142 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



CYMODEMA Spin. 



C. exiguum Horv. (tabida Say.) Thus far recorded only from the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, but may occur in So. Jersey. The records in the 

 last edition almost certainly refer to "Cymus angustatus" (Bno). 



Sub-family BUSSING. 



ISCHNODEMUS Fieb. 



I. falicus Say. Glen Ridge VII (Bno); Staten Island V, VI, IX (Ds) ; 

 Lahaway, common on cranberry bogs in May (Sm). 



BLISSUS Klug. 



B. leucopterus Say. Roselle Park I, sifting (Brb); Caldwell (Cr) ; Glen 

 Ridge VI, 1, Staten Island X, 25 (Bno); Camden IV, 22 (Ss) ;' Angle- 

 sea VII, 12 (Coll). This is the well known "Chinch bug" that is so 

 destructive in the wheat and cornfields of the middle west. In New 

 Jersey, while it occurs throughout the State, it is really a somewhat 

 rare species, not often found even by the collector. The reason foi- 

 our exemption is climatic and is not due to any natural enemy or 

 parasite peculiar to this region. 



Sub-family GEOCORIN^. 



GEOCORIS Fall. 



G. uliginosus Say. Madison IX, X, Ft. Lee IX (Brb); Camden X-XII 



(Ss). 

 G. punctipes Say. Madison, rare (Pr) ; Riverton IX, 25 (Jn) ; Merchant- 



ville X, 29 (Ss). 

 G. discopterus Stal. New Jersey (Stal). 



G. limbatus Stal. New Jersey (Stal). 



G. piceus Say. Madison VIII (Brb) ; Camden Co. XI, 23 (Ss) ; commonly 

 found on "Potentilla canadensis" (Bno). 



G. bullatus Say. Alabama to Nova Scotia and sure to occur in New Jer- 

 sey. The species of this genus are found crawling about the roots of 

 weeds in sandy spots, and sometimes under boards in winter. They 

 have not been closely collected, and more will be found when search 

 for them is systematically made. 



Sub-family PACHYGRONTHIN^. 



PHLEGYAS Stal. (PELIOPELTA Uhl.) 



P. abbreviata Uhl. Budds Lake VII, Madison VII, VIII (Brb); Orange 

 Mts. VIII, 29 (Gr) ; Ft. Lee Dist. VII, 4, Westfield VII, 16, Lakehurst 

 V, 23 (Bno); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds) ; Jamesburg V, VI (div); 

 Riverton V, 30 (Vk) : So. Jersey, Swedesboro VII (Coll). 



