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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  METAPTERUS 
  ANNULIPES 
  (Stal). 
  

  

  Harce 
  annuUpes 
  Stal, 
  C. 
  Berlin 
  Ent. 
  Zeitschr., 
  vol. 
  10, 
  1866, 
  p. 
  168 
  [Wis- 
  

   consin]. 
  

  

  Emesodcma 
  si»iplicipcs 
  Say 
  Ms., 
  Uhler, 
  P. 
  R. 
  Notices 
  of 
  the 
  Hemiptera 
  

   Heteroptera 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  T. 
  W. 
  Harris, 
  M. 
  D. 
  Proc. 
  Boston 
  

   Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  19, 
  pp. 
  430-431, 
  Nov. 
  1878 
  [Salem, 
  Mass.]. 
  The 
  synonymy 
  

   of 
  this 
  name 
  with 
  annuUpes 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  certain, 
  and 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  adopted 
  

   on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  description. 
  The 
  type 
  specimen, 
  however, 
  is 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  to 
  agree 
  with 
  annuUpes. 
  Without 
  this 
  testimony 
  we 
  should 
  be 
  inclined 
  

   to 
  use 
  the 
  same 
  simplicipes 
  for 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  and 
  to 
  drop 
  Say's 
  name 
  

   as 
  unidentifiable. 
  

  

  A 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  species, 
  varying 
  considerably 
  in 
  intensity 
  of 
  

   color, 
  the 
  darker 
  specimens 
  having 
  the 
  annulations 
  of 
  the 
  legs 
  

   most 
  distinct. 
  The 
  broad 
  yellowish 
  stripe 
  on 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  

   head 
  is 
  uniform 
  in 
  width 
  throughout 
  and 
  not 
  narrower 
  than 
  interocu- 
  

   lar 
  space, 
  a 
  character 
  annuUpes 
  has 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  banksii 
  and 
  

   fraternvs. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  structural 
  characters 
  for 
  distinguishing 
  annuUpes 
  

   among 
  this 
  group 
  of 
  species 
  are 
  enumerated 
  in 
  the 
  key 
  and 
  illus- 
  

   trated 
  in 
  figures 
  156, 
  157, 
  158, 
  159; 
  the 
  comparatively 
  small 
  size 
  

   of 
  the 
  process 
  between 
  bases 
  of 
  antennae 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  reliable 
  

   character, 
  judging 
  from 
  our 
  material, 
  which 
  is 
  quite 
  extensive. 
  The 
  

   fore 
  tibia 
  and 
  tarsus 
  are 
  illustrated 
  by 
  figure 
  145. 
  

  

  Length, 
  10-11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Data 
  for 
  specimens 
  examined 
  : 
  Monmouth, 
  Me., 
  Oct. 
  10, 
  1920, 
  

   C. 
  A. 
  Frost; 
  Jackson, 
  N. 
  H., 
  Sept. 
  22, 
  1907, 
  Bryant 
  (Parshley) 
  ; 
  Con- 
  

   toocook, 
  N. 
  H., 
  Aug. 
  23, 
  1923, 
  E. 
  W. 
  Hall 
  (Iowa 
  State 
  Coll.) 
  ; 
  

   Andover, 
  Mass., 
  Nov. 
  9, 
  1915, 
  F. 
  X. 
  Williams; 
  Sherborn, 
  Mass., 
  

   Oct. 
  17, 
  1920, 
  C. 
  A. 
  Frost; 
  North 
  Attleboro, 
  Mass., 
  Oct. 
  3, 
  1920, 
  

   C. 
  A. 
  Frost; 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor, 
  L. 
  I., 
  N. 
  Y., 
  July 
  30, 
  Aug. 
  2, 
  1922, 
  

   H. 
  M. 
  Parshley 
  (Parshley) 
  ; 
  Cypress 
  Hills, 
  L. 
  I., 
  N. 
  Y., 
  May 
  18, 
  

   1909, 
  Chas. 
  J. 
  Martin 
  (Am. 
  Mus.) 
  ; 
  Indian 
  Lake, 
  Sabael, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  Aug. 
  

   15, 
  1921 
  (Barber) 
  ; 
  White 
  Plains, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  March 
  2, 
  1919, 
  Aug. 
  31, 
  

   1908, 
  Oct. 
  19, 
  1919, 
  Nov. 
  21, 
  1914 
  (Bueno) 
  ; 
  N. 
  Y., 
  Scudder 
  

   (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Paterson, 
  N. 
  J., 
  July 
  25 
  (Am. 
  Mus.) 
  ; 
  Koselle, 
  N. 
  J., 
  Oct. 
  

   5, 
  1913, 
  H. 
  G. 
  Barber 
  (Barber.) 
  ; 
  Penn 
  Station, 
  Pa., 
  June 
  6 
  (Cornell 
  

   Univ.) 
  ; 
  Aug. 
  2, 
  1902. 
  M. 
  Wirtner 
  (Bueno), 
  Aug. 
  6, 
  1905, 
  M. 
  Wirt- 
  

   ner 
  (Cornell 
  Univ., 
  U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Henson 
  Creek, 
  Prince 
  Georges 
  

   County, 
  Md. 
  (Cornell 
  Univ.) 
  ; 
  Plummer 
  Island, 
  Md., 
  July 
  5, 
  1911, 
  

   July 
  17, 
  1914, 
  July 
  20, 
  1911, 
  Sept. 
  2, 
  10, 
  1916, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz 
  and 
  

   H. 
  S. 
  Barber, 
  July 
  22, 
  1915, 
  Aug. 
  29, 
  1905, 
  and 
  1912, 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  

   (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Glen 
  Echo, 
  Md., 
  July 
  23, 
  1921, 
  J. 
  R, 
  Malloch 
  (Biol. 
  

   Surv.) 
  ; 
  Great 
  Falls, 
  Va., 
  Sept. 
  5, 
  1916, 
  W. 
  L. 
  McAtee; 
  Virginia 
  near 
  

   Plummer 
  Island, 
  Md., 
  March 
  18, 
  1917, 
  W. 
  L. 
  McAtee 
  (McAtee), 
  

   July 
  21, 
  1912, 
  R. 
  A. 
  Cushman, 
  Sept. 
  21, 
  1912, 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber, 
  Fair- 
  

   fax 
  County. 
  Va., 
  Aug. 
  16, 
  1911, 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Glen- 
  

  

  