112 Journal New York Entomological Society, t^'oi- xix. 



" This species was included in our fauna on the authority of several 

 specimens labelled ' Costa Rica — Van Patten.' We have, however, 

 received no further confirmation of its presence in Central America 

 from any other of the collections subsequently received."- This is the 

 first and only report hitherto of the occurrence of this species in the 

 new world. I was therefore considerably surprised to find two typical 

 male specimens of this species in the collection of Dr. E. G. Love, of 

 New York City, labelled Snake Hill, N. J., April 26, 1896. Snake 

 Hill, only a few miles from New York City, is rather a large rocky, 

 wooded hill which rises rather abruptly in the midst of the " Jersey 

 Meadows," formerly, a famous collecting ground but now rather 

 difficult of access, as it is occupied by various state or county in- 

 stitutions. 



Knowing the systematic care with which Dr. Love handles his 

 entomological material I am not inclined to doubt the authenticity 

 of his records. Furthermore, Dr. Love has informed me that he had 

 not up to that time received any material from Europe with which 

 he might have confused his own collections. I am not able to explain 

 how these specimens made their appearance in New Jersey. 



NOTEWORTHY HEMIPTERA COLLECTED ON 

 LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 



By Wm. T. Davis. 

 New Brigiitox, Staten I., N. Y. 



-V casual inspection of the soil and flora of Long Island, N. Y., 

 would suggest to an entomologist the probability of finding many 

 southern insects, especially on the south side in the belt of pines. 

 My search in this direction was rewarded during 1910 by finding 

 five species of hemiptera which are usually more common to the 

 south of New York, and which it may be well to record from Long 

 Island. 



I. Apioincriis crassipcs Fabr. — Three specimens were taken in the 

 Half Way Hollow Hills in July in an o\d field now overgrown with 

 daisies, Rndbcckia, etc. One was on the flower of a wild rose and 

 had just captured a small bee. The fore parts of the Apiomenis 



