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Show 202 PROP. P. R. UHLER ON T H E [Mar. 6, connecting the eyes ; antennas thick on the two basal joints, the two apical ones very slender and hairy, the first joint scarcely extending beyond the tip of tylus, the second becoming thicker next the tip, longer than the head; rostrum extending over the anterior coxae, rufo-testaceous, darker at base, the basal joint scarcely reaching to the eyes ; the eyes black, a little deeper than the head, coarsely granulated ; neck behind the eyes short and thick. Pronotum much wider than long, rapidly and obliquely narrowing towards the front; the collum very slender and recurved; callosities transverse, convexly prominent; the posterior lobe short, darker than anteriorly, obsoletely punctate and rugulose; the posterior margin broadly sinuated and having the humeral angles indented, moderately prominent; the lateral margin deflexed, thickened, emarginated at the anterior blunt angle. Sternum and pleural pieces pale rufo-piceous. Legs a little pubescent, darker on tbe femora than the tibiae. Scutellum impressed behind the middle and rugose nearer the apex. Hemelytra bright yellow, pubescent, roughly punctate, the inner border and apex of the corium dark brown, this colour extending over the cuneus ; membrane more or less tinged with fuliginous, but occasionally clear and iridescent. Venter polished, minutely punctate and pubescent, more or less spread with dark piceous. Length to tip of venter 1-15 m m . ; width of pronotum § m m . This is a particularly bright-coloured species, rendered more conspicuous by the dark band on the base of pronotum, and by the dark border of tbe hemelytra. Specimens were captured at Balthazar, April 20, at an altitude of 250 feet, on weedy open places in second-growth thickets ; also on the Grand Etang, at an altitude of 1900 feet, where they were beaten from brush and masses of leaves. On the Mount Gay estate they were found August 20-25, and were beaten from herbage in open places, and they were seen flying at sunset in August and September. They were also obtained at St. George's, August 22, in open swampy places, on herbage. A C A N T H I A , Fabr. ACANTHIA LECTULARIA (Linn.). Cimex lectularia, Linn. Fauna Suec p. 909. Acanthia lectularia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 67, 1. One specimen was taken. It is very common and a great pest, especially in the poorer class of houses. TlNGITIDjE. TELEONEMIA, Costa. T E L E O N E M I A SACCHARI (Fabr.). Acanthia sacchari, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 77. Several specimens were found at Balthazar, April 5, on herbage in the cocoa orchards, also on Lake Antoine estate, April 13, |
