SUBFAMILY III. — ORTHOTYLIN^E. 853 



Univ. Coll.). Ranges from Ontario and New England west to 

 the Pacific, north of latitude 42°. Occurs upon rank herbage in 

 moist shaded locations. 



IX. Cyrtorhinus Fieber, 1858, 313. 



In addition to the characters given in generic key, the mem- 

 bers of this genus have the beak reaching between middle 

 coxae; antennae finely pilose, joint 1 three-fourths or more as 

 long as width of vertex ; elytra in both sexes entire, longer 

 than abdomen in males, the cuneal fracture subobsolete. Two 

 species occur in the eastern states. 



KEY TO EASTERN' SPECIES OF CYRTORHIXUS. 



a. Pronotum wholly black; elytra fuscous. 927. caricis var. VAGUS. 

 act. Apical half of pronotum in part pale yellow; elytra sordid white. 



928. PYGM^US. 



927 (lise 1 ^). Cyrtorhinus caricis vagus Knight, 1923, 511. 

 Elongate-oblong. Head, pronotum and scutellum black, shining; 



elytra a nearly uniform pale subhyaline fuscous, minutely and sparsely 

 pubescent, embolium somewhat paler; clavus sometimes tinged with fus- 

 cous; legs greenish-yellow, coxae and hind femora often in part fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous-black, the incisure between joints 1 and 2 pale; joint 1 

 slightly shorter than width of vertex; 2 three times longer than 1; 3 

 two-thirds the length of 2, 4 one-third as long as 3. Pronotum minutely 

 transversely rugose. Length, 2.8 — 3 mm. 



Raleigh, N. Car., Aug. 10 (Brimley). Recorded elsewhere 

 only from New York, New Jersey and Virginia. Knight (1917b, 

 250) first recorded this as the European C. caricis (Fall.), but 

 later described it as a variety of that species. The typical 

 caricis is known from Colorado and in Europe occurs amongst 

 sedges in damp places. 



928 (1186%). Cyrtorhinus pygm^eus (Zetterstedt), 1838, column 279. 

 Elongate, sides subparallel, male; suboval, female. Head black, shin- 

 ing; pronotum and scutellum fuscous, the former with area in front of 

 and between calli dull yellow; elytra dull whitish-translucent; membrane 

 pale hyaline, iridescent; legs straw-yellow; ventrals dull yellow with a 

 fuscous stripe at sides. Joint 1 of antennae as long as width of vertex, 

 shining black, its apical fourth yellow; 2 fuscous-black, three times as 

 long as 1 ; 3 and 4 dusky yellow, subequal in length, united one-third 

 longer than 2. Upper surface sparsely clothed with very fine inclined 

 dusky hairs. Elytra of male slightly surpassing abdomen; of female 

 reaching sixth dorsal. Length, 3 — 3.2 mm. 



Carmarthen and Poole Harbor, England, August (British Mus. 



