Uhler. 



94 [February 1, 



A. marmoratus. 



Tetyra marmorata Say. Heteroptera, New Harmony, p. 2, no. 1. 



No. 112. Harris Collection. "North Carolina, April. Mr. 

 Nuttall." 



Mr. Say's specimens were obtained in New Jersey. A male from 

 Maryland, in my own collection, is much smaller than the specimen 

 of Dr. Harris ; but it agrees, in all other respects, with his type. The 

 description of Mr. Say is too short to limit the species precisely, but 

 it is likely that the present type was determined, as were many others, 

 by Mr. Say himself. 



Fam. STIRETRIDA. 



Podisus Stal. 



P. serieventris, n. sp. 



Similar to P. modestus Dallas, but of a more blackish grey color. 

 Pronotum, sides less deeply sinuated, the humeral angles not so prom- 

 inent, obtusely triangular, blackish ; the surface less regularly punc- 

 tured, those each side anteriorly and in the corners finer, confluent, 

 presenting the appearance of four blackish spots, the middle surface 

 somewhat bald, yellow. Scapus and basal joint of the antennae 

 blackish outwardly. Scutellum punctured with black, the punctures 

 at base aggregated in a large patch, the basal angles with a large, 

 smooth, whitish spot, the tip smooth, white. Pectus remotely punc- 

 tured with fuscous, the impressed portion of the propleura, the middle 

 of the mesopleura, and exterior part of the metapleura with a large 

 patch of black, confluent punctures, the exterior margin smooth ; 

 exterior end of the osteolar duct black, the sulcus broad, not reaching 

 to the tip. Legs pale orange-yellow, the femora pointed with black, 

 the dots more or less aggregated beyond the middle. Corium less 

 coarsely punctured, the punctures fuscous or rufous; those of the 

 costal area coarser, the finer ones aggregated in small patches ; the 

 surface adjoining the inner surface and tip of the median suture smooth, 

 with a more or less embrowned spot before the tip ; embolium yellow, 

 with a fuscous spot at base ; the membrane tinged with brown, the 

 basal margin, nervures basally, and a broad, longitudinal streak run- 

 ning to tip blackish. Tergum with large clouded spots each side and 

 behind ; connexivum bright yellow above, with a quadrangular black 

 spot at the base and apex of each segment, on the under side having 



