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Super-family NOTONECTOIDEA. 

 Family ACANTHIID/E. 



Replaces the term Saldidse of the previous edition. They are small or 

 medium size, usually blackish, and inhabit muddy banks or marshes, over 

 or on which they fly or run rapidly. They are rather soft in texture, have 

 a small head and prominent eyes, and some of them dig into the banks on 

 which they are found. They are more or less predatory, feeding on 

 living or dead insects, and none are of economic importance. 



ACANTHIA Fab. (Salda Auct.) 



A. signorettii Guer. Cape May VI, 22 (Jn), VIII, 19 (Van D). 



A. ligata Say. Canada to North Carolina. 



A. confluenta Say. Westfield VII, 3 (Bno). 



A. interstitialis Say. Westfield VI, 11, VII, 16 (Bno). 



A. reperta Uhl. Ft. Lee Dist, V, 28, Staten Island VII, 9 (Bno). 



A. deplanata Uhl. Glen Ridge VI, 23 (Bno); Westville V, 2-VI, 22 (div). 



A. anthracina Uhl. N. Y. and Pa., and certain to occur in New Jersey. 



A. sphacelata Uhl. Atlantic City VIII, 20, Cape May VIII, 19 (Van D). 



A. coriacea Uhl. Atco VI, 18 (Jn) ; Anglesea V, 28 (Coll). 



A. orbiculata Uhl. On all sides of and probably in New Jersey. 



A. humilis Say. Madison (Pr) ; Ft. Lee Dist. V, 28, Westfield VI, VII, 

 Bloomfield VI, Staten Island VII, 9 (Bno). 



A. pallipes Fab. Madison (Pr) ; Glen Ridge VI, 2, Westfield VI, VII, 9 

 (Bno). 



A. xanthochila Fieb. Anglesea VIII, 23 (Van D). 



A. separata Uhl. Pennsylvania and probably also New Jersey. 



A. lugubris Say. In the adjacent States and probably also New Jersey. 



A. saltatoria Linn. New York and probably New Jersey. 



A. vagator Uhl. Anglesea (Ss); Cape May VIII, 19 (Van D). 







Family OCHTERID^. 



Included under the "Galgulidse" now "Nerthridas" of previous list, and 

 resemble them in general appearance and habits. 



OCHTERUS Latr. (PELOGONUS Latr.) 



O. americanus Uhl. Westfield VII, 4 (Bno); Staten Island V, Lakehurst 

 IX (Ds); Lahaway, on cranberry bogs V (Sm). 



