SUBFAMILY III. — ORTHOTYLIN^E. 829 



889 ( — ). Ceratocapsus rufistigmus Knight Ms. 



Oblong-oval. Head yellow, often tinged with red ; pronotum brown- 

 ish-black, the basal fourth paler; scutellum brownish-yellow, paler to- 

 ward apex; clavus and corium pale to dark brown, embolium yellow- 

 translucent, cuneus red; membrane a uniform dusky translucent; legs 

 greenish-yellow, the tibiae and basal halves of all the femora more or 

 less tinged with red ; under surface greenish-yellow, heavily tinged with 

 red, the pro- and meso-pleura sometimes fuscous-brown. Antenna? stout, 

 half the length of body, of nearly equal thickness throughout; joint 1 

 yellow with a small red spot near base, longer than width of vertex, 

 male, three-fourths as long, female; 2 yellow, gradually feebly thickened 

 from the base, nearly four times the length of 1 ; 3 and 4 reddish-yellow, 

 more or less tinged with red, united shorter than 2, 4 one-half the length 

 of 3. Eyes of male very large, their dorsal width greater than that of 

 vertex, coarsely granulated; of female smaller, more narrow than vertex, 

 more finely granulated. Beak reaching between hind coxae. Entire upper 

 surface, including cuneus, but excepting head and membrane, coarsely, 

 evenly and deeply punctate, each puncture bearing a long conspicuous 

 yellowish inclined hair. Length, 3.2 — 3.7 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., Nov. 21 — April 20. Frequent in fall and 

 spring on ferns and other low herbage in and about the mar- 

 gins of dense hammocks and in low moist grounds ; hibernates 

 beneath boards and other cover. The eyes of male are much 

 larger and consequently the width of vertex narrower than 

 in females. 



890 ( — ). Ceratocapsus digitulus Knight, 1923, 533. 



Oblong-oval. Dark brown to piceous with pubescence as in key, on 

 elytra intermixed with appressed silvery scale-like hairs; embolium yel- 

 lowish-translucent, cuneus reddish or reddish-brown ; membrane pale fus- 

 cous-brown; legs uniformly gx'eenish-yellow; ventrals dark brown, shin- 

 ing. Antennae with joints 1, 2 and basal half of 3 yellowish, remainder 

 brownish; joint 1 slightly shorter than width of vertex, male, one-fifth 

 shorter, female; 2 nearly four times the length of 1 ; 3 one-half as long 

 as 2, 4 three-fourths the length of 3. Beak reaching between hind coxae. 

 Pronotum and elytra rather coarsely rugosely punctate. Length, 3.4 — 

 3.6 mm. 



Dubois, 111., July 2 (///. Nat. Hist. Sun: Coll.) . Recorded only 

 from New York. 



891 ( — ). Ceratocapsus incisus Knight, 1923, 532. 



Oblong-oval. Head blackish, reddish beneath; pronotum and scutel- 

 lum black or brownish-black, the basal half of former often in part paler; 

 elytra brownish-yellow, cuneus reddish or reddish-brown; basal half of 

 membrane and veins dusky, apical half fuscous; legs greenish-yellow; 

 ventrals dark reddish-brown to piceous. Joints 1 and 2 of antennae dull 

 yellow; 1 tinged with reddish, slightly shoi'ter than width of vertex, male, 



