26 EDWARD P. VAN DUZEE. 



North Carolina, Tennessee and Lower California, and Prof. Osborn 

 from Iowa. A. siibferrugineus of Smith's Catalogue of the Insects 

 of New Jersey may belong here. 



^'L.ob»notus antiiraciuiis Uliler. 

 Described from Texas. 



Seliirus ciiictiis P. B. 



Dr. Uhler gives as the habitat of this species "Almost all of the 

 United States as also Canada and Mexico." About Buffalo it 

 grows to a larger size that farther south and west. I have seen 

 Canadian material from Manitoba (Hanham) and Montreal (Chag- 

 non). 



Subfamily Pentatomid^. 



Our best synopsis of the genera iu this large subfamily is that 

 published by Stal in Of Kongl. Vet.-Akad. Forh., xxiv, No. 7, pp. 

 ")22-532, 18G7. In the Proceedings of the Iowa Acad, of Sciences, 

 Vol. vi, pp. 40-46, 1898, Mr. H. E. Summers has published an 

 adaptation of Stal's synopsis, which contains much original work, 

 and has the advantage of being in the English language and of 

 being more nearly up to date. Mr. Summer's synopsis contains also 

 the American genera of the subfamilies Graphosomidse, Asopidse 

 and Acanthosoraidse. 



iTIecidea loii<;iiIa Stal. 



Described from Texan material, but it has since been reported 

 from New Mexico by Uhler, and from Iowa by Prof. Osborn ; and 

 Prof H D. Ball has kindly sent me an example taken at Holly, 

 Colo., Sept. 8, 1898. Both in form and coloration this singular 

 Pentatomid bears a strong resendjlance to the common Capsid, Miris 

 (iffinis, and might readily be mistaken for a large example of that 

 species. 



(;«'uus BROCHYiflENA A. and S. 



This genus forms a very distinct group in the North Ameiican 

 Pentatomid fauna. Of the twelve recorded species all but two have 

 i^een found within our territory. I have seen many uncertain forms 

 of 7:^/"oo%/ne?i« that I cannot locate to my satisfaction. The wiiole 

 genus sadly needs revision. The following key may assist in locat- 

 ing our species : 



