HEMIPTERA OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. 24I 



LiGYROCORis coNSTRiCTUS Say. Specimens were found 

 at the same localities as the preceding species. 



Cnemodus sobrius n. sp. 



Stouter than the other described species of this genus. 

 Piceous black, not highl}^ polished, rufo-piceous beneath. 

 Head thick, closely pubescent and set with numerous 

 long bristles, the antenniferous lobes stout and promi- 

 nent; tylus acutely prominent, fulvo-testaceous, with the 

 rostrum a little paler, reaching between the middle cox« ; 

 the eyes placed a little farther back than in C. viavortius, 

 base of head almost abruptly contracted. Pronotum only 

 moderately long, contracted into a narrow, striated col- 

 lum on the front margin, the anterior subglobose, but 

 longer than wide, with a few scratched spots on the disk, 

 and set with a few erect bristles ; the posterior lobe much 

 wider than the anterior, rufo-testaceous, remotely punc- 

 tate, with the humeri callous and pale. Breast and un- 

 derside of head a little scabrous, the sternum, coxse and 

 legs castaneous, with the femora darker, the front tibiae 

 of the male a little curved, armed on the middle with a 

 stout tooth, and with a few smaller teeth towards the tip. 

 Hemielytra nearly flat, pale castaneous, coarsely and re- 

 motely punctate throughout, the costal margin paler, 

 widely reflexed, a little curved; the cuneous yellowish 

 with a black spot at tip ; the membrane and adjoining 

 border black. Scutellum long, narrow, acute, blackish 

 piceous, remotely and finely punctate, with the extreme 

 tip pale testaceous. Venter mostly rufous, or rufo-piceous, 

 tergum dark piceous. 



Length to tip of abdomen, 73^ mm. Width of base of 

 pronotum, i^ mm.; width of anterior lobe, 1% mm. 



One specimen from Lower California was sent to me 

 by Mr. Henry Edwards. Several specimens in the col- 



2d See., Vol. IV. ( Ifi ) June 20, 1894. 



