326 HETEROPTEROUS HEMIPTERA. 



and the anterior lateral edge of the thorax is rectilinear ; whereas 

 in that species it is arquated. 



This insect was sent me by Mr. Oemler of Savannah, who took 

 it in the neighborhood of that city. 



ANISOSCELIS Latr. 



1. A. corculus. — Fuscous; antennae rufous; posterior tibise 

 dilated, not sinuous. 



Inhabits Florida. 



Body reddish-brown, rather dark, minutely and densely punc- 

 tured : head simple, with three rufous lines : antennas rufous ; 

 basal joint much shorter than the second, blackish above, second 

 joint longest; ultimate joint rather shorter than the preceding 

 one, fuscous : thorax with the angles t not prominent, rounded : 

 scutel undulated on the disc : tergum on the lateral margin 

 with yellowish lines at the incisures: beneath dull rufous with 

 numerous black points ; rostrum extending to the middle of the 

 venter : thighs blackish above towards the tip, spinous beneath, 

 [ 771 ] posterior pair a little thickened ; tibiae dull yellowish ; 

 posterior pair dilated, not undulated on the edge, fuscous with 

 small yellowish spots ; the dilatation not continued to the tip ; 

 inner edge with a few short spines. 



Length four-fifths of an inch. 



I obtained two individuals on St. John's river. In one of the 

 two specimens the nervures on the middle of the hemelytra are 

 of a paler color, as if, in some individuals, a pale band might 

 exist in that part. 



2. A. albicinctus. — Ferruginous ; hemelytra with a white 

 band ; posterior tibiae dilated, sinuated. 



Inhabits Florida. 



Body above light reddish-brown or ferruginous : antennae, 

 basal joint blackish : head blackish, with three yellowish lines ; 

 thorax with short hair ; elevated behind ; lateral angles sub- 

 acute ; hemelytra with a slender, white, transverse line ; mem- 

 branous part blackish : beneath yellowish, with irregular, black 

 punctures : feet reddish-brown ; thighs spinous beneath ; pos- 

 terior tibiae foliaceous, two or three toothed on the posterior edge, 

 the superior tooth smallest ; a double hyaline spot, bisected by 

 the lateral carina ; tip not dilated. 



