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ANNUAL REPORT OF NEVV-YORK 
SAY’S HETEROPTEUOUS IIEMIPTERA. 
thicker to the tip ; first joint longest; remaining joints subequal; 
ultimate joint of the usual form but hardly longer than the pre¬ 
ceding one: thorax transverse line not impressed; longitudinal 
whitish line, not reaching the head or scutel: corium with a 
blackish edge on the inner side at tip; membrane with a double 
interrupted dusky line: aldomen dark livid with a yellowish 
margin; pectus gray, darker in the middle: feet yellowish; 
thighs with dusky punctures; anterior pair blackish beneath, 
and armed with many spines. 
Length over one-fifth of an inch. 
Corresponds with the Fabrician description of Lygaeus 
crassimanus, excepting that the anterior thighs are armed. 
The following species has the third and fourth joints of the 
antennae dilated subovate. 
Subgenus Ptochiomera [Plochiomera .J 
9. P. nodosus , two ultimate joints of the antennae thick; 
thorax constricted behind the middle. 
Inhab. U. S. 
Body piceous-black; antenna yellowish; two ultimate joints 
equal, dilated, blackish ; second joint not longer than the third : 
thorax behind the middle constricted, particularly on the lateral 
edge; behind the stricture dull yellowish, punctured: scutel 
with a yellow carina: hemelytra shorter than the abdomen, 
pale yellowish, punctured; membrane obsolete; wings imperfect: 
rostrum and feet honey-yellow, anterior thighs a little thicker 
than the others, with a few small spines beneath; anterior 
tibiae a little ciliated at tip: asmall spine on the anterior coxae. 
Length about one-tenth of an inch. 
Yar. A. All beneath honey-yellow. 
This is a very common species in various parts of the Union, 
and the 2 dilated joints of the antennae distinguishes it readily. 
Saloa, F. Latr. 
1. S . picea, Piscous-black; hemelytra entirely coriaceous. 
Inhab. Massachusetts. 
Body robust, oval, piceous-black; obviously punctured, some¬ 
whatpolished : head impunctured, honej'-yeliow before; wider 
than the greatest width of the thorax: antenna black-piceous: 
thorax but little wider behind than before : hemelytra with the 
