female; 

 scutellum brownish-yellow, darker at base, both it and elytra clothed with 

 prominent suberect yellowish hairs, intermixed with shorter, appressed 

 scale-like pubescence; apical half of corium of male often heavily tinged 

 with fuscous; cuneus reddish; membrane pale hyaline, the middle of 

 apical half sometimes darker; legs and ventrals dull yellow, apical half 

 of hind femora reddish. Joints 1 and 2 of antennae yellow; 1 with a red 

 spot on inner side at base, as long as width of vertex; 2 nearly four 

 times as long as 1 ; 3 yellowish at base, darker apically, one-half the 

 length of 2; 4 fuscous-brown, as thick as and one-fifth shorter than 3. 

 Beak reaching betwen middle coxae. Length, 3.6 — 3.8 mm. 



Marion Co., Ind.. July 10 (W. S. B.). Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 

 10; Ramsey Co., Minn., July 11 (Minn, Univ. Coll.). Ranges 

 from New York west to Minnesota and south to Maryland. 

 Occurs on the black willow, Salix nigra Marsh. 



