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Show 1894.] HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OF GRENADA. 179 and autumn, on rthe windward and leeward sides of the island. They were found on the Mount Gay estate, also at Balthazar, Lake Antoine, and on the Mirabeau and Vendome estates. PTHIA, Stal. PTHIA PICTA (Drury). Cimex picta, Drury, Ulustr. i. p. 107, pi. 45. fig. 1. A few specimens of this species were found at Balthazar, March 15, also on the Mirabeau estate, March 25, on herbage in open places, and on the Mount Gay estate, October 10, upon hillsides, on herbage. This is an exceedingly common insect in the eastern part of San Domingo, and it is not rare in Cuba, Florida, and Texas. MADURA, Stal. M A D U R A PERPIDA, Stal. Madura perfida, Stal, Stettin, ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 304. Three specimens were taken on the Lake Antoine estate, in March and September, on herbage. MARGUS, Dallas. M A R G U S INORNATUS, Dist. Margus inornatus, Dist. Biol. Centr.-Am., Hem.-Heter. pp. 137, 365, pi. 13. fig. 18. Two specimens were found near Balthazar, March 19, at an elevation of 1250 feet above the sea, upon an open place, on herbage. A third specimen was taken on the Mount Gay estate, August 28, at an elevation of 700 feet, on herbage. CATORHINTHA, Stal. CATORHINTHA SELECTOR, Stal. Catorhintha selector, Stal, Of v. Vet.-Akad. F6rh. 1859, p. 471. Many specimens were collected on the Mount Gay estate, April 5, at an elevation of 400 feet above the sea, where they were found on the herbage in cocoa orchards. Others were taken on the Lake Antoine estate, April 13, at an elevation of 350 feet, from herbage in the second-growth woods. ANAS A, Am. et S. 1. ANASA SCORBUTICA (Fabr.). Cimex scorbuticus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 706. Five specimens were taken on the Lake Antoine estate, April 13, at an elevation of 350 feet above the sea, in second-growth woods on the bank of a stream. |