1 8 John Todd Zimmer 



therefore place it here in brackets. For further notes see under 

 the preceding species.] 



Genus Rhacognathus Fieber 

 [Rhacognathus americanus Stal. 



1870. Rhacognathus americanus Stal, Svensk. Vet. Hand!., IX, No. i, 

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Uhler's record in 1876 (Bull. U. S. Geol. Geog. Siirv. Terr.. 

 No. 5, ser. 2, p. 16) again stands alone. There are no further 

 records and no specimens in the collection.] 



Genus Apateticus Dallas 



KEY TO THE SUBGENERA AND SPECIES 



I. Juga longer than the tylus, at times converging before it; apical angles 



of the sixth ventral segment not prominent, rounded 2 



I. Juga rarely longer than the tylus; apical angles of the sixth ventral 



segment prominent, more or less acute 4 



2. Humeri rounded, not prominent; posterior angles of pronotum 



acutely spinose (Apateticus) marginiventris 



2. Humeri prominent, obtuse or acute; posterior angle of pronotum 



not spinose (Apoecilus) . . 3 



3. Body narrower and longer; median plate of the female genital segment 

 quadrangular; male genital segment with the superior lateral 



processes shorter, broad and more flattened cynicus 



3. Body broader and shorter; median plate of the female genital segment 

 triangular; male genital segment with the superior lateral proc- 

 esses long, twisted, narrow and acute bracteatus 



4. Ventral spine long; humeri acute or spinose and venter with a 



median row of black spots maculiventris 



4. Ventral spine short, or else the humeri obtuse 5 



5. Ventral spine short, not reaching to the hind coxae modestus 



5. Ventral spine longer ; humeri obtuse pJacidus 



Apateticus (Apateticus) marginiventris (Stal). 



1870. Podisus {Apateticus) marginiventris Stal, Svensk. Vet. Handl., 



IX, No. I, p. 49. 

 1895. Podisus gillettei Uhler, Bull. Col Exp. Sta., XXXI, p. 12. 

 1904. Podisus (Apateticus) gillettei VanDuzee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 



XXX, pp. 68-69. 



A female of this most interesting bug was collected in Monroe 



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