336 HETEROPTEROUS HEMIPTERA. 



edge ; behind the stricture dull yellowish, punctured : scutel with 

 a yellow carina ; hemelytra shorter than the abdomen, pale yel- 

 lowish, punctured ; membrane obsolete ; wings imperfect : rostrum 

 and feet honey-yellow, anterior thigh a little thicker than the 

 others, with a few small spines beneath ; anterior tibiae a little 

 ciliated at tip ; a small spine on the anterior coxae. 



Length about one-tenth of an inch. 



Var. a. All beneath honey-yellow. 



This is a very common species in various parts of the Union, 

 and the two dilated joints of the antennae distinguishes it 

 readily. 



SALDA F. Latr. 



1. S. picea. — Piceous-black ; hemelytra entirely coriaceous. 



Inhabits Massachusetts. 



Body robust, oval, piceous-black ; obviously punctured, some- 

 what polished : head impunctured, honey-yellow before ; wider 

 than the greatest width of the thorax : antennae black-piceous : 

 thorax but little wider behind than before : hemelytra with the 

 [781] corium extending nearly to the tip, the membranes being 

 very short, not more than a mere margin ; feet honey-yellow. 



Length under three twentieths of an inch. 



For this insect I am indebted to Dr. Harris, of Milton. 



1. [2] S. bullata. — Cinereous, beneath black ; feet yellowish. 



Inhabits United States. 



Body robust, oval, whitish-cinereous, with numerous, obvious, 

 dusky, profound impressed punctures : head rather wider than 

 the body, dusky with a longitudinal yellowish line before : an- 

 tennae whitish above; last joint rufous; thorax with two small 

 transverse impunctured spots before the middle ; a little dusky 

 on the disc : scutel with a slightly carinate line, and each side 

 of the middle a longitudinal dull yellowish spot : hemelytra with 

 deep punctures ; corium with a blackish marginal line on the 

 middle of tip ; membrane whitish : beneath black, feet yellowish. 



Length to tip of hemelytra over one-tenth of an inch. 



This species is not uncommon in various parts of the Union. 

 *■ Var. a. ptjnctipes. — Feet yellowish, with numerous black 

 points ; scutel with a yellow spot aach side at base. 



