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Apateticus [APoEcILUS] CyNICUS Say * 
Pentatoma cynica Say, Descrip. n. sp. Heter. Hemip. N. A., 1831; Compl. 
Writ. Ent. N. A., Vol. 1, p. 312. 
Eastern United States and Canada, Tex. This species has been taken 
by us most frequently in northern Illinois near Chicago, and is quite often 
washed up by the waves along the beach of Lake Michigan. The author 
has taken it at electric street-lights in Urbana. Other localities are Gales- 
burg and Dubois, the latter in southern Illinois. The dates range from 
May 31 to August 24. 
ApaTETIcus [APOECILUS] crocaTus Uhl. 
Podisus crocatus Uhler, Trans. Md. Acad. Sci., Vol. 1, p. 384. 1897. 
The specimens agreeing with bracteatus quite closely in male and 
female genitalia but similar to cynicus in general color and pronotal lateral 
angles I am calling crocatus, accepting Van Duzee’s identification of 
Uhler’s species. This, Van Duzee suggests, may be the southern form of 
bracteatus, but the marked difference in pronotal angles as well as in 
color-pattern inclines me to accept it as a distinct species, especially since 
the localities do not indicate a southern distribution. The range of the 
species according to Van Duzee is in the Rocky Mountain region from 
Manitoba to Arizona. Our specimens aré from Minnesota, Michigan, 
New York, Nantucket Island, and northern Illinois, one being from 
Chicago. 
APATETICUS [APOECILUS] BRACTEATUS Fitch 
Arma bracteata Fitch, Trans. N. Y. State Agr. Soc., Vol. 16, p. 336. 1856. 
The six specimens in the Bolter Collection which I identify as this 
species are all from Victoria, Vancouver Island. The color-pattern and 
short pronotal angles make them easily separable from crocatus, although 
the male and female genitalia of the two species are very similar. 
Apateticus [Popisus] pLacipus Uhl. 
Podisus placidus Uhler, Am. Ent. and Bot., Vol. 2, p. 203. 1870. 
The distribution of this species—Canada, Mass., N. Y., Mich., Iowa, 
Col. (V. D.), Minn. (Bol.)—indicates that it will probably be found in 
Illinois also. May—September (Olsen). 
ApatTeticus [Popisus] Moprestus Dall. 
Arma modesta Dallas, List of Specimens of Hemip. Ins. in Coll. Brit. Mus., 
Pt. 1, p. 101. 1851. 
Common in the northeastern United States and Canada, and listed 
as far west as Vancouver, Montana, Colorado, and Mexico (V. D.). Our 
specimens are from Vancouver and Minnesota with the exception of four 
which are definitely labeled as from Illinois. One was found preying 
upon a caterpillar at Centralia (S. Ill.) August 7; another was taken at 
Urbana September 20. June-September (Olsen). 
[*The bracketed names are inserted by the editor.] 
