24 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY 
the body are red, with the incisures of abdomen piceous. Mem- 
brane fuscous narrowly pale-bordered. Other species of Dys- 
dercus reported from the West Indies are andrea, caribbeus, 
fervens, jamaicensis, mimus, sanguinarius, fernaldi, and sutu- 
rellus. Some of these are undoubtedly synonyms. 
Dysdercus andrew Linné 
1758. Dysdercus andree Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 448. 
One hundred from Antigua with several nymphs; one from 
St. Kitts, one from Virgin Islands and one from Montserrat. 
This is a very common species in the West Indies referred to 
by Ballou in 1906 as the Leeward Islands Cotton Stainer. It 
has been found in southern Florida. Recorded from Cuba, 
Jamaica, St. Bartholomew, Antigua, Montserrat, San Domingo, 
St. John, St. Kitts, Nevis, and Guadeloupe. Specimens from 
Cuba, Porto Rico, San Domingo, Antigua, St. Croix, Jamaica, 
Dominica, and Virgin Islands are in the collection of the 
American Museum of Natural History. 
D. andree@ is a small, very prettily marked species varying 
considerably in size and in the amount of black markings pres- 
ent. Specimens occur without the usual black fascia anteriorly 
and posteriorly on the pronotum and others as well without 
the typical black clavus and transverse fascia of the corium, 
or the latter much reduced in size. Occasionally the anterior 
and posterior margins of the pronotum are concolorous in place 
of white. The legs vary from red to all black. 
Dysdercus howardi Ballou 
1906. Dysdercus howardi Ballou, West Indian Bull., VII, 64-85. 
Not in the collections made in Antigua and Barbados. How- 
ever in the material sent to me by Mr. Stoner are two speci- 
mens of D. howard: from Trinidad, from whence they were 
described. These specimens were apparently labeled by Mr. 
Ballou from whom Mr. Stoner secured them. One of them 
bears a blank red label on the pin, indicating that it came from 
the type material. 
D. howardi is very like D. ruficollis Linn., but distinet from 
that species by being narrower and with a longer head. It also 
