Jan., '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 7 



The Flat-bugs (Aradidae) of North Carolina. 

 BY FRANKLIN SHERMAN, JR. 



(Entomologist Dept. Agr., Raleigh, N. C.) 



Although the following list is no doubt incomplete it is 

 thought well to publish it at this time, as it represents consider- 

 able work that has been done in collecting the Aradidae of 

 this State. Two species are included on the authority of 

 Bergroth ; all the others have been collected in the last two or 

 three years, the identifications having been made by Mr. Otto 

 Heidemann, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Mr. W. F. Fiske, of the Bureau of Entomology, has col- 

 lected this family to a considerable extent in the vicinity of 

 of Tryon, N. C., and Heidemann has recently described 

 several new species from his material (in Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 

 ington). The author has collected considerably at Raleigh 

 and on Cape Hatteras, and these three localities represent, 

 respectively, the mountain, middle, and sandy coast regions of 

 the State, and should make a good exhibit of the diversity 

 of forms found. 



I regret that I am not able to present this list entirely in the 

 order of their natural sequence. The signs (W), (C), and 

 (E), immediately after the name of the locality denote whether 

 it is in the west, central, or eastern portions of the State. 



1. Aradus robustus Uhl. 



Cape Hatteras (E), January, 1903, F. Sherman. 



2. Aradus similis Say. 



Goldsboro (E), May 2, 1901, Sherman. 



Tryon (W), April 9, December 14, 1903, under bark of gir- 

 dled elm, \V. F. Fiske. 



3. Aradus quadrilineatus Say 



North Carolina (E) Bergroth (see Proc. Ent. Soc. of YVush'n, 

 Vol. II., p. 335). 



4- Aradus rectns Say. 



Raleigh (C), June 30, 1902, F. Sherman. 

 5. Aradus fallen! Stal. 



Raleigh (C), June 28, 1903, May, r, 7, 1904, F. Sherman. 



Tryon (\Vj, May 30, 1903, at light, YV. F. Fiske. 



