NO. 1360. NEW MEXICAN HEMTPTERA—IIETEROPTERA—rHLEJl. 85B 

 Family LYGJ^^ID.^]. 



OXYCARENUS SCABROSUS, new species. 



Elongate-ovate, witli the lu^ad inoderatelj- long, acute; color above 

 mostly pale straw yellow, the head rufous and the under side of the 

 l)ody paler. Surface generally dull, not conspicuously pultescent 

 anywhere, somewhat powdered with white on sternum in mature 

 specimens. Head long, tapering to tip, not distinctly punctate. An- 

 tenna' piceous, paler at base, moderatel}' short. Rostium reaching 

 behind the middle coxa?, piceous. Legs piceous, short, the femora 

 thick. Pronotum tinged with piceous, broad. Th(» posterior lobe 

 somewhat scabrous, much larger than the anterior lobe, with the sur- 

 face very moderately convex and the posterior margin nearly straight, 

 traiis\ crse suture shallow. Scutellum long, a little ting(^d with rufous, 

 the middle bearing a prominent granule. HemelA'tra Aery moderately 

 convex, spread with numerous sparse dark granules on the straw-yel- 

 low ground. Under side piceous black, the venter highly polished. 



Length 3 mm; width 1 mm. 



Three specimens were taken August 12. 



This species is less cylindrical than the other species. It is possible 

 that when a fuller series of this species is collected, including both 

 sexes, that it will ]>e seen to constitute a new genus. 



LIGYROCORIS SYLVESTRIS St£l. 



Llgi/rocnri.t sj/JrcMris f>TAh, Eniim. Hemipt., IV, p. 145. 

 Two specimens of this very common insect were found August 2. 



PTOCHIOMERA CLAVIGERA Uhler. 



Ploclnnmera clarigera Uhlkr, Bull. Col. Exper. Station, Xo. ."U, p. 24. 

 One specimen w^as captured August 6. 



TRAPEZONOTUS NEBULOSUS Fallen. 



Trapezonotuii nehuhmi^ F.vllex, ^[on. Cim., 1807, p. 05. 



Two specimens were secured August 4. 



This common European insect is now widely distributed in the 

 United States, as it has been taken in most of the States from Maine 

 to Texas. It occurs on the foothills and plains of Colorado in many 

 localities, and it is found also \n lower Canada. 



EMBLETHIS ARENARIUS Fieber. 

 EmhletJiis arenariiin VxFMKR, Eur. Hemipt., p. li'S. 

 One .specimen was found August 2. 



