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Show 1894.] HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OF GRENADA. 199 margin sinuated, with the humeral angles prominent, oblique, and a little rounded; the pro- and mesopleura piceous, with the sternum and coxal pieces paler. Legs pale testaceous. Base of scutellum transversely elevated, the surface behind this depressed, dull testaceous, with the tip almost acuminate. Hemelytra long, closely pale pubescent, dull yellowish, with the apex and inner margin dusky, the costal margin almost straight, and the basal margin of the cuneus bounded by a pale line; membrane dusky, a little paler at base. Venter fulvo-testaceous, distinctly pubescent, ovate, with the ovipositor piceous. Length to tip of venter If-2 m m . ; width of pronotum f m m . Numerous specimens were collected at several points, such as Balthazar, August 8, at an elevation of 250 feet above the sea, in open fields, in piles of decaying weeds ; at Chantilly, August 5, at an altitude of 500 feet above tide, on open hillsides, from piles of decaying weeds and rubbish ; from Grand Etang, September 12, 15, on piles of weeds ; and from the Mount Gay estate likewise on weeds and waste from stable. 3. LASIOCHILUS FRATERNUS, sp. nov. Form similar to the preceding, but more robust, closely resembling L. fusculus, Beuter, smaller, and with a shorter pronotum, &c. Colour fusco-piceous, paler beneath, with pale testaceous legs and rostrum. Head a little shorter than in L. fusculus, rufo-piceous before the line of the eyes, polished, a little shorter than the pronotum ; a curved impressed line across the vertex, the eyes extending a little wider than the front of pronotum ; antennae stout, f usco-testaceous, the second joint gradually thickening towards the tip, a little longer than the pronotum, the two apical joints paler, conspicuously pubescent; rostrum reaching to the anterior coxae, the basal joint stout and extending to the middle of the eye. Pronotum trapezoidal, wider than long, polished, transversely wrinkled, a little scabrous on the posterior lobe, punctate on the sides, the lateral margin bluntly rounded off, hardly sinuated, set with erect bristles, the apical border a little reflexed, the posterior margin moderately sinuated, with the humeral angles subacute and a little produced. Sternum, pleural pieces, and disk of venter more or less dark piceous, the deflexed margin of the pronotum placed inferiorly, sharply defined, growing much thicker anteriorly. Scutellum deeply depressed, a little scabrous, pubescent. Hemelytra dull fusco-piceous, minutely pubescent, more or less dull testaceous at base and along the length of the clavus; membrane long, pale fuliginous, paler at base. Length to tip of venter 2 m m . ; width of pronotum g m m . Some specimens have a faint pale dot on the middle at base of cuneus. This species lacks the indentation on the middle of pronotum. Specimens were collected at Balthazar, March 12, at an elevation of 300 feet, on dry hillsides, amongst second-o- rowth woods, under piles of decaying weeds, and at the same place August 7, 8, 10-15 ; on the Mount Gay estate, August 20- 14* |