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find S. obliquus at Barbados, although Uhler recorded it from 
Grenada. In view of the foregoing records it seems likely that 
this form may have escaped us at Barbados. It can readily 
be told from the preceding form, for the ostiolar canal is bent 
forward at a right angle near the broadly expanded tip. 
Family Pentatomide 
Mecidea longula Stal 
Plate I, Fig. 4 
1854. Mecidea longula Stal, @fv. Vet. Akad. Foérh., Vol. XI, 233. 
This peculiar, elongate linear pentatomid is represented by 
a goodly number of specimens from a few restricted localities 
on Antigua only. It seems to prefer more or less open grassy 
areas well exposed to the sunlight. 
At Point Barclay on the morning of June 21 a number of 
specimens, both adults and nymphs in all stages of develop- 
ment, were taken on Chloris radiata; again at about four o’clock 
in the afternoon the same spot was visited, when adults and 
nymphs in all stages were to be found feeding upon this grass 
after the heat of the day. Indeed, I believe that I have never 
found any pentatomid in greater abundance in a limited area 
than this species on the occasion just mentioned. (See Plate II, 
Fig. 2) Adults and nymphs were still abundant on the Chloris 
on July 5, on which date also a single adult was taken at the 
light in our dining room by Mrs. Stoner. Our quarters weré 
about one-half mile from the nearest point where specimens 
were secured by sweeping, so the insect no doubt was attracted 
by our lamps. On this date a few specimens were taken in un- 
cultivated areas among the hills adjoining the village of English 
Harbor. 
In the West Indies this species seems to have been recorded 
from St. Bartholomew Island only in about 18° N. latitude. 
Mormidea ypsilon (Linnzus) 
Plate I, Fig. 5 
1758. Cimex ypsilon Linneus, Syst. Nat. (X Ed.) 443. 
Undoubtedly this form is more common in Barbados than 
our single record would indicate, but it seems that if it were 
present in any considerable numbers we should have taken a 
