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and each lateral pair is a single black line on each side of the caterpillar, constituting the 

 seventh and eighth of the eight black lines above mentioned. These eight black lines 

 are somewhat obscure upon the third and anal segments. Along the transverse central 

 portion of each segment not intruded upon by the eight longitudinal black lines, and 

 extending downward to the abdominal surface, are six protuberances, each bearing a 

 many-branched spine. These spines are bright yellow in color, except the tips, which 

 vary from light brown to deep black. Below the upper protuberance on each side of 

 the larva are two narrow oblique black lines which if continued upward would meet at 

 the dorsum. The lower extremities of these oblique lines inclose the base of the median 

 protuberance of each segment. 



The lower portion of the sides of the larva, and the abdominal surface except its 

 central portion, are of a jet-black color, with two longitudinal narrow broken lines of 

 pure white extending from the fourth to the penultimate segments. The lower of these 

 two white lines is more indistinct than the upper. 



The stigmata are of an orange color, each being encircled by a narrow black ring. 

 The head parts and both true legs and prop-legs, together with the central portion of 

 the abdominal surface and the posterior half of the anal segment, are of a bright reddish- 

 brown color and have a highly polished surface. 



THE PUPA. 



The pupa? average 24mm. in length by 10.5 mm. in breadth (.94 by .41 inch). They 

 are of a dark-brown, almost black color, with surface finely shagreened and in most cases 

 thickly sprinkled or shaded with a light brick-red "bloom." 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEMIPTERA-FAUNA OF 



KANSAS. 



BY E. A. POPENOE, OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



The following list comprises chiefly the specimens of Hemiptera taken by the writer 

 in the years 1883 and 1884. Substantial aid in collecting has been rendered by Mr. 

 Warren Knaus, of Salina ; and in determination of the species by Professor Philip E. 

 Uhler, of Baltimore. 



HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. 



Corimehvna nitiduloides, Wolff*. 



cserulescens, Stal. 



pulicaria, Germar. 



caerulea, (?). 

 Homccmus bijugis, Uhler. 

 Pangcens bilineatus, Say. 

 Amnedus pusillus, Uhl. 

 St ireti ■>!■-■ anchorago, Fab. 

 Perillus claudus, Say. f 



J'nili'sus spinosus, Dallas. 

 Ilrnclii/im iki arborea, Say. 



annulata, Fab. 

 .El hi americana, Dallas. 

 Mdamostoma sulcifrons, Stal. 

 ( 'osmopepla carnifex, Fab. 

 Mormidea lugens, Fab. 



CEbalus pugnax, Fab. 

 Euschistus variolarius, P. Beau v. 



tristigmus, Say. 

 Hijmenarcys sequalis, Say. 

 Triehopepla semivittata, Say. 

 Peribalus limbolarius, Stal. 

 Raphigaster pensylvanicus, DeG. 

 Thyanta perditor, Fab. var. 

 custator, Fab. var. 

 Murgantia histrionica, Hahn. 

 Chariesterus antennator, Fab. 

 Anasa tristis, DeG. 

 Corynoeoris distinctus, Dall. 

 Euthochtha galeator, Fab. 

 Metapodius femoratus, Fab. 

 Leptoglossus phyllopus, L. 



