MORGAN HEBARD l8l 



sive coloration the pronotal blotches are tawny and greatly re- 

 duced. In rare specimens of the maximum intensive coloration 

 these spots, fusing, leave only narrow areas of the pale basic col- 

 oration showing latero-caudad. 



The young of this species are almost uniform pale brown in col- 

 oration, the darker markings very weakly indicated. 



Ootheca. — A stout quadrato-ovate capsule; 7.8 by 5.2 mm. in 

 one example before us. This shows, on its polished but micro- 

 scopically roughened surface, weak, vertical indentations between 

 the egg cells, toward the conspicuous sutural ridge. This ridge is 

 very narrow, but bears along its free margin regularly placed, chit- 

 inous, transverse, circular disks separated by a distance about the 

 width of an egg cell. 



The present domiciliary species thrives both in tropical and 

 mild climates over the entire world. In the United States it is 

 certainly established farther north than any of the other species 

 of the genus, but, as it is being continually transported by com- 

 merce beyond its native northern limit, it is a difficult matter to 

 state just how far northward it is permanently established. In 

 the more northern states, however, we feel certain that records of 

 the insect should be considered adventive. It is undoubtedly 

 firmly established as far northward as New York City. South of 

 the United States the species is found generally over the continent 

 and adjacent islands. 



Specimefis Examined: ^2\ 30 males, 18 females and 4 immature specimens. 



New York, New York, I to XI, (W. T. Davis; in Zoo Reptile House and else- 

 where), I a", 2 ?, [Davis Cln.]; VI. 1903. (T. D. O'Connor), 3 d^, [Hebard Cln.]. 



Philadelphia, Pennsyhania, I, 14 to X, 12, 1908 to 1916, 6 cf, 3 9, [-A- N. S. P. 

 and Hebard Cln.]. 



Raleigh, North Carolina, III, 5, 1909, i d', [N. C. Dept. Agr. Cln.]. 



Washington, N. C \'I. 15, 1905. (G. M. Bentley), i 9. [X. C. Dept. .\gr. Cln.]. 



Asheville, N. C, \', i 9 . [Cornell Univ. Cln.]. 



Thomasville, Georgia. \'I, 17, 1903, (for Hebard), 2 d^, [Hebard Cln.]. 



Lakeland, Florida, XI, 7, i()ii, (\V. T. Davis; in hotel), I cf, [Davis Cln.]. 



Big Pine Key, Fla., \'I, 1904. (II. W. Fowler), i d^, [A. N. S. P.]; \'II, 6. 1912, 

 (Rehn and Hebard; abundant in quarter-boat at Pine Channel), i d^, [Hebard 

 Cln.]. 



Key West, Fla., \'II, 4. i<)i2, (Rehn and Hebard; numerous in refuse under 

 fruit stands), i d\ [Hebard Cln.]. 



Decatur, Alabama. (B. Shimek), i d", 2 9, [Hebard Cln.]. 



MEM. AM. ENT. SOC, 2. 



