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Show 1894.] HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OF GRENADA. 171 PANG^EUS, St§l. PANG^EUS MARGO (Dallas). ASthus margo, Dallas, List, i. p. 116. Numerous specimens of both sexes were found at Balthazar, March 7 and 31, up to an elevation of 1900 feet above the sea, on foliage, next the ground, in damp places near the water. Others were taken on the Grand Etang, September 12, at an altitude of 1300 feet, while flying at sunset. GEOTOMUS, Muls. et Bey. GEOTOMUS SPINOLAI (Sign.). ASthus spinblce, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 545, pi. 12. fig. 12. Only one specimen was found. It was taken on the Mount Gay estate, August 28, while flying at sunset. AMNESTUS, Dallas. 1. AMNESTUS SUBFERRUGINEUS, Westw. Cydnus subferrugineus, Westw. Hope Cat. i. p. 19. Many specimens were collected at various places on the island. At Balthazar they were taken while flying over open places at sunset, August 4. On the Mount Gay estate they were also found, August 20-25, flying at sunset; and on the Grand Etang, September 15, they were beaten from undergrowth in the forest, at an elevation of 1900 feet above the sea. 2. AMNESTUS PUSILLUS, Uhler. Amnestus pusillus, Uhler, Hayden Geol. Surv. Bulletin, i. p. 278. This uncoloured little groundling was collected in April, at Balthazar, where it occurred on open weedy places, in second-growth thickets. PENTATOMID^. MACROPYGIUM, Spin. MACROPYGIUM RETICULARE, Fabr. Cimex reticularis, Fabr. Syst. Bhyng. p. 170. This common American insect was captured at Balthazar, April 15, at an elevation of 250 feet above sea-level. It was found on shady places among the weeds, in woods of second growth, near a stream of water. Cuba is the most northern territory from which this species is at present known. It seems to be about as common in Grenada as it is known to be on the Upper Amazons. |