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Show 1894.] HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OP GRENADA. 193 the corium, and with the inner border of the clavus slenderly fulvous; corium with an obliquely placed lozenge-shaped white spot on the basal third, and a smaller oval spot of the same colour on the inner half of the cuneus ; membrane smoke-brown, showing a slender edge of white against the margin of the cuneus. Length to tip of venter 2-2% mm.; width of pronotum | mm. Several specimens were collected on the Black Forest estate and about the Grand Etang, on the windward side of the island, from August 13 to 19, at an altitude of 1500 to 1900 feet above the level of the sea, under leaves on the ground, on bark of decaying logs in a clearing, and also beaten from masses of brush and leaves. ECCRITOTARSUS, Stal. 1. ECCRITOTARSUS ATRATUS, Dist. Eccritotarsus atratus, Dist. t. c. p. 285, pi. 26. fig. 20. This is a common species in the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. It inhabits also California and Texas. Numerous specimens were taken at Balthazar, at an elevation of 1900 feet above the sea, April 2, on herbage, in open grassy places near water. It was found also on the Mount Gay estate in August, flying at sunset. 2. ECCRITOTARSUS INCURVUS, Dist. Eccritotarsus incurvus, Dist. t. c. p. 285, pi. 26. fig. 19. Numerous specimens were found at Balthazar, also on the Mirabeau, Mount Gay, and Lake Antoine estates, either in March or August, on grass and herbage near streams of water. In the southern United States it lives in midsummer on low herbs in open places on sandy beaches of streams. CYRTOCAPSUS, Beuter. CYRTOCAPSUS CALIGINEUS (Stal). Capsus caligineus, Stal, Freg. Eugenie Besa, Ins. p. 258 ; Dist. t. c. p. XX. Pirithous pallipes, Dist. t. c. p. 303, pi. xxix. fig. 11. A few specimens were taken at Balthazar and on the Mirabeau estate in March and April in weedy places. ENGYTATUS, Beuter. ENGYTATUS GENICULATUS, Beuter. Engytatus geniculatus, Beuter, Ofv. Vetensk.-Akad. Fdrh. 1875, no. 9, p. 83. Neoproba varians, Dist. t. c. p. 271, pi. 26. fig. 7. This species is distributed all the way from Colombia to Mexico, |