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Anasa andresii Guer. A few specimens of this com- 

 mon Mexican and Cuban species were taken near Cape 

 St. Lucas by Mr. John Xanthus. 



Anasa scorbutica Fab. Only one specimen of this 

 Mexican and West Indian species collected on the pen- 

 insula has come to my notice, and it was found near Cape 

 St. Lucas by Mr. John Xanthus. 



Ficana apicalis Dallas. Specimens of the nearly 

 black variety, with the pale ring at the apex of the fourth 

 joint of the antennae, were taken at San Jose del Cabo by 

 Dr. Gustav Eisen. 



Hypselonotus fulvus DeGeer. One specimen and 

 a larva was collected at Cape St. Lucas by Mr. John 

 Xanthus. It is a common species in Mexico and Central 

 America. 



Sphictyrtus bugabensis Dist. Specimens of this 

 splendid species were collected at Cape St. Lucas, by 

 Mr. John Xanthus, and I have examined others from 

 Panama and Central America. I find the length of the 

 rostrum to be quite inconstant in the specimens. In some 

 it reaches to between the middle coxge, while in others it 

 extends upon the second ventral segment. The extent of 

 red upon the head, pronotum and scutellum is also very 

 variable. It appears to me to be only a variety of S. 

 sumtiwsHs Stal. The black color of the tergum of abdo- 

 men is an evanescent element, depending upon the ma- 

 turity of the specimen. The S. longirostris Dist., has a 

 much longer rostrum, but it possesses no other permanent 

 character to separate it from the S. bugabensis. More 

 specimens are needed in order to settle the true identity 

 of these so-called species. 



BuRTiNus FEMORALis Dist. Specimens were collected 



