SUBFAMILY IV. — BRYOCORIN^E. 867 



ee. Hind lobe of pronotum moderately convex, without a median im- 

 pression; embolium linear, somewhat thickened. 



IV. Sixenotus, p. 871. 

 66. Pronotum with a distinct collar, its hind portion but moderately 

 convex, sparsely punctate; basal antennal shorter than width of 

 vertex. V. Monalocoris, p. 874. 



aa. Form elongate-oblong; sides of elytra parallel or nearly so; second 

 joint of antennae not longer than width of head across eyes; prono- 

 tum with a distinct collar. VI. Sysinas, p. 875. 



I. Halticotoma Reuter, 1913a, 278. 



Small oval, thinly pubescent species having the head broader 

 across eyes than long ; eyes sessile, adjacent to and overlapping 

 front angles of pronotum, vertex very wide ; pronotum trape- 

 zoidal, twice as wide at base as long at middle, hind angles 

 broadly rounded, hind margin subtruncate ; mesoscutum con- 

 cealed ; scutellum with sides elevated, the disk therefore with 

 a deep triangular concavity which is carinate along the middle ; 

 elytra entire, surpassing abdomen. One species is known. 



951 (1073). Halticotoma valida Reuter, 1913a, 279. 



Short, oval. Head, prontum, base of scutellum, sterna and legs dull 

 red or reddish-brown; elytra blue-black; membrane dusky-hyaline, veins 

 brown. Ventrals reddish at middle, piceous on sides. Antennas dark 

 brown, joint 1 three-fifths as long as width of vertex, 2 twice as long as 

 1. Length. 3 — 3.5 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., March 15 ; one specimen swept from flowers 

 of Adam's needle, Yucca filamentosa L. A southwestern species 

 abundant on Yucca in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, but not 

 before recorded east of the Mississippi. 



II. Cyrtocapsus Reuter, 1876, 78. 



Oblong-oval, pubescent species having the head as wide at 

 base as long, its front subvertical; tylus small, compressed, 

 longer than cheeks ; eyes large, oblong, widely separated ; beak 

 reaching middle coxae; pronotum with base two-thirds wider 

 than apex, disk moderately convex, sides sinuate, calli large, 

 low, with a deep depression between and behind them ; elytra 

 entire, subdepressed, corium much widened toward apex, em- 

 bolium rather wide and thick, cuneus as wide at base as long, 

 strongly deflexed ; membrane surpassing abdomen by more 

 than half its length. One species is known. 



952 (1072). Cyrtocapsus caligineus (Stal), 1859a, 258. 



Oblong-oval. Black, subopaque, thickly clothed with short yellow- 

 ish or grayish pubescence, which is condensed to form small spots on 



