ing underbrush at edge of a gum swamp at Fruitland Park, 

 Miss., Aug. 17, 1920. Van Duzee states that he found this 

 species "not uncommon among the sparse grasses and low 

 huckleberry bushes on the pine barrens at Estero, Fla." 



THE SUBFAMILY ACHILINAE STAL 

 (Stal, Hemipt. Africana, iv, p. 130, 1866, Achilida). 



The subfamily Achilinae is characterized by having the 

 elytra, when broad, held horizontal, distinctly ampliated 

 within and overlapping beyond the apex of the clavus ; the 

 head is usually much narrower than the scutellum and, if 

 as wide, the pronotum is emarginate behind and tricari- 

 nate. 



Only two genera are represented in the United States, 

 Epiptera and Catonia. The latter is distinguished from 

 Epiptera by its narrower, more elongate form, and the 

 much shorter pronotum which forms a rounded flap behind 

 the eyes and not a longitudinal compartment as in Catonia. 

 The species of Catonia are all very small and have the basal 

 segment of the antenna almost globular, while in Epiptera 

 this is much more elongated. 



Nothing definite is known of the life history of 

 Epiptera but Dr. C. J. Drake informs me that he has taken 

 slossoni at Cranberry Lake, N. Y., in the heart of an old 

 decayed pine stump on several occasions and that there 

 could be no doubt that they were breeding there. Prof. H. 

 Osborn also took this species under the bark of hemlock at 

 the same locality. What they feed on is at present unknown. 



Members of the genus Catonia feed on shrubs and trees 

 but nothing is known of their life history. 



THE GENUS EPIPTERA METCALF 

 (Elidiptera of authors, not Spinola). 



The genus was first described as Elidiptera by Spinola 

 but the name Helicoptera has long been extensively used. 

 Metcalf has recently proposed the generic name Epiptera 

 to include the North American forms. It is a cosmopoli- 

 tan genus, at present represented in the United States by 

 ten described species, four of which are found in the 

 Southern States. In the case of opaca the food plant is 



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