Horváth Géza (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 10. (Budapest 1912)
Becker, T.: Chloropidae. Eine monographische Studie
REVISION OF THE AMERICAN C1MICID.E. 261 1. Oeciacus viearius n. sp. Pailide flavo-testaceus, sat longe et parce griseo-pilosus ; capite latitudine sua cum oculis paullo breviore, fuscescente, apice pallido, vertice subtilissime punctulato, parte porrecta clypei apicem versus baud dilatata ; antennis pilosulis, articulis secundo et tertio longitudine aequalibus, articulo quarto articulo praecedente 1 7 breviore (11= 28. Ill = 28, IV — 24) ; pronoto longitudine sua media 2V3 latiore et quam capite 1A breviore, fuscescente, ubique testaceo-limbato, obsoletissime punctulato, margine antico leviter, sed sequaliter sinuato, marginibus lateralibus rotundatis, totis depressis, longe ciliatis, ciliis his latitudine oculi multo longioribus ; scutello pronoto dimidio breviore, toto vel fere toto fusco, dense subtilissimeque punctulato ; elytris sat remote et obsolete punctatis, margine apicali subrotundato-truncato, commissura scutello breviore, angulo apicali inferno valde rotundato, margine costali longe ciliato ; abdomine late ovali, superne transversim subtilissime ruguloso, ad incisuras segmentorum fasciis fuscis vel fuscescentibus notato. cf. J. Long. corp. 3*6—4*5, Lat. pronoti li, abdominis 2"0 —2'25 mill. The U. S. National Museum of Washington possess a small series of specimens taken in the nests of swallows from various places of the United States : Claremont, N. H. (Dr. II. C. SANDERS), Jowa (C. P. GILLETTE), Los Angeles, Cal. (C. V. RILEY, COQUILLET), Wamaria, Cal. (W. CLAPPLANE). One specimen labelled «Mexico» was found in the nest of the Purple Martin (Progne puiyurea). This species was mentioned by some American authur3 as Oeciacus, hirundinis JEN., but differs from this European species by the larger size, the pale coloration checkered with more or less distinct brownish markings, the structure of the antennae, the anterior margin of the pronotum slightly, but distinctly sinuate and the obsoletely punctured elytra, the apical margin of which is nearly straight towards the middle. The anterior margin of the pronotum is uniformly sinuated in the American species, while nearly straight towards the middle in the European one. Haematosiphon CHAMP. Haematosiphon CHAMPION Biol. C. Am. II. p. 337. (1900). This monotypic American genus is readily recognizable by the long rostrum, the structure of the scutellum and elytra, the subcontiguous intermediate and posterior coxa?, etc.
