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Show 188 PROF. P. R. UHLER ON THE [Mar. 6, terior margin a little deflexed, sometimes slenderly infuscated. Scutellum at base coarsely and deeply punctate. Claws punctate in lines, the corium a little less coarsely punctate, with the cuneus dusky ; the membrane whitish, immaculate. Length If m m . ; width of pronotum f m m . This plain little insect inhabits also Cuba, Texas, Florida, the eastern side of the United States as far north as Tewksbury, Mass., aud spreads into Lower Canada. It is sometimes quite common in Maryland. The four specimens from Grenada were secured at Balthazar, August 4, at an altitude of 250 feet above the sea, in open places, where they were flying at sunset, on the Mount Gay estate, August 20 to 25, and September 15, on the Grand Etang road. SALACIA, Stal. SALACIA PICTURATA, Dist. Salacia picturata, Dist. Biol. Centr.-Am., Hem.-Het. p. 406, pi. 35. fig. 19. Five specimens of this species were taken at Balthazar and other places on wet sand, or on weeds close to running water, April 15, and also August 17 under bundles of weeds. In placing this insect in the genus Stdacia, I have merely followed the lead of Mr. Distant, because no type of that genus is within m y reach, and I desire to avoid multiplying genera in this much-divided family. TRAPEZUS, Dist. T R A P E Z U S FASCIATUS, Dist. Trapezus fasciatus, Dist. t. c. p. 217, pi. 20. fig. 5. Three specimens of this insect were collected on the Grand Etang, August 13, at an elevation of 1900 feet above the sea. They were beaten from masses of brush in a clearing of the damp forest. One specimen was taken September 15. PETISSIUS, Dist. PETISSIUS DIVERSUS, Dist. Petissius diversus, Dist. t. c. p. 407, pi. 35. fig. 22. Numerous specimens of this little insect were collected at Balthazar, April 22, in open weedy places, among second-growth thickets, and on the Chantilly estate, April 15, where they were flying about the flowers of an orange-tree. GONATAS, Dist. GONATAS DIVERGENS, Dist. Gonatas divergens, Dist. t. c. p. 219, pi. 20. fig. 10. Many specimens of this species were taken at Balthazar, April 8, from wet sand on the banks of a stream, where they |