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PSYCHE. 



[August 1895. 



from beneath mullein leaves ( Jan. ^- 

 Feb. 20). 



24, Geocoris fuliginosus 'Si'A.y . Fre- 

 quent. Singly or in pairs beneath logs 

 and chunks along roadsides. 

 ■ 25, Ligvrocoris constrictus Say. 

 Rare. Beneath logs (Dec. 10). 



26, Mvodocha serripes Oliv. One 

 of the most common of ouV winter 

 Hemiptera. Found beneath logs, 

 chunks, decaying leaves, etc., espe- 

 cially in dry sandy soil in iijiland 

 woods. Seldom more than two are 

 found together though sometimes gre- 

 garious. When their protective shelter 

 is distuibed, unless benumbed with 

 cold, they cr.iwl hurriedly away, their 

 slender neck and long swinging anten- 

 nae giving them an odd appearance as 

 they go. Occasionall)' the last two 

 nympli stages are foiurd in mid-winter. 



27, Pamera basal is Dallas. Rather 

 common throughout the winter be- 

 neath logs, stones, and rubbish along 

 the boideis of cultivated fields. 



zS, Ozophora ptcturata\]\\\t:v. The 

 only specimen in my collection was 

 taken from beneath a log on a sandy 

 hillside, Dec. 3. 



29, Ptoc/iiornera nodosa Say. Very 

 common l)eneath chunks along the 

 borders of open fields. 



30, Cnemodus mavoi-tius. Say. An 

 uncommon species but taken on several 

 occasions in winter from beneath logs in 

 damp localities. Usually two in a place. 



31, Trapezonotiis nchulosus Fall. 

 Qiute common beneath rubbish along 

 the borders of sandy fields, especially 

 those in which melons had been culti- 

 vated (Dec. 4-Feb. i). 



32, H)nbletliis areitarius Linn. Fre- 

 quent ; especially so beneath mullein 

 leaves (Dec. lo-Jan. 25). 



33, Peritrechiis fraterUHS Uhl. 

 Rare. Beneath chips and dead leaves 

 on the side of high sandy hill (Feb. 

 1 4-Feb. 21). 



34, Alegalonotus unus Say. I have 

 taken this insect on but two occasions. 

 Marcli 21, 1S93, I found ten occupy- 

 ing a space of a few square inches be- 

 neath a rail near the bolder of an up- 

 land woods. They feigned death w hen 

 disturbed. On Dec. 23, an additional 

 specimen was secured from beneath a 

 log on a sandy hillside. 



35, Alicrotoma carhonaria Rossi. 

 Common. Hibernating singly or in 

 pairs, l)eneath logs, chunks, leaves of 

 mullein, etc. 



36, Peliopclta abhrcz'iata Uhler. 

 Rare. Two were taken from beneath 

 a chunk on roadsides, Dec. 23. 



37, Lygaeus tiirciciis Fab. Com- 

 mon throughout the winter, both as 

 nymph and imago, beneath logs and 

 mullein leaves along the sandy border 

 of the old Wabash and Erie canal, 

 where its food plant the common milk- 

 weed {Asclcphis cortuiti Decaisne) 

 grows in abundance. 



38, Lygaeus recUvati<s Saj'. This 

 form, distinguished from the above 

 only bv the white spots on the mem- 

 branes of the wing covers, is much less 

 common in winter. It frequents the 

 same localities as L. t?ircicus, and I 

 doubt whether the two are distinct, 

 though Uhler treats them as so in his 

 Catalogue, and named them as so for 

 me. 



