310 HETEROPTEROUS HEMIPTERA 



Descriptions of new species of HETEEOPTEROTTS HEMIPTERA of 

 I?orth America. 



New Harmony, Indiana, December, 1831.* 



SCUTELLERA Lam. 



S. viRiDiPUNCTATA. — Piceous, With green impressed punctures. 



Inhabits Florida. 



Body entirely piceous or dark-reddish, with all the punctures, 

 above and beneath distinctly bright green ; thoracic punctures 

 more numerous on the anterior lateral margins : scutel with a 

 black spot each side before the middle ; feet honey yellow. 



Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 



I obtained two individuals when in East Florida with Mr. 

 Maclure. 



[This is Pachycoris chri/sorrhoeus Fabr. Syst. Rhyng, 138 : 

 €rermar. Zeitsch. 1, 95, and is found in S. Carolina, Florida and 

 Mississippi. — Uhler.] 



TETYBtA. Fab. Leach. 



1. T. MARMORATA. — Variegated; costal margin with transverse 

 fuscous lines. 



Inhabits New Jersey. 



Body variegated with more or less bright yellow and fuscous ; 

 punctures numerous ; antennae pale reddish-brown ; scutel with 

 the fuscous color almost reticulate : hemelytra, coriaceous portion 

 with transverse fuscous lines or spots : tergum on the margin 

 with quadrate fuscous spots : feet yellow, with brown points. 



Length three-tenths of an inch. 



This insect is very variable in the arrangement and bright- 

 ness of its colors. It inhabits the Pine regions of New Jersey, 

 whence several individuals were sent to me by my brother, B. 

 Say. 



*This memoir is taken from a reprint by Dr. Asa Fitch, in the Trans- 

 actions of the New York State Agricultural Society for 1857 ; I have 

 never seen an original copy of it and can consequently give only the 

 paging of the reprint. — Lec. 



