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Show 210 PROF. P. R. UHLER ON THE [Mar. 6, 2. EASAHUS SULCICOLLIS, Serv. Peirates sulcicollis, Serv. Ann. Sci. Nat. xxiii. p. 219 (1831). One specimen was secured at Balthazar, April 25, where it came to light at night. STENOPODA, Lap. 1. STENOPODA CULICIPORMIS (Fabr.). Cimex culiciformis, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 728. Three specimens were found on the Mount Gay estate and at Balthazar, April 5, in cocoa orchards, upon herbage. 2. STENOPODA CANA, Stal. Stenopoda cana, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1859, p. 384. One adult and a nympha were taken at Balthazar, March 19, in an open place upon herbage. NARVESUS, Stal. NARVESUS CAROLINENSIS, Stal. Narvesus carolinensis, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1859, p. 385. One specimen was found at Balthazar, May 16; it came to the light at night. SAICA, Am. et S. 1. SAICA RECUR VAT A (Fabr.). Zelus recurvatus, Fabr. Syst. Bhyng. p. 286. Two specimens were taken at Balthazar, April 5-7, in open places upon herbage. 2. SAICA ANNULIPES, sp. nov. Small in this genus and with the pronotum somewhat longer than usual, pale fulvo-testaceous, pubescent, rufous on most of the tergum, the legs and antennae more especially testaceous. Head highly polished, short, rufo-testaceous, darker on the face and front; eyes large, black, prominent, but not rising as high as the posterior lobe ; the posterior lobe deeply cleft, the two members almost orbicular ; the neck short, strongly contracted; rostrum stout, reaching to the anterior coxae; antennae a little infuscated, fully as long as the head and prothorax united. Prothorax long ; the anterior lobe high, very convex, sulcated, excavated in front, with a collum in front of the cavity, the upper surface tumid each side, tbe lateral margin composed of an arched carinate edge, and the anterior angles callous; the posterior lobe subtrapezoidal, deeply separated by the incision in front, with the middle line broadly, not deeply, grooved, the lateral margins thick, followed by a long callosity on the humerus; the posterior border steeply deflexed, slightly waved, with the posthumeral edge slenderly reflexed. Scutellum tumid and uneven at base, with the apical |