22S Annd/s J'jil(>ni(>/(>i^i((i/ .S()(i(iy ol Anicriai [X'ol. Ill, 



Sculclluni (lisliiiclly fulvous with the cxlrcnic an^'lcs and two \-itlje 

 irroralc willi white. Elytra stronj^ly inscribed; the areolar white s])ots 

 distinct; costal areole whitish v>'ith the oblique veinlcts stron}^; ajjical 

 areoles narrowly fuscous next to the slender white ajMcal marj^nn. 

 Front fuhous-brown, obscurely irrorate with jxile, the white anj^ailar 

 niark on the base of the front well developed and reachinj; about one 

 half way to the eyes. There are twf) white lines beyond the eyes and an 

 obsolete oblir|ue one at the uiJ]jer ani^'Ie of the lone; i)ect(jral ])ieccs 

 fulvous-brown, cons]jicuously jjaler beneath. Abdomen fuscous or 

 brown, varied with pale. Lej^s pale dotted with fuscous. 



Described from numerous exam])les taken by nie in Florida 

 and listed as "ohsciints Osb..-^" in m\- report on the Hcmiptera 

 taken at that time. The exact localities represented are Cres- 

 cent City, Sanford, vSevenoaks, Clearwater and Estero. This 

 species with nanus from Jamaica, irroratus from Mexico and 

 scriptus from Kansas form a puzzling r^rouj) of very closely allied 

 forms which run into loricatns on one hand and ohscuriis on the 

 other. Their genital characters vary slightly but are not suffi- 

 cient for separating them. vSttidents with "him])ing" ]jro- 

 clivities will doubtless ])lace them as varieties of a single si)ecies. 



20. Platymetopius scriptus J^all. 



Rnt. News, XX, p. Km. 1<)()<). 



Male: A little larger and darker with a shorter vertex than in 

 the preceding two species. Closely allied to frontalis but with a 

 brown front and differently marked vertex. Last ventral seg- 

 ment nearly as long as the preceding, broadly angularly exca- 

 vated behind and distinctly carinate on the median line; v^alve 

 large, produced but scarcely angled at apex; plates large, sul)- 

 acute at a])ex, sides nearly straight; on their suture much shorter 

 than the valve; considerably sttrpassed Ijy the ])ygofcrs. Color 

 blackish fuscous, nearly as dark as in frontalis, j^aler on the scu- 

 tellum; white areolar s])ots present in the ai)ex of the ante- 

 a])ical and base of the apic-al areoles, elsewhere tisually wanting. 

 Face brown, coarsely irrorate with i)alc, the angular basal mark 

 distinct. Pectus, abdomen and legs black; tibiae mostly white 

 dotted with l)lack; median apical line and anterior edge of the 

 vertex white; the latter forked about the ocelli and connected 

 with a scjuarish white spot indicating the transverse vitta of 

 loricatns; basal white dashes usually connecting with another 

 exteriorly forming an irregular i)alc patch. Scutellar angles 

 more or less conspicuously fulvous. Length I mm. 



Known to me only from the five type specimens kindly 

 loaned to me bv Dr. Ball. 



