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Sub-family STENOPODIN^. 



PNIRONTIS Stal. 



P. infirma Stal. Camden VIII, I (Ss). 



P. languida Stal. Will probably be found in New Jersey (Bno). 



PYGOLAMPIS Germ. 



P. sericea Stal. Taken in adjacent States and will probably be found in 

 New Jersey (Bno). 



P. pectoralis Say. Madison VIII, Ft. Lee V (Brb) ; Pt. Pleasant VIII, 8 

 (Bno). 



STENOPODA Lap. 



S. culiciformis Fab. Madison (Pr) ; Staten Island VI, VII (Ds) ; Far- 

 mingdale VII, 14 (Jn) ; Sandy Hook VII, Anglesea VI, 28 (Coll); at 

 light (Bno). 



NARVESUS Stal. 

 N. caroliniensis Stal. Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 



Sub-family ACANTHASPIN^. 



REDUVIUS Fab. 



R. personatus Linn. (Opsiccetus.) Staten Island V, VII (div) ; Orange 

 Mts., New Brunswick VII, 3, Lahaway VII, 5 (Coll). This is the 

 "bed-bug hunter" referred to in the introduction to the family. 



CONORHINUS Lap. 



C. sanguisugus Lee. The "big bed-bug" of the Southern States. Has 

 not been actually taken in the State so far as I know, but has oc- 

 curred in Pennsylvania, and its presence in the pine barrens may be 

 expected. 



Sub-family PIRATING. 



MELANOLESTES Stal. 



M. picipes H. S. Madison IX, Hopewell IV (Brb); Staten Island III, IV, 

 IX (Ds) ; New Brunswick, Hightstown, Lahaway VII, 5 (Coll); Atco 

 IV, 29, Collingswood V, 4 (Ss). This and the next species made a 

 temporary stir in 1899 as "kissing bugs," because of a number of re- 

 ported cases where "bites" had caused swellings of the lips. These 

 species bite very readily, and if, in flight, they strike the face of an 

 individual, they are very apt to puncture promptly. There is no 



