BARBADOS-ANTIGUA REPORTS 7 
ditions make for a more abundant and varied insect fauna than 
we found at Barbados.’’ 
List of species collected on Barbados and Antigua: 
Family Scutelleride 
Diolcus irroratus 
Sphyrocoris obliquus A. 
Family Pentatomide 
Mecidea longula A. 
Mormidea ypsilon B.? and A. 
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Solubea pugnax A. 
Euschistus crenator B. and A. 
Berecynthus delirator A. 
Thyanta perditor B. and A. 
Thyanta casta B. and A. 
Thyanta antiguensis = 
Vulsirea violacea var. nigrorubra A. 
Nezara viridula B. and A. 
Piezodorus guildingi B. and A. 
Arvelius albopunctatus B. and A. 
Edessa meditabunda B. and A. 
Podisus sagitta B. and A. 
Podisus fuscescens A. 
ANNOTATED LIST OF THE SPECIES COLLECTED 
Family Scutelleride 
Diolcus irroratus (Fabricius) 
Plate I, Figs. 1 and 2 
1775. Cimez trroratus Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 699. 
This was the first species of scutellerid taken by us on the 
islands, the only other being Sphyrocoris obliquus. Both species 
were captured at Antigua, the present form being much the 
commoner of the two, and is represented by a considerable series 
of specimens. 
The point of greatest abundance was on the top of Monk’s 
Hill about seven hundred feet above sea level. Here, on all 
sides, grass and other dense vegetation thickly covered the rapid- 
A.1=Antigua. 
B.2=Barbados. 
