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  1 
  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  89 
  

  

  carlyn, 
  Va., 
  Oct. 
  10 
  (Cornell 
  Univ.) 
  ; 
  Vienna, 
  Va., 
  Aug. 
  9, 
  1916, 
  

   H. 
  G. 
  Barber 
  (Barber) 
  ; 
  Ridgeway, 
  Ont., 
  Aug. 
  6, 
  1887 
  (Iowa 
  State 
  

   Coll.) 
  ; 
  Columbus, 
  Ohio, 
  Oct. 
  14, 
  17, 
  1906 
  (Ball) 
  ; 
  Wis. 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  

   Winnipeg, 
  Manitoba 
  (Ball) 
  ; 
  Ames, 
  Iowa, 
  Sept. 
  13, 
  1907 
  (Iowa 
  

   State 
  Coll.), 
  Aug. 
  13, 
  1895 
  (Ball). 
  

  

  METAPTERUS 
  FRATERNUS 
  (Say). 
  

  

  Ploiaria 
  fraterna 
  Say, 
  Thomas, 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Heteropter- 
  

   ous 
  Hemiptera 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  1831 
  ; 
  Complete 
  Writings, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  1859, 
  pp. 
  

   358-359 
  [New 
  Orleans]. 
  

  

  A 
  fairly 
  common 
  species, 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  preceding, 
  averag- 
  

   ing 
  larger, 
  and 
  with 
  more 
  southern 
  and 
  western 
  distribution. 
  All 
  our 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  Texas, 
  Louisiana, 
  and 
  Mississippi, 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  Mis- 
  

   souri 
  are 
  winged, 
  the 
  others 
  including 
  one 
  from 
  Missouri 
  are 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  with 
  minute 
  wing 
  pads 
  only. 
  In 
  the 
  winged 
  forms 
  the 
  fore 
  

   wings 
  are 
  brownish 
  with 
  upper 
  surface 
  irregularly 
  granulose, 
  the 
  

   slight 
  elevations 
  or 
  granules 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  wing. 
  

   Distinguishable 
  from 
  annulipes 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  key, 
  and 
  illustrated 
  

   in 
  figures 
  160 
  to 
  162. 
  

  

  Length, 
  12-13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Data 
  for 
  specimens 
  examined: 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor, 
  L. 
  L, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  

   July 
  1902, 
  H. 
  G. 
  Barber 
  (Barber) 
  ; 
  White 
  Plains, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  August 
  31, 
  

   1909, 
  September 
  4, 
  1911, 
  September 
  13, 
  1919, 
  October 
  10, 
  1909, 
  Octo- 
  

   ber 
  23, 
  1921, 
  November 
  7, 
  1909; 
  Palisades, 
  N. 
  J., 
  August 
  20 
  (Bueno) 
  ; 
  

   Woodbury, 
  N. 
  J., 
  January 
  1, 
  1905 
  (Drake) 
  ; 
  Bay 
  Ridge, 
  Md., 
  August 
  

   3, 
  1905. 
  (Cornell 
  Univ.) 
  ; 
  Plum 
  Point, 
  Md., 
  August 
  10, 
  1913, 
  W. 
  L. 
  

   McAtee 
  (McAtee) 
  ; 
  Chesapeake 
  Beach, 
  Md., 
  August 
  3, 
  1913, 
  A. 
  Wet- 
  

   more 
  (Biol. 
  Survey), 
  September 
  4, 
  N. 
  Banks, 
  September 
  2, 
  1908 
  

   (Cornell 
  LTniv.) 
  ; 
  Cabin 
  John 
  Bridge, 
  Md., 
  August, 
  1907, 
  W. 
  Palmer; 
  

   Plummer 
  Island, 
  Md., 
  October 
  4, 
  1912, 
  October 
  26, 
  1913, 
  laid 
  eggs 
  

   (See 
  figs. 
  163, 
  164), 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber; 
  Jackson 
  Island, 
  Md., 
  July 
  3, 
  1911; 
  

   Offutt 
  Island, 
  Md., 
  October 
  3, 
  1919, 
  II. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Glen 
  

   Echo, 
  Md., 
  October 
  15, 
  1892, 
  O. 
  Heidemann 
  (Iowa 
  State 
  Coll.) 
  ; 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  October 
  7, 
  1885, 
  November 
  5, 
  1881 
  (U.S.N.M.), 
  

   July 
  10, 
  Feb. 
  5, 
  1893, 
  F. 
  C. 
  Pratt 
  (Cornell 
  Univ.) 
  ; 
  Great 
  Falls, 
  Va., 
  

   September 
  5, 
  1916, 
  October 
  4, 
  1916. 
  W. 
  L. 
  McAtee 
  (McAtee, 
  Drake, 
  

   Biol. 
  Survey) 
  ; 
  Falls 
  Church, 
  Va., 
  August 
  30, 
  1904. 
  October 
  1, 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  5, 
  November 
  2, 
  N. 
  Banks 
  (Cornell 
  LTniv.) 
  ; 
  Southern 
  Pines, 
  

   N. 
  C, 
  December 
  (Parshley) 
  ; 
  Daytona, 
  Fla., 
  (Cornell 
  Univ.) 
  ; 
  Ohio 
  

   (Drake) 
  ; 
  Natchez, 
  Miss., 
  May 
  13, 
  22, 
  25, 
  1909, 
  E. 
  S. 
  Tucker; 
  Baton 
  

   Rouge, 
  La., 
  June 
  1, 
  1893, 
  H. 
  S. 
  Weed 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Falls 
  City, 
  Nebr., 
  

   July 
  31, 
  H. 
  G. 
  Barber 
  (Barber) 
  ; 
  Lincoln, 
  Nebr., 
  July, 
  at 
  light 
  (Iowa 
  

   State 
  Coll.); 
  Wichita, 
  Kansas; 
  Missouri; 
  Charleston, 
  Md., 
  October 
  

   28, 
  1915; 
  Durant, 
  Okla., 
  June 
  2, 
  1905, 
  F. 
  C. 
  Bishopp; 
  Texas; 
  Dallas, 
  

   Tex., 
  May 
  10, 
  1908, 
  E. 
  S. 
  Tucker, 
  November 
  27, 
  1906, 
  R. 
  A. 
  Cush- 
  

   man; 
  Columbus, 
  Tex., 
  June 
  16 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  