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Show 1894.] HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OF GRENADA. 223 M O N O N Y X , Lap. M O N O N Y X RAPTORIUS (Fabr.). Naucoris raptoria, Fabr. Syst. Bhyng. p. 111. A nympha of this species, the only specimen in the collection, was found on the Mount Gay estate, September 6, near a pool of water where the grass and weeds grew thick. NAUCOEIDJ. PELOCORIS, Stal. PELOCORIS FEMORATA (Pal. Beauv.). Naucoris femorata, Pal. Beauv. Ins. Afr. et Ame'r. p. 237, pi. 20. fig. 4. A few specimens both of adults and nymphs were captured at Woburn and on the Mount Gay estate, in August, in pools and in a sluggish stream of water near the level of the sea. The species is quite common in Canada, the United States, both east and west, and it has also been taken in the Antilles, Mexico, and Central America. BELOSTOMATIDJE. ZAITHA, Am. et S. ZAITHA ANURA, H.-Schf. Zaitha anura, H.-Schf. Wanz. Ins. viii. p. 26, pi. 257. fig. 799. Eleven specimens of this common insect were found at the several localities on the island. They were taken on the Mount Gay estate, and at Woburn and Chantilly in April, August, and September, from streams and pools of fresh water. The habits of this species in Grenada seem to be the same as in Plorida and the South-western States, and in Cuba, San Domingo, Mexico, and Central America. This form is sometimes very common in Southern and Lower California. NOTONECTID^E. NOTONECTA, Linn. NOTONECTA AMERICANA, Fabr. Notonecta americana, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 58. A single nympha only was obtained. It was found at Woburn, August 20, in a sluggish stream in an open flat near sea-level. ANISOPS, Spin. ANISOPS ELEGANS, Fieber. Anisops elegans, Pieber, Bhynchotograph. p. 61. Many specimens, of both forms, were found on the Mount Gay |
