292 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Anopedias pentatomus, sj). nov. 



9 . Leu^th, 0.8""". PoHsImmI black, iiiipiiiictured, except tlie meta- 

 tborax aud i)etiole; i)aiai)sidal furrows entirely wanting'; scntelliim 

 subconvex, separated from the niesouotuni by a transverse grooved 

 line; metapleura witb a dense sericeons down; petiole sparsely pubes- 

 cent, striated; legs and antenn;e, except the 5 jointed club which is 

 brown-black, honey-yellow, the femora and tibi;e tinged Avith red. 



The head is broadly transverse, much wider than the thorax, the face 

 convex, highly polished, the lateial ocelli twice their width from the bor- 

 der of the eye. Auteunai 10-joiuted, the scape clavate, very slender at 

 base, strongly curved; pedicel as long as the 3 fuuiclar joints together; 

 first fuuiclar joint very minute, the second and third equal, not longer 

 than thick; club 5-jointed, the joints a little h>nger than thick. Abdo- 

 men ovate, narrowed at base, the base of the second segment with two 

 long, striated foveohe at base. 



Habitat. — Arlington, Va. 



Types iu Coll. Ashniead. 



Anopedias iucertus. 

 AsLin., Can. Eni., xix, p. 13S, $ ; Cress., Syii. Hyiii., p. 249. 



9 . Length, l.G""". Polished black, feebly sericeous; }»arapsidal fur- 

 rows faintly indicated posteriorly; scutellum ending in a snmll tuber- 

 cle; metapleura covered with a dense silvery white i)ubesceuce; legs 

 and antenna' brownish yellow or reddish, the 4-jointed club and the 

 coxjT- black, the middle and posterior femora obfnscated. 



The head is transverse, obli([uely narrowed behind the eyes, aluta- 

 ceous, the ocelli not (piite touching the border of the eye. Antenna' 

 lO-jointed, the funicle long and slender, the lirst joint as long as the hnig 

 and slender pedicel, the following joints shorter, subeiiual, club joints, 

 except the last, quadrate, the last conical, nearly twice as long as the 

 pennltimate. Abdomen oblong oval, i)olislied, the broadest part a little 

 wider than the thorax, the lirst segment short, densely pubescent above. 



S. Length, 1.4""'. Agrees with the 9 except that the antenna^ and 

 legs, including all coxa', are brownish-yellow, the club dusky, the abdo- 

 men oval, narrower than the thorax. 



HABITAT. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Types iu Coll. Ashmead. 



AMITUS If.ildeiiian. 



8ill., Am. Join-., 2<1 Scr., ix, \>. 101). 1850. 

 Zacrita Foister, Kleiiie Mou., p. 46. 



(Type A. alexrodiniis Hahl.) 



Head transverse, the frons subconvex, the occiput not margined; 

 ocelli 3, subtriaugularly arranged, the lateral distant from the margin 

 of the eye; eyes oval. 



