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B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Peritrechus fraternus Uhler.* Chilcotin, 30-IV-'20 (E.R.B.) ; 

 Saanich Dist.. 6-IV-'18 (W.D.). 



Sphragisticus nebulosus Fallen.* Gordon Head, 16-VI-"20 (W.D.) ; 

 Penticton, 22-IX-'19 (W.D.). 



Eremocoris ferus Say.* Saanich Dist., 20-IV-'18 (W.D.). 



Eremocoris obscurus Van Duzee.* -Royal Oak, 12-IX-'19 (W.D.), 

 found under a log; Chilcotin, 24-IV-'20 (E.R.B.), under stones on open 

 range. 



Gastrodes pacificus Provancher. Kaleden, 14-IV-'19 (E.R.B.). 



Family TINCflDAE 



Acalypta modesta sp. nov. 



Brachypterous form. — Very pale grayish brown, head, antennae, legs, 

 and body beneath, somewhat darker brown. 



Head (including eyes) somewhat broader than long (22-16) ; vertex 

 impunctate, faintly shining ; frontal spines rather short and stout, blunt, 

 about as long as second antenna! segment ; antennae as long as pronotum 

 and head to base of spines, the third segment about three times as long as ' 

 the fourth (20-7), very slightly enlarged at base, the fourth fusiform. 

 _ Pronotum tricarinate, the disc punctato-reticulate except for the trans- 

 verse, shining region of the calli ; paranota rather narrow, biseriate at 

 middle, the sides almost straight and strongly convergent, gradually 

 rounded anteriorly, suddenly rounded and slightly prominent pos- 

 teriorly; hood small, transverse, projecting anteriorly very slightly 

 beyond posterior margin of eyes ; carinae rather low, with one distinct 

 series of areoles, the median carina highest, the lateral extending to 

 posterior margin of calli and slightly convergent anteriorly; angulate 

 process obtuse, its areoles distinctly smaller than those of paranota. 

 Hemielytra extending slightly beyond apex of abdomen, very moderately 

 convex, the main veins but little raised ; sutural margin nearly straight, 

 the apices narrowly rounded ; sutural area mostly biseriate, irregularly 

 triseriate at anterior and posterior ends ; discoidal area widest, with 5 

 or 6 rather irregular series of areoles for most of its length, acuminate 

 at apex; subcostal area distinctly narrower than discoidal, mostly 

 quadriseriate, triseriate toward apex; costal area (costal membrane) 

 uniseriate, extremely narrow, the areoles not larger than those of sub-- 

 costal area; viewed from the side the costal area and hypohemielytral 

 lamina appear about equally broad. Length male 1.84 mm, female 

 2.04 mm; width male .94 mm, female 1.10 mm. 



Holotype, female. Royal Oak, B. C, 14-V-'17 (R. C. Treherne), in 

 the National Collection at Ottawa. 



Allotype, male, and paratype, female same data, in my collection. 

 This species, of which the specimens at hand were found imder 

 moss on rocks, is related to A. lilianis Torre-Bueno. Its most striking 

 characteristic is its very pale colour, which is similar in the three speci- 

 mens of the type series and can hardly be due to immaturity as the 



