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Show 172 PROF. P. R. UHLER ON T H E [Mar. 6, PODISUS, H.-Schf. 1. PODISUS SAGITTA (Fabr.). Cimex sagitta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 99. Several specimens were beaten from plants at Balthazar, April 3, in open weedy places, and from similar herbage on the Mount Gay estate, on August 22 to 31. This species ranges aU the way from Tabatinga, on the Upper Amazon, to Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico, and extends its distribution through all the Greater Antilles. 2. PODISUS GAUMERI, Dist. Podisus gaumeri, Dist. Biol. Centr.-Am., Hem.-Heter., Suppl. p. 320, pi. 30. fig. 16. A few specimens of this form were collected at St. George's, August 22 and 31, from herbage in swampy places. MORMIDEA, Am. et S. M O R M I D E A UPSILON (Linn.). Cimex upsilon, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. i. p. 720. This species proved to be quite as common in Grenada as it is at Para, at various other places on the coast of Brazil, and in the "West Indies. Specimens were collected at Balthazar, April 7, on open weedy places, where they were swept from herbage; at the same place they were taken, August 15, from herbage, at night. Others were captured at light, at night, on the Mirabeau estate, and likewise on the Vendome and Chantilly estates and Grand Etang. At Mount Gay specimens were found, September 14, at elevations of 400-600 feet above the sea, in open places upon herbage. EUSCHISTUS, Dallas. EUSCHISTUS CRENATOR (Fabr.). Cimex crenator, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 101. Two forms of this species, the one with acute humeri, the other with blunter ones, were found in large numbers on most parts of the island. At Balthazar it was brushed from herbage on March 23, in cocoa orchards where the sod was damp and shaded; on April 2 they were found at an altitude of 1900 feet above the sea, on a narrow strip of grassy and weedy land between the lake and the forest. Others were collected later in April on the Mount Gay and Lake Antoine estates, and as late as May 4. BERECYNTHUS, Stal. BERECYNTHUS DELIRATOR (Fabr.). Cimex delirator, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 103. This is a Colombian insect which ranges from the head of the Madeira river, in Brazil, all the way to Venezuela, Central |