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the broadly expanded margins of the terguni, and there is a pale 

 spot on the outer basal angle of the membrane. The fourth joint of 

 the antennse is not longer than the second and is paler on its conical 

 tip, and the base of the first joint is pale within. The third joint of 

 the antennse and the tibite are without pale annulations. 



Brachyrhynchus sp. — One specimen, taken June 1st, agrees 

 very closely with the figure of B. Handlirschi in the Biologia. The 

 form of the head and pronotum correspond exactly. The basal joint 

 of the antennae is also the same, and the apical margin of the elytra 

 has the same emargination. This insect, however, is of the usual 

 blackish brown color, and shows no indication of the ochraceous 

 incrustation mentioned by Prof. Distant. It is a male. 



Family REDUVIIDiE. 



Pygolampis spurca Stal. — I have in ray hand one male of this 

 genus from Demerara, one male from Texas, and one female from 

 Florida. The two latter agree in having the basal joint of the an- 

 tennae proportionately shorter, distinctly shorter than the pronotum ;. 

 the Demerara example has this joint as long as the pronotum and 

 half of the head. Compared with the Texan male it has the pro- 

 notum blackish throughout, not on the borders only, the elytra paler, 

 the hind femora darker and more distinctly irrorate with pale; the 

 rostrum pale with a black tip, not blackish with a pale base ; the 

 two anterior pairs of tibiae are less distinctly banded ; the lower sur- 

 face is less broadly infuscated along the median line ; the polished 

 black vitta on each side of the metasternum is shorter, and the apical 

 segment of abdomen exceeds the elytra, with the terminal lobes less 

 rounded, almost subacute. The specimen from Demerara I have 

 called spurca and that from Texas and the female from Florida 

 peetoralis, although the Texan male agrees much more closely with 

 the description of the male of spurca given by Distant in the Biologia. 



Stenopoda culiciformis Fabr.— One quite typical example 

 taken in May. 



Gnathobleda letigiosa Stal.— One female, taken June 17th. 

 This specimen answers well to Stal's description, but is rather more 

 strongly colored and has two black points on the disk of the corium. 

 The pronotum has the sides posteriorly, and a broad median vitta, 

 fuscous. 



TEANS. AM. KNT. SOC, XXVII, DEC, 1901. 



