CYDNIDAE OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE — FROESCHNER 429 



Scutellum: Length greater than width, 1.97(1.86-2.15): 1.68(1. 62- 

 1.81); disc shining, with scattered, coarse punctures on apical three- 

 fourths, 



Hemelytron: Clavus and corium weakly alutaceous; claval punc- 

 tures arranged in one complete row and sometimes partial second 

 row basally; mesocorium distinctly punctate except at middle, mesal 

 punctm-es arranged in two complete rows; exocorium distinctly 

 punctate for full length; costa convex, with two setigerous punctures; 

 membranal suture straight, lateral angle not prolonged: membrane 

 longer than basal width, reaching apex of abdomen. 



Propleuron: Strongly punctate on anterior convexity and in depres- 

 sion; prosternal carinae less than half as high as labial II, abruptly 

 terminated posteriorly. 



Mesopleuron : Lateral area with not more than one or two distinct 

 punctures. 



Metapleuron (fig. 97): terminal process of peritreme triangular 

 posteriorly, separated from straight edge of evaporatorium by space 

 much greater than transverse width of terminal modification. 



Legs: Anterior tibia with five stout spines dorsally. 



Sternites: Shining, obsoletely alutaceous, with numerous distinct 

 punctures on lateral fourth of each, elsewhere minutely punctate, 



Terminalia: Genital capsule shining, impunctate, apical margin 

 slightly convex either side of middle; gonostylus as illustrated (fig. 

 208). 



Length of body: 5.42(5.05-5.97), 



Female. — Similar to male but lacking prominent impression in 

 middle of anterior pronotal lobe. 



Head: Length-width ratio, 0.87(0.85-0.91): 1.27(1.20-1.36; inter- 

 ocular width, 0.73(0.70-0.76). Antennal segments: I, 0.27(0.26- 

 0.30); II, 0.35(0.32-0.42); III, 0.36(0.33-0.40); IV, 0.42(0.40-0.45); 

 V, 0.56(0.52-0.60). Labial segments: I, 0.42(0.41-0.40); II, 0.75 

 (0.73-0.82); III, 0.53(0.48-0.56); IV, 0.41(0.40-0.43). 



Pronotum: Length-width ratio, 1.44(1.31-1.62) :2.68(2.45-2.95). 



Scutellum: Length-width ratio, 1.93(1.75-2.12): 1.62(1.49-1.75). 



Length of body: 5.34(4.95-5,83). 



Type data. — The types, taken from Arch Creek and Dunedin, Fla., 

 are in the Blatchley collection (Pur). 



Specimens studied. — 8 males, 7 females. 



United States: Florida: Gainesville, Oct. 13, 1923, T. H. Hubbell, 1 male, 



2 females (RFH) ; W. E. Penner, 1 male (USNM) ; February 1930, W. S. Blatchley 

 (BrM). Edgewater, Mar. 6, 1939, C. A. Frost, 2 males, 1 female (USNM). 

 "Miaku," Feb. 3, 1911, W. S. Blatchley, 1 female (CalAc). Mewman's Lake, 

 Mar. 15, 1926, T. H. Hubbell, 1 male, (KU). Winter Park, Mar. 1, 1939, F. E. 

 Lutz, 1 female (AmM). South Carolina: Florence, Feb. 1, 1939, C. F. Rainwater, 



3 males, 2 females (USNM, RCF). 



