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  knowing 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  region, 
  I 
  did 
  

   not 
  observe 
  it 
  particularly. 
  The 
  winters 
  of 
  1904-5 
  and 
  1905-6 
  

   were 
  so 
  dry 
  that 
  almost 
  no 
  Sida 
  flowered 
  at 
  Leiahi, 
  and 
  1906-7 
  

   was 
  little 
  better. 
  Lately, 
  however, 
  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  kindly 
  brought 
  

   me 
  some 
  empty 
  egg-shells 
  and 
  3 
  nymphs, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  able 
  to 
  

   present 
  some 
  few 
  remarks 
  on 
  them. 
  This 
  bug 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  

   vegetarian. 
  

  

  Ova 
  are 
  deposited 
  in 
  patches 
  of 
  5 
  or 
  more 
  on 
  the 
  

   underside 
  of 
  the 
  leaf. 
  The 
  shape 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  

   Lygaeid-form. 
  Pale 
  bronzy-golden 
  when 
  empty, 
  a 
  little 
  in- 
  

   fuscate 
  at 
  the 
  dorsal 
  constriction. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  operculum, 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  dorsal 
  part 
  being 
  simply 
  split 
  open 
  and 
  off 
  at 
  the 
  

   hatching. 
  Eeticulation 
  microscopic, 
  fine 
  and 
  rather 
  super- 
  

   ficial. 
  Micropyles 
  opaque 
  white, 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  Rhopalus. 
  

  

  First 
  nymphal 
  imtar. 
  Whole 
  body 
  strongly 
  furnished 
  with 
  

   black 
  and 
  with 
  white 
  bristly 
  hairs. 
  Head 
  greenish 
  testaceous, 
  

   posteriorly 
  piceous. 
  Eyes 
  red. 
  Antennae, 
  first 
  segment 
  green- 
  

   ish, 
  the 
  rest 
  whitish, 
  the 
  second 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  ring 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   fourth 
  with 
  several 
  rings. 
  Thorax 
  varyingly 
  piceous. 
  Legs 
  

   whitish 
  translucent, 
  ringed 
  with 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  pale 
  green- 
  

   ish, 
  tergites 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  elongate 
  papillae, 
  blackly 
  pili- 
  

   ferous; 
  also 
  with 
  one 
  red 
  papilla 
  and 
  two 
  black, 
  medianly. 
  

   Orifices 
  very 
  small, 
  blackringed. 
  

  

  Geocoridae. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  Geocorid 
  whose 
  lifehistory 
  is 
  at 
  all 
  known 
  is 
  

   Blissus 
  leucopterus 
  (^^). 
  The 
  ova 
  are 
  elongate 
  oval, 
  truncate 
  

   at 
  the 
  mieropyle 
  end, 
  with 
  4 
  micropyles. 
  They 
  are 
  laid 
  among 
  

   the 
  roots 
  of 
  grasses, 
  about 
  or 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  

   I 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  Nysius 
  vinitor 
  here, 
  nor 
  has 
  Mr. 
  

   Froggatt 
  succeeded 
  in 
  Australia. 
  The 
  lifehistories 
  of 
  Scolo- 
  

   postethus 
  pidus 
  (^'^) 
  and 
  Stalagmostethus 
  turcicus 
  C^) 
  have 
  

   been 
  partially 
  worked 
  out. 
  Most 
  Geocorids 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  phyto- 
  

   phagous, 
  but 
  carnivorous 
  forms 
  are 
  known. 
  

  

  Bacterial 
  diseases 
  attack 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  family, 
  but 
  

   insect 
  parasites 
  seem 
  rarer. 
  

  

  (26) 
  Webster 
  1898 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Div. 
  Ent. 
  (2) 
  XV, 
  1-82, 
  figs. 
  1-19. 
  

  

  (27) 
  Mjoberg 
  1906 
  Z. 
  Wiss. 
  Insektenbiol 
  II 
  142-3, 
  fig. 
  10, 
  

  

  (28) 
  Townsend 
  1887 
  Ent. 
  Amer. 
  Ill 
  53-5. 
  

  

  