348 HETEROPTEROUS HEMIPTERA. 



27. C. bractatus. — Black; hemelytra with numerous golden 

 points. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body black : antennae first joint nearly one-fourth the length 

 of the second; dull honey-yellow at base; second joint rather 

 long, very slightly larger towards the tip, dull honey-yellow in 

 the middle : hemelytra with numerous small spots consisting 

 each of a few golden hairs ; membrane fuliginous : knees tibiae 

 and tarsi yellowish. 



Length less than one-tenth of an inch. 



It is a very small species often in company with the preceding. 



MIRIS F. 



1. M. vagans F. — I have compared our specimens with those 

 of Europe and do not observe a specific difference. It is com- 

 mon. [793] 



2. M. dorsalis. — Pale yellowish-rufous, immaculate; head 

 with an abbreviated indented line ; antennae rather robust, taper- 

 ing, rufous ; first joint rather thick, as long as the third ; second 

 joint about three times as long as the third, cylindric; tergum 

 pale sanguineous excepting the margin ; sexual carina elevated, 

 single. 



Length less than three-tenths of an inch. 

 Inhabits United States. 



The small hairs of the antennas are not equal to the diameter 

 of their respective joints. 



TINGIS Fabr. 



1. T. ciliata. — Dilated; nervures and edge ciliate with short 

 spines : hemelytral lateral edge rectilinear. 



Inhabits United States. 



Whitish, reticulate with nervures on which are short spines ; 

 widely margined ; color whitish ; thorax with an inflated carina 

 before, extending over the head ; sides dilated, bullate, a little 

 elevated, lateral and anterior margins ciliate with short spines : 

 scutel with the lateral margin elevated, and an acute, highly 

 elevated carina on the middle: hemelytra dilated, with an in- 

 flated carina before the middle of each, on which ^is a brown 

 spot; edge ciliate with short spines, excepting the posterior 



