SUBFAMILY VI. — CYLAPIN^E. 879 



and New England west to the Pacific ; not recorded in the east 

 south of Maryland. Uhler, after the original description of his 

 Pamerocoris anthocoroides (1877, 425), a synonym of F. brunneus, 

 says : "This is the most interesting Heteropter which has as 

 yet been found in North America. While being an undoubted 

 Phytocorid (Mirid) in its details of higher group value it yet 

 presents the features and some of the characters of both the 

 Lygaeidae and Anthocoridae." He later states (1894, 247) that 

 it occurs in the West Indies, Central America and Mexico. 



971 (1092). Fulvius imbecilis (Say), 1832, 25; I, 345. 



Elongate, sides subparallel. Head, pronotum and scutellum dark 

 brown; elytra paler brown, a premedian oblique yellowish spot across 

 corium and a pale yellow calloused spot on basal half of cuneus; mem- 

 brane pale brownish-translucent, feebly iridescent; legs and under sur- 

 face in great part pale brownish; coxae, knees, middle of beak, tarsi, tips 

 of tibiae and base of ventrals, dull yellow. Joint 1 of antennae reddish- 

 brown, as long as head; 2 with basal two-thirds or more dark brown, 

 remainder pale yellow; 3 and 4 fuscous-brown. Pronotum much as in 

 brunneus, the calli more prominent, impression between them deeper, 

 hind angles less prolonged, basal margin more shallowly concave. Elytra 

 slightly surpassing abdomen, male, reaching its tip, female. Length, 

 4 — 4.5 mm. 



Marion, Vigo, Knox and Lawrence counties, Ind., Aug. 6 — 

 Oct. 16 (W. S. B.) . Raleigh, N. Car., Sept. 11 (Brimley) . Taken 

 from dry fungi about the base of stumps; also in late autumn 

 from beneath logs and other cover in moist woodland. De- 

 scribed from Indiana. The known range extends from New 

 Jersey west to Michigan and Indiana and southwest to North 

 Carolina. Easily known from brunneus by the longer first an- 

 tennal, wholly dark scutellum and paler femora. The pale spot 

 on cuneus is often in part margined with red. 



972 (1093). Fulvius atratus Distant, 1884, 282. 



Elongate-oval. Black; basal third of corium with a transverse 

 whitish bar, terminating inwardly at middle of outer claval margin; 

 cuneus pale brownish-yellow, its tip and inner basal angle black; mem- 

 brane blackish, its apical half pale fuscous; femora brownish-yellow, their 

 bases piceous; tibiae pale fuscous, tarsi dull yellow. Joint 1 of antennae 

 dull brownish-yellow, its base piceous; 2 black, 3 and 4 fuscous. Length, 

 4 mm. 



A neotropical species, described from Guatemala and taken 

 at Biscayne Bay, Fla., by Mrs. Slosson, that being the only 

 definite station record for this country. 



