Uhler states that it inhabits Cuba, San Domingo, and 

 Southern Florida, and that it lives upon reedy plants near 

 the water. 



THE SUBFAMILY ISSINAE (SPINOLA) 

 (Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., viii, p. 204, 1839, Issites) 



This subfamily is world wide in distribution and con- 

 tains a very large number of genera, eighteen of which are 

 recorded from North America. The numerous and varied 

 shapes of the different genera makes it extremely difficult 

 to characterize the subfamily in a few words. In general 

 the Issids have more or less uneven parchment-like elytra, 

 which cover the abdomen, but at times these are narrowly 

 lanceolate or cut off behind, leaving the abdomen free and 

 uncovered. In certain genera both a short-winged and a 

 long-winged form occurs. In the macropterous form the 

 elytra are in some cases translucent or transparent and ex- 

 tend beyond the tip of the abdomen. The vertex is either 

 short, transversely quadrate or produced into a conical or 

 cylindrical process that in some genera greatly resembles 

 a snout. Ocelli and wings may be present or lacking. The 

 pronotum is produced forwards lobe-like or obtusely angled 

 between the eyes, smooth or at times with numerous small 

 pustules on the sides. The legs are always armed with 

 spines. 



A superficial key is here given to the genera known to 

 occur within our territory. 



Key to the genera 



1. Head produced snout-like, enlarged knob-like at the end, 



Fitchiella Fitch 



... Head more or less produced snout-like downwards, triangular, 



the apex more or less acute and not knob-like, 2. 



... Head short and not produced snout-like, 3. 



2. Clypeal suture indistinct; frons placed at an angle of about 



45 degrees...... Bruchomorpho Newm. 



Clypeal suture very distinct; frons placed nearly vertical, 

 Aphelonema Uhl. 



3. Body compactly built, the elytra more or less strongly arched, 

 covering the abdomen entirely; head with the eyes nearly as 

 wide as the thorax; frons subquadrate, generally flat, tricari- 



nate, the outer carinae curved somewhat bow-shaped, 4. 



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