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Show 1894.] HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OF GRENADA. 187 Cuba. Many specimens were collected at Balthazar, April 7, from herbage on open weedy places near a stream of water. 2. OZOPHORA PALLESCENS (Dist.). Davidapallescens, Dist. t. c. p. 395, pi. 35. fig. 3. This is the smallest species of the genus which has thus far been discovered. It has likewise been placed in the genus Davila by Mr. Distant. Specimens were collected at Balthazar, Chantilly, and other localities, on the same kinds of herbage as the preceding species. P T O C H I O M E R A , Say. P T O C H I O M E R A O B L O N G A (Dist.). Plociomera oblonga, Dist. t. c. p. 209, pi. 17. fig. 24. Numerous specimens of this insect were taken at Balthazar, March 27 and later, on herbage in cocoa orchards near water. The names Ploxiomerus and Plociomera are later inventions of authors and are not to be found in the writings of Mr. Say. That used above is the spelling given by Mr. Say, and there seems to be no satisfactory reason for changing it. PYG^US, gen. nov. Form similar to Ptochiomera, but with the pronotum transverse, obsoletely constricted, with the lateral raised margin callous along the sides of the almost flat posterior lobe, carried forward very slender to the anterior angle. Antennae thick, a little longer than the head and pronotum united ; tbe first joint not so long as the head, not thickened towards the tip; second a little longer, growing thicker towards the tip ; the third much shorter, thicker, fusiform; the fourth not quite so thick as the third, subfusiform, acute at both ends. Bostrum slender beyond tbe basal joint, reaching the middle coxae, the basal joint as long as the gula, the second joint a little longer. Head moderately long, in front of the eyes narrower than the apex of pronotum ; eyes large and prominent; the face tapering, sloping forwards, with the tylus prominent; the bucculae very low, slender. Prosternum collarlike in front of the anterior coxae. Fore femora moderately thick, without spines, posterior femora long, curved at the tip. Scutellum a little longer than wdde, acute and carinate at the tip, the sides strongly decurved. Hemelytra long oval, with a tapering curve posteriorly, the membrane a little protracted behind the abdomen, the costal border thick and slightly reflexed, a little sinuated, with the embolium long and broadly grooved. PYG^EUS PALLIDUS, sp. nov. Long oval, fulvous, polished, minutely pubescent, and feebly punctate; antennae darker beyond the testaceous basal joint. Bostrum, coxae, and legs testaceous. Underside highly polished. Posterior lobe of pronotum punctate, anterior lobe smooth; pos- |