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1874 Stal, Enum. Hemip. IV, p. 120. 

 destructor Eiley. — Eastern United States. 



1573 Eiley, Eep. Ins. Mo. V. p. 113. 

 groenlandicus Zetterstedt. — Greenlan 1. 



1840 Zetterstedt, Ins Zajip. p. 262 (Lijgneus groenlandicus). 



1574 Stal, Enum. Hemip. IV, p. 121. 

 jamaicensis Dallas. — Jamaica. 



1852 Dallas, List Heter. Brit. Mus. II, p. 555. 

 monticola Distant. — Guatemala. 



1893 Distant, Biol. Cent. Am. Ehynch. p. 385. 

 nubilus Dallas. — Colombia. 



1852 Dallas, List. Heter. Brit. Mus. II, p. 533. 

 scutellatus Dallas.- — Jamaica. 



1852 Dallas, List. Heter. Brit. Mus. II, p. 533. 



Genus Ortholomus Stal. 



This group, first separated by Stal, is a perfectly valid genus, much 

 better founded than are numerous others of the family Lygaeidae The 

 costal margins of corium run straight caudad from the very base or 

 even converge posteriorly, and this character alone separates this genus 

 sharply from Nysius. Often considerable of the side margins of the 

 abdomen are exposed. 



Whereas but a single species had been previously described from the 

 United States, several have been known to me for some time. One 

 species occurs in great abundance in Nicaragua and is also common in 

 Cuba. Dr. Uhler twice determined this for me as his inafgwdis. This 

 is evidently the species referred to by Distant as Nysius spurcuK. The 

 species N. spurcus was founded on characters drawn from specimens 

 collected in Tahiti, Eio Janeiro, and Honduras. The original description 

 is not at all diagnostic for species of this genus, and in large collections 

 of American material, I believe that no sure determination could be 

 made from it. Perhaps the types are in existence. It seems more 

 than likely that several species have been confused under this name 

 and that the name must be reserved for the form from Tahiti only. 

 Indeed Stal himself seems to have come to this conclusion in the Enum. 

 Hemip. IV, 120, where he redescribes the species and mentions only 

 the Tahiti specimens. I believe that it would be only pure guesswork 

 and a source of confusion to use the name at present for any American 

 species. On the other hand we may be reasonably sure that this is the 

 natqit, alis of Uhler. 



It seems strange that the longicep? of Stal, originally described 

 from Wisconsin has not been oftener collected. I have seen specimens 

 from Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Mexico, and was somewhat 

 surprised to find what is apparently the same thing, in the mountains 

 of Southern California. 



