specimens taken on pecan at Ruth, Miss., Aug. 11, 1915, 

 by C. C. Greer. Numerous specimens in U. S. National 

 Museum collection as follows : Peruque, Mo., on grape, July 

 21, 1919, W. L. McAtee; Victoria, Texas, on pecan, J. D. 

 Mitchell; Clarksville, Tenn., Aug. 10, 1917, W. D. Pierce; 

 Falls Church, Va. 



THE GENUS FLATOIDES GUERIN 



This genus includes some remarkable insects and is 

 found in South America, Mexico, the Antilles, and in 

 Florida and Arizona. 



The three eastern species, punctatus, maculosus, and 

 concisus have been taken only in Florida. An undescribed 

 species was taken at Gainesville, Fla., by Prof. J. R. Watson 

 that is even larger and with a wider wing spread than 

 punctatus. Description of two species, and the following 

 key are quoted from Metcalf. 



Key to Flatoides 



1. Hind tibiae with three spines before the apex; fore wings light 

 buff, heavily spotted with large black spots 'maculosus Metcalf 



2. Hind tibiae with two spines before the apex; the vertex twice as 

 broad as its median length 3 



3. Color ochraceous buff with a broad transverse fuscous band at 



the base and at apex of clavus concisus Metcalf 



Color greenish without evident transverse bands.. punctatus Walker 



Flatoides punctatus WALKER 

 (1851 List Hemipt. in Br. Museum, ii, p. 332, Elidiptera) 



A large and very striking species that is covered with 

 a white powder that renders the insects inconspicuous on 

 the whitish trunks of certain trees on which they most 

 frequently rest. 



Large, greenish-gray in color. Body yellowish-gray, strongly 

 tinged with pale green, rather broad, covered with a powdery coating 

 in fresh specimens. Head very broad, slightly marked with brown, 

 forming an obtuse angle on each side in front of the eyes. Frons 

 quadrate and flat. Antennae with the second joint about twice the 

 length of the first, yellowish towards the base. Eyes prominent, 

 greenish-brown. Elytra broad, pale dull green, powdered with white, 

 with dark brown dots which are mostly along the border; a series of 

 dark, minute points along mostly the apical edge; costal border very 

 convex and much dilated near the base, furnished with very numerous 



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