10 TRANS. S. D. Society NATURAL HISTORY 
Head thorax and scutellum dark castaneous becoming more 
rufo-piceous beneath and on the elytra. Pronotum oblong, not nar- 
rowed anteriorly, the anterior angles depressed and rounded; the 
carinate margins broad and pale; anterior lobe impunctate; poster- 
ior narrow, punctured, paler with two oblique discal vittze and the 
slightly elevated humeri blackish, the latter bordered by the folia- 
ceous carine. Scutellum small, scarcely punctate. Base of the 
elytra a little paler, shading darker on the clavus and posteriorly, 
the dividing line ill-defined and located a little before the tip of 
the scutellum. Membrane little developed in the type, concolorous. 
Vertex piceous-black, polished, minutely sericeous. Legs fulvo- 
testaceous. Anterior femora piceous, apical spur long, posterior 
wanting, the smaller denticulations scarcely discernable. Poster- 
ior femora piceous on their apical half. Antenne rufo-testaceous; 
apex of the second joint, all the third and the base of the fourth 
blackish. Hind tibiae smooth, the basal joint of its tarsi fully twice 
the length of the two apical. 
Described from one male taken in San Diego city, February 
9, 1918, by Mr. W.S. Wright, a student of the Lepidoptera to whom 
this species is dedicated as a mark of friendship and appreciation of 
his entomological zeal and every ready assistance in working out the 
Hemipterous fauna of this county. 
85. Hremocoris inquilinus n. sp. 
A large black species with the clavus, corium and base of the 
membrane a clear rufous brown. Length 7 mm. 
Antenne and head black, the former touched with pale at the 
incisures. Pronotum regularly narrowed anteriorly as in ferus; 
anterior lobe dull black, impunctate with the usual median impress- 
ed point; collum distinguished by a row of deep punctures; pos- 
terior lobe flat, dull black, punctate, the punctures dragged anter- 
iorly and near the middle; slightly tinged with castaneous about 
the humeri; carinate edges castaneous, but feebly arcuated. Scu- 
tellum dull black, punctured, rather deeply impressed and a little 
wrinkled across the disk. Elytra uniformly rufous-brown, the 
membrane black except the basal margin and angle. Beneath and 
legs black, a little shining but scarcely polished; narrow anterior 
edge of the prosternum, posterior angles of the propleura, hind 
margin of the metapleura, edges of the coxal cavities, knees, apex 
of the tarsi, of the rostrum and of the oviduct of the female, tinged 
with rufous. Anterior femora with about six small teeth, the 
basal spur much smaller than the apical but distinctly larger than 
the small denticulations ; hind tibize smooth except for a very minute 
pubescence. Mesosternal groove narrower and rather deep. 
Described from two male and three female examples taken 
from nests of the wood rat by Mr. W. 8S. Wright and the writer 
on May 10th, 1913, in the canyons east of San Diego city. 
86. Scolopostethus tropicus Dist. San Diego, Fosters and Gross- 
mont, May. 
