March. 1919.] McAtee : Berytid^; (Heteroptera) . 89 



spines, the tendency of which is to point away from center ; only 2 

 on anterior lobe ; front margin of thorax with 7 small ovoid carun- 

 cles ; scutellum with a very long curved retrorse spine ; entire elytra 

 hyaline, without spines; ostiole small, on summit of a rounded conical 

 tubercle ; beak extending between hind coxae ; rostral sulcus distinct 

 on prosternum, but shallow, broad with swollen margins on meso- 

 sternum, constricted between middle coxae, expanded on metasternum, 

 shallow, almost flat ; of same nature on first abdominal segment, 

 evanescent posteriorly. 



Pronotacantha annulata Uhler. 



Pronotacantha annulata Uhler, P. R. Citation as under genus, pp. 260—1. 

 [Argus Mts., Calif. ; Ariz.] 



In this species the caruncles and spines are pale, the latter some- 

 times dark-tipped ; the head is black, also the thorax except for ante- 

 rior half of posterior lobe; the elytra stramineous hyaline with faint 

 brownish clouds, and the abdomen stramineous to reddish ; antenna? 

 and legs copiously brownish annulate (bands over expanded por- 

 tions broader), terminal joint of former and tarsi mostly blackish. 

 Length 2.5-4 mm - 



Specimens examined are from Williams, Ashfork, Hot Springs, 

 Flagstaff, Bright Angel, Tuscon, and the Galiuro and Huachucha 

 Mts., Ariz., from Mesilla Park, N. Mex., Palm Springs, and Argus 

 Mts.. Calif, (the latter the type). 



Sauroccris new genus. 



Head with 5 antrorse curved spines along median line, decreasing 

 in size anteriorly, the foremost projecting horizontally over base of 

 beak ; knobs and spinules elsewhere, a prominent one behind each 

 antenna ; low, interrupted carinas behind the above eyes ; tborax with 

 slender spines on front, lateral margins, and in three lines (one the 

 median carina) on disk, all antrorsely directed except those on hind 

 part of posterior lobe which are either erect or retrorse ; mesosternum 

 greatly swollen, mesothorax in general with only fine punctures, sides 

 of head and pleurae with few or no spines ; scutellum with a single, 

 straight, sharp, slender, retrorsely inclined spine; median vein of 

 clavus and all veins of corium with numerous short, curved retrorse 

 spines; juncture of marginal and terminal veins of corium far cepha- 



