488 HEMIPTEROIvOGICAI, GLEANINGS 



Antennae about as in cardinalis, the second joint scarcely longer than the 

 pronotum and a little thickened at apex; the third proportionately shorter 

 than in the allied species. Rostrum attaining the intermediate coxae; first 

 joint much exceeding the gula, broad. Apical tarsal joint subequal to the 

 basal two, the second shortest. 



Color : Head and beneath ferrugino-testaceous, more or less tinged 

 with sanguineous especially on the clypeus and propleurae. Pronotum and 

 scutellum sanguineous, the former touched with black on the hind margins 

 near the humeri and marked with a polished black band on the anterior 

 margin expanded so as to cover the anterior half of the callousities; collar 

 white; posterior margin very slenderly paler. Clavus and corium polished 

 blue-black, the latter with a whitish line on the base of the ulnar nervure 

 and a vague whitish patch on the base of the discal areole. Cuneus 

 sanguineous, edged with pale and tipped with black. Membrane smoky black. 

 Antennae black, the second joint testaceous from near its base for two-thirds 

 its length. Legs pale marked with piceous black on the femora and basal 

 half of the tibiae, the apical tarsal joint black, [fore legs wanting]. Ros- 

 trum black, the basal joint and incisures mostly pale. Venter and sternal 

 pieces largely black. 



Described from one female taken in Lee County, Texas, on 

 April 1st, 1909, by Rev. G. Birkmann and kindly given me by 

 Mr. W. E. Snyder of Beaver Dam, Wise. A showy species 

 closely allied to cardinalis but with finer and more obscure 

 puncturation and different arrangement of colors. 



Pceciloscytus rosaceus n. sp. 



Rosy-red, more or less varied with pale, callousities black- 

 ish. Length $ J / 2 mm. 



Head proportionately shorter than in basalis; front convex, but ob- 

 scurely striate; cheeks narrow, attaining the apex of the prominent clypeus; 

 lorae broad, rounded at apex. Pronotum impunctate, rather more truncated 

 behind than in basalts; osteolar orifices conspicuously pale. Rostrum just 

 passing the posterior coxae; first joint of the hind tarsi about one-half the 

 length of the second. 



Color bright rosy-red or light sanguineous; borders and middle line 

 of the vertex and front, a few obscure arcs and the lorae pale; apex of 

 the cheeks and the clypeus black. Antennae dull testaceous becoming ob- 

 scure toward the apex; base of the first and second joints and sometimes 

 the broad apex of the second black. Pronotum obscurely mottled with 

 paler, sometimes forming obscure rays, the anterior margin pale and the 

 callousities infuseated or black. Median line of the scutellum pale. Elytra 

 sometimes with about three obscure pale longitudinal areas, the thickened 

 margins of the cuneus and a line on the inner angle of the corium cream 

 white. Membrane enfumed, the nervures, an arc parallel to and beyond 

 them and a spot at the apex of the cuneus, pale. Lower surface more or 

 less irrorate or varied with pale, the mesosternum either side of the middle 

 line fuscous. Legs varied with pale and dotted with darker; the knees, 

 tips of the tibiae and tarsi blackish. 



