2i)2 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Auopedias pentatomuB, sp. iiov. 



9 . Lenj^th, 0.8""". Polislu'd black, impiiuctured, except the meta- 

 thorax and iietiole; parapsidal furrows entirely wanting, scntelluin 

 snbconvex, sei)arated from the niesonotnni by a transverse jjrooved 

 line; metapleura with a dense sericeous down; petiole sparsely pubes- 

 cent, striated; lejj;s and antennjii, except the 5-jointed club which is 

 brown-black, honey-yellow, the femora and tibiae tinj^ed with red. 



The head is broadly transver.se, uuich wider than the thorax, the fa<!e 

 convex, highly polished, the lateral ocelli twice their width from the bor- 

 der of the eye. Antenuic 10-jointed, tlu' scape clavate, very slender at 

 base, strongly curved ; pedicel as long as the 3 fnnidar joints together ; 

 lirst funiclar joint very minute, the second and third e,^ •>', not longer 

 than thick: ciubo-jointed, the joints a little h>nger than .i.ick. Abdo- 

 men ovate, narrowed "t base, the base of the second segnieut with two 

 long, striated foveohe at base. 



Habitat. — Arlington, Va. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Anopedias incertus. 

 Ashm., Can. Eiit., xix, p. ISX, 9 ; Cress., Syii. Hyiii., p. 249. 



9 . Length, 1.0""". Polished black, feebly sericeous; parapsidal fur- 

 rows faintly indicated ])Osteriorly; scutellum ending in a small tuber- 

 cle; metapleura covered with a dense silvery white pubescence; legs 

 and antenna' brownish yellow or reddish, the 4-jointed club and the 

 coxa black, the middle and posterior fenmra obfuscated. 



The head is transverse, obliquely narrowed behind the eyes, aluta 

 ceous, the ocelli not (piite touching the border of the eye. Antenme 

 lO-jointed, the funicle long and slender, the first joint as long as the h)ng 

 and slender pedicel, the following joints shorter, subecjual, club joints, 

 except the last, ([uadrate, the last conical, nearly twice as long as the 

 penultimate. Abdomen oblong oval, polished, the broadest part a little 

 wider than the thorax, the first segment short, densely pubescent above. 

 S. Length, 1.4"""". Agrees with the 9 except that the antenna* and 

 legs, including all coxa', are brownish-yellow, the club dusky, tlie abdo- 

 men oval, narrower than the thorax. 



Hahitat, — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Types iu Coll, Ashmead, 



AMITUS Hiilileiiiiiii. 



Sill., Am. Jour., 2<1 Ser., ix, p. 1()!», 1S50. 

 Zacrita Fiirster, Kleiiie M(»u., p. 46. 



(Type A. aleuiodinux Hald. ) 



Head transverse, thr; frons snbconvex, the occii)ut not margined; 

 ocelli 3, subtriaTigularly arranged, the lateral distant from the margin 

 of the eye; eyes o al. 



