318 HETEROPTEROUS HEMIPTERA. 



The specimen from the Arkansaw was given me by Nuttall. 

 The lateral line of the thorax is less oblique than that of the 

 preceding species, and the thorax is somewhat more depressed. 



(Male) destitute of the ventral spot ? 



12. P. saucia. — Scutel with a yellowish line; hemelytra with 

 a fuscous line. 



Inhabits United States. 



Body greenish-yellow ; punctures not dense, but rather more 

 so on the head and scutel : antennae rufous, paler at base ; basal 

 joint greenish : supporting tubercle with a short acute conic spine : 

 thorax, lateral edge rectilinear to the posterior rounded angle ; 

 [763] scutel with a distinct yellowish vitta: hemelytra with ;i 

 fuscous vitta, not reaching the base or tip ; superior margin yel- 

 lowish ; tergum black, minutely rugose, but not punctured ; mar- 

 gin yellowish. 



Length about two-fifths of an inch.' 



The dark brown vitta on the hemelytra is a distinguishing 

 mark. 



I took an individual on the eastern shore of Virginia, an- 

 other in Florida, and a third either in Pennsylvania or Indiana. 



13. P. calva. — Reddish-brown; head and anterior half of the 

 thorax yellowish. 



Inhabits Virginia. 



Body reddish-brown, punctured : head yellowish ; edge darker : 

 antenna? rufous; first and second joints green; third joint a little 

 longer than the second : thorax on the anterior half yellowish ; 

 lateral edges rectilinear : tergum sanguineous, blackish at tip, 

 beneath whitish ; venter with a few rufous points and some 

 clusters of rufous points each side ; lateral margin with a black 

 point at the incisures. 



Length about two-fifths of an inch. 



I caught this species on Holly (Ilex.) 



14. P. dimidiata. — Anterior part of the thorax of a different 

 color; second joint of the antenna? half the length of the third. 



Inhabits Georgia and Florida. 



Body dull greenish, varying to almost reddish-brown : head 

 not contracting anteriorly, rounded at tip : antennae rufous, 

 terminal joint a little darker towards the tip ; at base paler ; 



