304 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



hair on hind tibiae above glistening silvery ; abdomen broad, shining 

 but quite pubescent, the hind margins of the segments obscurely 

 rufescent ; the lateral bases of segments 2 to 4 broadly covered with 

 whitish tomentum. 



Hab. "Australia," 67.42 (type). Another is marked 

 "Australia, 58. 168." This may be compared with H. globosus, 

 Sm., and H. familiaris (Erichs.). It nearly agrees with the 

 brief description of H. familiaris, but does not seem to be quite 

 the same, and it is questionable whether familiaris can ever be 

 certainly recognized. The hind spur of the hind tibia in H. 

 humei is very peculiar, being simple except for a stout divergent 

 truncate spine or tooth just before its middle. The anterior 

 spur of the same tibia is microscopically ciliate. 



Halictus lanuginosus, Sm. 

 " Australia " (Koebele). In U. S. National Museum. 



Halictus gilesi, n. sp. 

 2 . Length about 8 mm. ; black, looking just like H. reprasmtans, 

 except for the following characters : clypeus with irregular longitudinal 

 furrows as well as punctures ; tegulre redder ; mesothorax much more 

 coarsely sculptured ; stigma lighter and redder ; first r. n. entering 

 apical corner of second s. m. ; otherwise scarcely at all different, but 

 clearly a valid species. The microscopic characters, given above, are 

 decisive. 



Hab. Victoria, 89. 108. 



Halictus reprcesentans, Sm. 

 Hobart, Tasmania (J. J. Walker, 3221, 3222). 

 Boulder, Colorado : Sept. 23rd, 1905. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE HEMIPTERA. 



No. 5 * 



By G. W. Kirkaldy. 



(A) The Type of Cimex, Linne. 



I hope the readers of the ' Entomologist ' are not already 

 bored with this question; the supposed "law," however, that 

 Mr. Blanford considers so conclusive is not an old well-established 

 proposition, or rather — more correctly — an old, effete suggestion 

 originating at the dawn of modern nomenclature, but imme- 

 diately laid aside because of its impracticability. 



Mr. Blanford's note (p. 110) is eminently unsatisfactory. He 



* This article was written by Mr. Kirkaldy prior to the death of the late 

 Mr. Blanford, whose note on the subject was published, ante, p. 110. — Ed. 



