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known was a single male captured by the Rev. J. L. Zabriskie, 

 Flatbush, Long Island, N. Y., and which is figured in Insect 

 Life, Vol. IV, p. 199. 



NOVEMBER 3, 1892. 



President Riley in the chair. Eleven members present. 

 The Corresponding Secretary presented on behalf of the author 

 the following paper : 



SUMMARY OF THE COLLECTION OF HEMIPTERA SECURED 

 BY MR. E. A. SCHWARZ IN UTAH. 



BY P. R. UHLER. 



The collection of Hemiptera here enumerated is one of the 

 most comprehensive and important that has ever been brought 

 together from a limited area of a single Territory of the United 

 States. It by no means represents the fauna of an entire district, 

 nor even of that district for a single year; but it does show how 

 rich the fauna of Utah may be, and how much more is yet to be 

 discovered when the country is explored throughout the seasons 

 and during a term of years. It would be but mere speculation 

 to assume that we have yet seen much more than one-fifth of the 

 great assemblage of forms which belong to this Territory. From 

 ordinary analogy, however, we may fairly infer that as yet only 

 a small proportion of the species belonging to any of the families 

 of Hemiptera resident there have been brought to notice. As 

 usual, the CAPSID^E form the largest division of the assemblage, 

 being represented by 35 species ; next come the LYGyEiD^E 

 with 16 species; the PENTATOMID^E follow with 15 species; and 

 after these the smaller families, COREID^E with 8 species, AN- 

 THOCORID^E with 8 species, SALD^E with 6 species, TINGID.E 

 with 4 species, ARADID^E with 3 species, REDUVIID^E with 5 

 species, SCUTELLERID^E with 3 species, CORIS^E with 3 species, 

 and the HYDROBATID^E with only i species. 



Taken alone, this collection, made during the short time from 

 June 13 till July 4, 1891, would give a false impression of the 

 Heteropterous fauna of Utah. Multitudes of the species already 

 known from Colorado extend across the boundaries of these po 

 litical divisions, and accordingly the families VELIID^E, GALGU- 

 , NAUCORID^E, BELOSTOMATID^E, NEPID^E, and NOTONEC- 

 must not be omitted from a correct enumeration.* 



* Mr. Schwarz furnishes the following information regarding the locali 

 ties mentioned in this paper: 



