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22. Euschistus varrolarius Pal. Beauv. 



Common throughout the Island, IV-X. Fifty specimens were col- 

 lected on Rockaway Beach washup, May i, 1910 (01.). Inhabits 

 almost the whole of United States and Canada ; is especially abundant 

 in the northern States (V. D.). Foodplants : Asparagus, Cardiius, 

 Thermopsis, Zca mays, broomcorn, oats, rye, wheat, red clover, toma- 

 toes, raspberries, mullein, peaches, tobacco, grasses, thistle; said to 

 feed on Lepidopterous larvae as well as sap of plants. Preys on Pulvi- 

 iiaria innnmcrabilis (Hem.) (G. K.). Bred from eggs to imago on 

 Lcpidiimi virginicmn Linn, (wild pepper grass) and Oiiagra biennis 

 (evening primrose) (C. O. ms.). 



23. Euschistus ictericus Linn. 



Rockaway Beach, IX (01.), Maspeth, X (01.), Promised Land, 

 IX (Ds.), Flushing (Pkt.), Yaphauk, V (Brb.).— Found in the 

 northern United States and Canada, on sedges in swampy places or 

 along borders of streams or other bodies of water (V. D.), Elizabeth 

 City, N. Carolina (T. B. and E.) (unusual southern record) ; Carices 

 in wet places; Iris versicolor (G. K.). 



24. Coenus delius Say. 



Wyandanch, VI and IX (Stt.), Rockaway B., VII (Bt.), Queens 

 Co., VIII (Eng.), Half Way Hollow Hills, VII (Ds.), Amagansett, 

 IX (Ds. and Eng.) Montauk, IX (Ds.), Flushing, VIII (Pkt.) and 

 VII (01.), Cold Sp. Harbor., VIII (Brb.). Flatbush, VI, 1893 (Zab.). 

 — Widely distributed and common in United States and Canada but 

 apparently precinctive. In north it occurs from Quebec to Van- 

 couver Isl. Its southern range includes Florida and Texas (V. D.). 

 Hibernates as adult under stones in fields (N. J. R.). I have kept 

 mature insects of this species in captivity for nearly two months (from 

 VII, 2), feeding on moth mullein, Vcrbascum blattaria (C. O. ms.). 



25. Hjrmenarcys nervosa Say. 



Rockaway B., VII (Bt.), V (01.). V (Ds.). Yaphauk, IX (Ds.), 

 Cold Sp. Harbor, VII (Brb.), Flatbush (Bno.),and X, 1891 (Zab.).— 

 Southern United States. Provancher records it from Quebec and Dr. 

 Felt from Albany (V. D.).— Foodplant : Cotton (G. K.). 



26. Neottiglossa undata Say. 



Yaphank, X (Ds.). — Common in northeastern United States: its 

 southern range probably New Jersey. Illinois, Nebraska and Colo- 

 rado (V. D.). 



