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The author takes great pleasure in naming North American 

 Noctuidse and preparing critical notes for other students, and ex- 

 changing views. The work is found to be self-instructive, as well 

 as useful to others. All material received is studied very closely, 

 and anything doubtful compared with series and notes. The 

 Card Index is resorted to in this connection. Everything is always 

 returned unless special leave is given for retention. There are a 

 large number of duplicates for distribution, consisting for the most 

 part of Noctuidae, principally unset. All Macro-Lepidoptera from 

 Alberta or vicinity are desirable, and Noctuidae (only) of N. 

 America or Europe, and some Asiatic. When at home the owner 

 derives great pleasure from showing the collection to any ento- 

 mological visitors who are genuinely interested. 



RECORDS OF EUROPEAN MIRID^ OCCURRING IN 

 NORTH AMERICA. (HEMIPTERA, MIRID^). 



BY HARRY H. KNIGHT, ITHACA, NEW YORK.* 



The WTiter desires to submit some definite data on the occur- 

 rence of certain species of Miridae common to Europe and now 

 known from North America. There are here recorded three species 

 new to our fauna, and definite records are given of three others 

 which are of particular interest. In conclusion the writer gives 

 his findings on certain species supposed to occur and that ap- 

 parently do not. 



Subfamily Phylin^. Tribe Phylini. 

 Microsynamma bohemani Fallen. 



16 cf 9 , June 27, 1916, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. (H. H. Knight). 

 9 , June 22, 1914, Rochester Junction, N. Y.; cf 2 9 's, June 26, 

 1915, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. (M. D. Leonard). 9 , July 27, 1913, 

 Callicoon, N. Y. (Wm. T. Davis), cf, Aug. 9, Spruce Brook, 

 Newfoundland, (Chas. Schaeffer). 7 c?' 9 , Fort Collins, Colorado, 

 (U. S. National Museum). 



This species is apparently well distributed in the Eastern 



United States, having been reported before, but rather indefinitely. 



Mr. Van Duzee has failed to recognize it in his recent check-list 



of the Hemiptera, and previously in his tables to the genera of 



Miridfe. The writer has compared our specimens of this species 



*Contribution from the Department of Entomology of Cornell University. 

 July, 1917 



