HBMIPTEEA HETBEOPTEEA PENTATOMID^J. 



triangular, \vitli straight side-, tin- apex -ean-elv reachin;: more than ipiarter 

 way to the tip of tin- abdomen. I lemelytra \villi tin- curiuin r> -aching to 

 the middle of the apical half of the abdomen, onlv tin- COStal edife, lint that 

 broadly, coriaceous, the remainder semidiaphanous and taiatly infumate 

 like the membrane. 



Length, 4.:.' mn ; lnvadth, L'.lT)"" 11 . 



Flori.-sant. One specimen, Xo. 7.".'.t:i. 



2. NKCKOCYDM s i;osirTr.xsis. 



Head broad, rounded, nearly twice as br<>ad aa long and with the rather 



and prominent eyes fully halt' as broad as the thorax. Tliura\ mure than 

 three times as lroad as the median length, subquadrangular, the sides taper- 

 ing only a little, the anterior lateral angles \vell roiindetl, the breadth near 

 the front f next the bottom of the apical emar^ination ; >e\'en-ei^liths that of 

 the basal margin, the apical emar^ination broad and shallo\v, rather more 

 than half as broad as the base of the thorax, and hanllv a tenth as deep aa 

 broad, very regular; surface even, but for a rapid slope close to the sides, 

 and apparently smooth. Scutellum very lar^e from it- breadth, much shorter 

 than broad, reaching nearly half-way to the tip of the abdomen. ( 'orinm 

 of hemelytra reaching the last abdominal segment, rather coarsely and 

 ver\ sparselv granulate. 



Length, 4.i;."""": breadth, 2.5 mni . 



(Jl'eell Kiver. \Vyoinillg. One specimen, X,,. I'.}, Leslie A. I.eK>. 



This is the only species of Xecroc\ dims vet found within the limits of 



the ancient ( iosillte Lake. 



3. Xi:n;<M VDNfs TORPEN8. 



I lead large, well rounded, nearly twice as broad a> lon^. and nearh' 

 two-tit'ths as broad as base of thorax: the antenna- about as long as the 

 thorax. Thorax only twice as broad as tin- median length, tapering con 

 siderabK . the lateral angles of the front not prominent, the emarginatioii of 

 the apical liorder half as IOIILT as the basal border, regular, and modcrati-l v 

 deep; surface very finely punctate, even. Scntellnm lar^e. broader than 

 lonu r . tin- apex not extending half-wav to the tip of thr alnlomeu. ||. 

 l\ tra \\ ith the corium seriallv punctate, reaching the penultimate abdominal 



