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2. Antennal segment i shorter than width of vertex; pronotum not 



extending back to basal angles of hemelytra; base of scutellum 



poorly defined . (p. 546) Pithanus 



Antennal segment i, in length, greater than width of vertex; pro- 

 notum extending back to basal angles of hemelytra; hemelytra 

 usually depressed near base and tip of scutellum, arched over 

 middle of abdomen (p. 546) Mimoceps 



3. Head strongly exserted, eyes placed near middle and thus far 



removed from anterior margin of pronotum (p. 547) Collaria 



Head not or only slightly exserted; eyes usually in contact with 

 pronotum or nearly so 4 



4. Pronotum impunctate or nearly so 5 



Pronotum coarsely and deeply punctured 7 



5. Antennal segments clothed with very fine pubescence; body nearly 



glabrous, at most with very short pubescence 6 



Antennal segments thickly covered with erect black hairs ; body 

 covered with fine long erect pubescence ; eyes slightly removed 

 from anterior angles of pronotum (p. 547) Miris 



6. Head short and greatly flattened, front scarcely protruding beyond 



base of antennae ; median sulcus of head replaced by a broad 

 and shallow basin; antennal segment i slender and curved, thick- 

 est near base, tapering to slender then slightly enlarged at apex 



(p- 547) Teratocoris 

 Head long and pointed, front projecting sharply beyond base of 

 antennae ; median sulcus deep ; antennal segment i not so long 

 and attenuate as the above (p. 548) Trigonotylus 



7. (4) Segment i of antennae with very short pubescence, practically 



glabrous ; pronotum and scutellum sparsely covered with deep 



punctures (p. 549) Mesomiris 



Segment i of antennae thickly covered with long pubescent hairs ; 

 punctures of pronotum and scutellum deep and closely placed . . . 



(p. 549) Stenodema 



Pithanus Fieber. 



P. maerkelii (Herrich-Schaeffer). 



Capsus maerkelii Herrich-Schaeffer, Wanz. Ins., iv, 78, fig. 406, 1839. 



Saunders, Hemip. Het. Brit. Isds., 219, pi. 20, fig. 1, 1892. 



Length 3-3.8111111., width hemelytra 1.2 mm., width abdomen 

 1.5 mm.; black, lateral margins of the short hemelytra and apex 

 of first antennal segment pale; legs and rostrum chiefly yellowish 

 brown, darker spots evident on the femora. 



Occurs on grasses. 



Maine, Long Island, N. Y. 



Mimoceps Uhler. 



M. gracilis Uhler. 



Trans. Md. Acad. Sci., i, 85, 1890. 



Length 4 mm., width 1.2 mm.; black, legs, rostrum, and anten- 

 nae, reddish yellow, paler at the joints ; hemelytra shorter than the 

 abdomen, yellow at base, black bar on the middle and pale apically. 



Occurs on sedges. 



New York. 



