914 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID,£. 



length of 3. Elytra with numerous black seta-bearing punctures. Legs, 

 especially the tibiae, long and slender, hind tibiae one-third longer than 

 in separatus, more thickly beset with longer black spinules. Length, 

 4.2 mm. 



Crawford Co., Ind., Aug. 1. Swept from low herbage along 

 the banks of Blue River. 



Subfamily IX. PHYLIN^) Reuter, 1910, 111. 



Species of variable form and size, but agreeing in having the 

 lorae narrow but very distinct, the impressed line above and 

 below them deep; first joint of antennae usually short; prono- 

 tum without a subapical constriction, sometimes flattened 

 above near apex ; inner wings usually with a distinct hamus : 

 joint 3 of tarsi linear, longer than joint 1 ; arolia wanting, or 

 if present very obscure and bristle-like ; pseudarolia usually 

 present, sometimes very large. "Male genitalia distinctive, the 

 tip of penis twisting to the left, lying closely within bend of 

 left clasper, extending downward and beyond it to the left 

 side." (Knight). 



For convenience of treatment the subfamily is divided into 

 three tribes, separated as follows : 



KEY TO TRIBES OF SUBFAMILY PHYLIN^E. 



a. Pronotum with a more or less flattened apical collar, but without a 



constriction behind it; abdomen usually distinctly constricted at 



base; form generally elongate. Tribe I. Hallodapini, p. 914. 



an. Pronotum not flattened near apex, without the semblance of a collar; 



abdomen not constricted at base. 



h. Prosternal xyphus depressed on its disk, its margins more or less 



elevated; pseudarolia prominent, united with the claws along 



their full length and sometimes projecting beyond them (pi. X, 



fig. 13), or attached only at basal angles and extending free and 



parallel with claws to the tips (pi. X, fig. 14). 



Tribe II. Oncotylini, p. 918. 



hh. Prosternal xyphus convex, not distinctly margined; pseudarolia 



minute or wanting, when present attached to the inner basal 



angle of claw, never extending beyond tip of claws (pi. X, figs. 



1—12). Tribe III. Phylini, p. 921. 



Tribe I. HALLODAPINI Van Duzee, 1916a, 204, 210. 



To this tribe, as characterized above, belong three of our 

 eastern genera. 



KEY TO EASTERN CEXERA OF HALL/ODAPINI. 



a. Pseudarolia connate with claws (pi. X, figs. 15, 16) ; elytra present 

 in both sexes. 



