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Lygaeidae 



Lygaeus Fabricius 



L. k at, mii Stal. Salisbury Cove, July 17 (Sanford) ; mating 

 pair on Solidago. Station F150, Aug. 22. Not common. 



L. teipunctatus Dall. Green Mt. Aug. 30-Sept. 2 (Br.). 

 The smallest and probably the rarest member of the genus 

 in the X. E. States. 



Ortholomus Stal 



0. scolapax (Say) (longiceps Stal.). Tremont, Aug. 23. Not 

 common. 



Xysius Dallas 



X. thymi (Wolff.) A more northern species and occurs with 



that above. Narrows, June 17-Aug. 13. 

 X. ericae (Schilling). Frequent on garden and field crops. 



Hides under weeds in fall. Narrows, Tremont, Aug. 13-23. 



Ischnorhynchvs Fieber 



1. resedae (Panz.). On catkins of poplar and of Corylus in 

 Apr. (Br.). On various catkins along Middle Road, May 24, 

 F308. Variable as to size. 



Ctmus Halm 



C. angustatus Stal. Found on sedges and grasses around 

 swampy areas. Narrows; Eden, June 9-July 15. 



C. discors Horvath. Echo Lake; S. W. Harbor; Eden, July 

 12-15. Station F414. 



G. luridus Stal. S. W. Harbor; Tremont, July 11-Aug. 30. 



Ischxodemus Fieber 



I. falicus (Say). Taken but once at Station F173, Aug. 2, '34. 



Blissus Burmeister 



B. hirtus Mont. Chinch bug. Eden, July 13. It is about the 

 Island in small numbers. Nymphs, probably of this species, 

 were found at Station F181. 



