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Mestobregma kiowa abounds throughout Colorado, and Prof. 

 Scudder took it at Manitou, but it has never before been recorded 

 from high altitudes. I took one adult female and two young 

 nymphs, which, I think, belong to this species. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 By O. HEIDEMANN. 



In this small but interesting collection are represented five 

 families, i. e., Pentatomidae, six species ; Coreidae, four species ; 

 Lygaeidae, eight species ; one species of Capsidae and one of Aradi- 

 dae, besides two species of Homoptera. 

 Podisus cynicus Say. 



Twelve adults and one larva ; males and females. Six of these 

 specimens evidently belong to another species, probably P. bracte- 

 atus Fitch. This species is considered by some American authors 

 as synonymous with P. cynicus Say. But the writer has lately 

 had occasion to examine Fitch's type specimen, a female (U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.), and to compare the same with specimens of P. cyn 

 icus, and there seems to him no doubt that P. bracteatus 

 will have to stand as a separate species. The female genitalia are 

 decidedly distinct in these two forms ; there are also differences 

 in the shape of the body, which in P. bracteatus is comparatively 

 broader and shorter. However, more material from other local 

 ities will have to be examined, and especially the male charac 

 ters, before a definite conclusion can be reached. 

 Murgantia histrionica Hahn. 



One example, showing the general pattern and colors. This 

 bug originally came from the subtropical region, but has invaded 

 the Southern and nearly all the middle States of North America. 

 In some localities it is propagating in great numbers on the leaves* 

 of cabbage plants. 

 Peribalus limbolarius Stal. 



One specimen ; common ; found in the northwestern and 

 Atlantic States. 

 Pentatoma (Liodermd] sayi Stal. 



Five specimens ; three males and two females. It occurs in the 

 western United States and is quite abundant in some localities. 

 Pentatomu {Lioderma} uhleri Stal. 



A single specimen. This seems to be a strictly western form. 

 From the other species it can be easily differentiated by the more 

 rounded body, and by the white or yellowish-white margins of 

 the thorax and base of elytra. It is recorded also from Mexico. 

 Thyanta custator Fabricius var. 



Seven specimens; three males and four females of the pale 

 green variety, without the usual red band across the thorax, or 



