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Show 1894.] HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OP GRENADA. 201 7. LASIOCHILUS FUSCULUS, Beuter. Lasiochilus fusculus, Beuter, Monogr. Anthoc, Act. Soc. Fenn. xiv. p. 576. A few specimens were obtained at Balthazar, early in August, in an open field, where they were shaken from decaying leaves. On the Grand Etang one specimen was taken, September 1, while flying at sunset. PIEZOSTETHUS, Fieber. PIEZOSTETHUS SORDIDUS, Beuter. Piezostethus sordidus, Beuter, Monogr. Anthoc, Act. Soc. Fenn. xiv. p. 591. Numerous specimens were procured at several localities. Those from Balthazar were found July 11 and August 17, either flying at sunset, or on open damp ground beneath piles of cut weeds. On the Mount Gay estate and on the Grand Etang they were taken during August, from herbage in open places. TRIPHLEPS, Fieber. TRIPHLEPS PERPUNCTATUS, Beuter. TriphlepsperpunctatusA^ewtev, Monogr. Anthoc, Act. Soc. Fenn. xiv. p. 654. A few specimens were taken at Balthazar, August 17, on open damp ground under piles of weeds. BRACHYSTELES, Muls. et Bey. BRACHYSTELES PALLIDUS, Beuter. Brachysteles pallidus, Beuter, Monogr. Anthoc, Act. Soc. Penn. xiv. p. 672. A few specimens were secured at four different localities. At Balthazar they were found August 14, flying at sunset: others were taken on the Mount Gay and Chantilly estates, and at St. George's, in August and September, either flying at sunset or beneath piles of weeds. CARDIASTETHUS, Fieber. 1. CARDIASTETHUS ASSIMILIS, Beuter. Cardiastethus assimilis, Beuter, Monogr. Anthoc, Act. Soc. Fenn. xiv. p. 693. Several specimens were secured at Balthazar, April 20, from weedy places in second-growth thickets, and on the Mount Gay estate, September 4, flying at sunset, or in second-growth woods. 2. CARDIASTETHUS ELEGANS, sp. nov. Form similar to C. assimilis, Beuter, but rather more elongated, pale rufo-piceous, with the legs and antennae yellowish. Head moderately long, highly polished, fulvous before the line of the antennae, rufo-piceous behind this point, with a band of punctures |