SOME AMERICAN SALDIDyE (HEMIPTERA) 1 
By Carl J. Drake 
Ames, Iowa 
The present paper is based largely upon Saldidae in the 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. 
Some records from the author’s private collection are also 
included. The disposition of types is given beneath the 
descriptions of new species. 
Micracanthia pusilla Van Duzee 
Lake Tahoe, Calif., 1 specimen, Aug. 8, 1937, C. J. Drake 
and Floyd Andre ; Ft. Collins, Colo., 1 specimen, May 5, 
1898, E. D. Ball; Georgetown, Colo., 7 specimens, July 27, 
1898, W. J. Gerhard; Provo, Utah, Aug. 10, 1930, E. D. 
Ball. 
Pentacora bruesi, sp. n. 
Plate 14 
Small, broadly ovate, blackish, slightly shining, with 
yellowish brown markings along exterior margins of hem- 
elytra. Head rather broad, black, a narrow crescentric 
streak along inner margin of each eye and head in front 
(including callosities) flavous, the ocelli amber ; eyes dark, 
rather large. Antennae moderately long, moderately 
hairy; segment I stout, flavous; with a few scattered 
setae; II yellowish brown; III and IV dark brown, the 
last three segments with some scattered long hairs ; pro- 
portions : I, 20 ; II, 38 ; III, 28 ; IV, 32. Rostrum yellow- 
ish brown, extending to hind coxae. Legs testaceous, 
sparsely hairy, with scattered brown spots ; coxae becom- 
ing dark basally, the front coxal plates largely whitish. 
Body beneath black, the venter brownish black, the pubes- 
cence pale, reclining posteriorly. 
Pronotum broad, moderately narrowed anteriorly, 
three times as wide as long, broadly excavated behind, the 
1 Published with a grant from the Museum of Comparative Zoology at 
Harvard College. 
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