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usually attaining the third ventral segment. In ayimdata the 

 cheeks are more produced than in the two allied species {marginetla 

 and Harrisii), and converge at apex over the tip of the tylus which 

 they very slightly exceed. There is a small pale point on the disk 

 of each elytron posteriorly and the connexivuni is quite strongly 

 handed. 



This seems to be a comparatively rare species which I have seen 

 from the eastern United States only. It is more abundant toward 

 the south, my material showing a range from southern New York to 

 Florida. Halys caroliiiensis Westw. is certainly a synonym of 

 aiinulata and not of ^ pndulata as given in the Lethierry and 

 Severin Catalogue. 



Broeliyniena iiiarginella Stal. 



Through Mr. George Frank, of Brooklyn, I have received a fine 

 example of this large species. It is considerably larger even than 

 cariosa, this individual, which was captured in Harris County, 

 Texas, in Marcli, 1901, measuring 20 mm. in length. The pale 

 margin of the connexivum is nearly continuous though not at all 

 conspicuous; and there is an almost obsolete pale band in the mid- 

 dle of eacli segment; the apex of the head is a little shorter and 

 blunter than in amiulata, and the tips of the cheeks do not meet 

 over the apex of the tylus. The Lethierry and Severin Catalogue 

 erroneously gives "Carolina" as the habitat of this species. It 

 should read "Texas." Prof. Osborn has recently sent for my exam- 

 ination an example taken in Florida. 



Bi*4»cliynieiia Harrisii Uliler. 



This name is placed as a synonym of aunulata by Lethierry and 

 Severin and is doubtfully referred to the same species by Stal in the 

 Enumeratio. The present species, however, agrees better with Dr. 

 Uhler's description than does annulata, and I believe it is the one 

 described by him. This description was comparative with arrnvlata, 

 but his anaulata was evidently the 4. pustulata as recognized above. 

 It may be distinguished by the short head, almost square across the 

 apex, the coarser teeth on the sides of the pntnotum, and the })aler 

 smooth raised points on the pronotum, scutellum and elytra. The 

 scutellum is shorter than in annulata, and at each basal angle is 

 marked with an oval group of deep black j)unctures. The female 



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