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Physatocheila Fieber 



P. variegata Parsh. From Apr. 27 on catkins to Sept. 2p on 

 Great Heath (Br.). This was formerly considered a variety 

 of plexa but now lias a species status. 



P. plexa (Say). Great Heath, Sept. 27 ( Br.). 



Melanorhopala Stal 



M. clavata Stal. Bar Harbor; Beehive (Sanford) ; Eden, 

 July 24-Aug. 15. Taken by general sweeping. 



Reduviidae 



Metapterfs Costa 



M. axnulipes (Stal). Mt. Desert, Aug. 29-Sept. 21 (Br.). 



Under stones in early spring. Sweeping edges of fields best 



place for them. 

 M. sp. Mt. Desert, Sept. 17 (Br.). 



Reduvius Fabricius 



R. personatus (Linn.). The Kissing Bug or Masked Bed- 

 bug Hunter, which as a nymph covers itself with lint and 

 dust in houses and thus disguised destroys its unsavory 

 fellow. One specimen taken at Corfield, July (i, '31. 



Zeli'S Fabricius 



Z. exanguis (Stal). A common species on hard woods. Lower 

 Breakneck beating in June. 



Z. socirs Uhler. N. E. Harbor, July 21 (Minot). Beating- 

 hardwood trees will get them if anywhere about. 



Ninea Amyot and Serville 



S. diadema (Fab.). Assassin Bog. All summer it is found 

 from clover to Solidago where it goes to the flowers to catch 

 insects. 



