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do, and consequently adopted the name Podisus for this, the largest 

 section of the group, sinking his own genus Telepta as a synonym. 



I would correct Schouteden so far as to divide this group into two 

 distinct genera : Apateticus, Dallas, with Apceci/us, Stal, as a subgenus, 

 and Podisus, H..S., with subgenus Tylospilus, Stal. This would leave 

 Telepta, Stal, and Eupodisus, Schoutd., as straight synonyms of Podisus. 

 I would suggest the following as the most logical arrangement of our 

 North American species of this group : 



Genus Apateticus, Dallas. 

 Subgenus Apateticus, Dallas, 

 i. lineolatus, H. S. 

 halys, Dallas. 

 punctipe/mis, H. S. 



2. marginiventris, Stal. 



Gillettei, Uhler. 

 Subgenus Apcecilus, Stal. 



3. cynicus, Say. 



grandis, Dallas. 



4. bracteatus, Fitch. 



5. crocatus, Uhler. 



Genus Podisus, H. S. (Stal). 

 Subgenus Podisus, H. S. (Stal). 

 Telepia, Stal. 

 Eupodisus, Schoutd. 



1. maculiventris, Say. 



spinosus, Dallas. 



2. serieventris, Uhler. 



3. modestus, Dallas. 



4. placidus, Uhler. 



5. pallens, Stal. 



6. sagitta, Fabr. 



didymus, P. B. 

 monospilus, Walker. 



7. fuscescens, Dallas. 



8. mucronatus, Uhler. 

 Subgenus Tylospilus, Stal. 



9. acutissimus, Stal. 



