62 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xxvi. 



Valtissius new genus. 



Shining. Pronotum and hemielytra sparsely pilose. Head tri- 

 angular, scarcely transverse, width across eyes almost subequal to 

 width of anterior margin of pronotum. Eyes touching pronotum. 

 Antennae shortly pilose, set close to eyes, first segment rather long, 

 only a little shorter than third, apical third exceeding apex of tylus, 

 third and fourth subequal. Rostrum reaching posterior coxse, basal 

 segment reaching base of head, subequal to basal segment of an- 

 tennae, second segment longer than third. Pronotum very short and 

 transverse, without semblance of a collar in front, almost twice as 

 wide as long and subequal to length of scutellum, scarcely separated 

 into two lobes, disk of anterior lobe impunctate, posterior lobe sparsely 

 punctate, anterior and posterior margins straight, two lateral margins 

 straight, gradually converging anteriorly, the edge acute, beneath 

 on the propleura with this edge longitudinally, linearly impressed. 

 Scutellum a little longer than wide. Clavus with three regular rows 

 of punctures. Commissure much shorter than the scutellum. Corium 

 rather closely punctate. Moderately incrassate fore femur pro- 

 vided with a few very minute teeth and several long setse. Hind 

 tibia with a few fine setose bristles. Basal segment of posterior 

 tarsus much longer than second and third together. 



Type — Pctissius dn'crsiis Distant, Biol. Cent. Amer. Heteropt., 

 I, 407, Pit. 35, fig. 22, 1893. 



This genus having quite different characters than those detailed 

 by Distant for his Pctissius assitiiilaiidus, it becomes necessary to 

 erect a new genus to receive P. difcrsits which as the only repre- 

 sentative so far known, becomes the type. Because of the position 

 of the glandular opaque spots of the fourth ventral abdominal segment 

 this genus should be placed in the Lethaeini. Distant recorded this 

 species from Panama and Guatemala, Van Duzee lists it for Florida 

 and Texas. I have a specimen from Brazos Co., Texas, presented 

 to me by Mr. Nathan Banks. In the U. S. N. ]\I. is a specimen from 

 Victoria, Texas, and another from IMilwaukee Co., Mich., which 

 carries its range far to the north. 



Cryphula Stal (= Trapezus Dist.). 

 Distant apparently did not recognize this genus at the time he 

 erected Trapc::us, which is entirely synonymous with the above genus 



