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PHYMATID^. 



Phy:mata fasciata G. R. Gray. P. Wolff ii Stal. 

 (syn.) This species is now distributed over the greater 

 part of North America. Doubtless it has been distrib- 

 uted by hurricanes and less violent storms of wind from 

 region to region, and through the distribution of garden 

 plants by commerce it has unquestionably been transport- 

 ed to distant localities. At length it may be expected to 

 occur wherever roses and herbaceous garden plants shall 

 be carried from North America. 



Specimens were collected on Magdalena Island, also 

 in Siskiyou County and in southern California. 



In the eastern United States as well as in Colorado, 

 Kansas, etc., it enters between the florets of the golden 

 rod and the heads of other flowers, where it matches the 

 pollen-spread surfaces, and seizes the unwary insects 



which come within its reach. 



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REDUVIOIDEA. 



CoRiscus FERus Linn. This species is dispersed 

 throughout almost every region of North America. It is 

 found in Lower California, as well as in Arizona, Cal- 

 ifornia and New Mexico. 



CoRiscus PALLESCENs Reutcr. A few specimens in 

 the collection were taken at the Calmalli mines, San Luis, 

 San Esteban in April, and on Margarita Island in March, 

 by Mr. CD. Haines. 



SiNEA UNDULATA n. sp. 



Brownish-cinereous, pale gray, pubescent, similar to 

 S. diadema Fab., but wider, yvith a shorter neck and fe- 

 mora, with the spines more numerous and crowded to- 

 gether on the front division of the head, with the carinate 

 ^ines of the middle of pronotum prominent and sharply 



