114 Journal New York Entomological Society. [^'°'- xxix. 



evidently wider tlian across middle of anterior lobe. The anterior 

 parts, particularly the pronotum, much more obviously long setose. 

 The legs are pale ferrugineous, sometimes the posterior femora, more 

 rarely the others, are embrowned towards their apices. ^Membrane 

 usually reaches the apex of abdomen, pale brown with rather con- 

 spicuous pale veins and small apical spot. The anterior femora are 

 armed as in syh'estris. 



Distribution.. — From Canada south at least to North Carolina and 

 west across the country to California. 



Ligyrocoris slossoni Barber. 



Barber. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXIII, 513, 1914. 



Described from a single male specimen from Lake Worth, Fla., 

 contained in the collection of Mrs. Slosson. Had it not been for 

 the purpose of giving as complete as possible knowledge of the 

 hemipterous fauna of Florida this species would not have been estab- 

 lished upon a unique specimen. Eventually this may prove to be 

 another illustration of the danger of violation of the well advised 

 rule. Later and more thorough study of the specimen, in preparation 

 of this paper, has forced me to the conclusion that it is imperfect. 

 The reddish coloration of head and pronotum may be due to its im- 

 maturity. Furthermore the description is in error as to the head. It 

 having apparently become detached has been imperfectly glued into 

 position, leaving the post-ocular space to appear longer than it 

 naturally should. As a matter of fact the post-ocular and ante- 

 ocular dimensions are not unlike those of L. syh'estris. Its affinity 

 to this species is closer than to L. nitidicollis where I originally 

 placed it because of the mistaken character of the head. For the 

 present at least this will have to remain a doubtful species. I have 

 therefore omitted it from the key to the species. 



Lig3T:ocoris halteatus Stal. 



I am obliged to omit this from the synopsis for as yet I have been 

 unable to recognize this species, originally described from Mexico. 



