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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[June, '15 



opportunity presented itself for securing some more drift bugs. 

 As I recollect, the day was very windy, but it was warm in the 

 sun, with clouds from time to time making chilly moments. On 

 hands and knees I crawled about a mile up and down the beach, 

 along the line where the receding waves left a narrow windrow 

 of insects for about that distance. In passing, I may note that 

 the places of abundance of drift insects in the ocean beaches 

 hereabout are very restricted as to length, sometimes about a 

 mile, as in this instance ; at other times only some hundreds of 

 feet. In my own experience I have not seen longer stretches, 

 but others may have done so. 



On this occasion, the Heteroptera predominated over all the 

 other groups put together, the most abundant species being the 

 Myodochid Eremocoris fcrus Say, of which some twenty were 

 found, some perfect, others much dilapidated by the action of 

 the waves. Apateticus maculiventris and Euschistus variolar- 

 ius were abundant as usual, closely followed by the recently 

 decribed Corisus hirtus Bueno, of which some nine were secur- 

 ed. The rather rare Pseudocnemodus canadensis Prov. and 

 the infrequent Aradus uniform-is Heidemann were not uncom- 

 mon, there being four of the long-winged form of the latter 

 and five of the former, these being somewhat battered. 

 The normally apterous species, Gcrris rcinigis Say and an un- 

 known Tingid were secured, one of each species. The other 

 forms found were : 



Apateticus cynicus Say, three 

 specimens. 



A. bracteatus Fitch, only one. 



A. maculiventris Say, abundant. 



Perilloides circuincinctus Stal, one. 



Mormidca lug ens Fabr., another 

 common species, not taken or 

 counted. 



Huschistus variolarius P. B., the 

 same. 



E. politus Uhler, seven specimens. 



Coenus delius Say, only one speci- 

 men found. 



Thyanta custator Fabr., three. 



77;.. calceata Say, two. 



Ncsara pennsylvanica, P. B., a 

 very rare species, one. 



Schirus cinctus P. B., one only, 

 very lively, and digging into the 

 sand for shelter. 



Alydus curinus Say, and 



Megalotomus quinquespinosus 

 Say, one of each. 



Corizus latcralis Say, two speci- 

 mens. 



C. hirtus Bueno, nine, as already 

 noted, all long-winged. 



Lygaeus kalmii Stal, three. 



