183 

 tOi. C annulatus, Rent. 



Rare. At Lancaster it occurred in numbers on rank vegeta- 

 tion along Cayuga Creek, in Aug. 18S7. 

 1O2. C. rufusculus, Reut. 



^lay to Sept. Not uncommon. 

 1G3. C. ferus, Linn. 



Abundant from June to Oc\ in meadows and pastures, in 

 company with ru/uscuhis and punctipes. These insects must 

 hibernate as adults, as I have taken both this species and the 

 next as early as the first week of May. 



164. C. punctipes, Reut. 



May to Sept. Common. Occurs wxWx ferns but seems to 

 prefer dam[)er and more weedy meadows. 

 105. C. propinquus, Reut. 



Not uncommon in jolaces on the reeds and water grasses on 

 Squaw Isd. and along the shores of Niagara River below Black 

 Rock, from July to Sept. Occasionally taken on swampy 

 meadows elsewhere. 



FAMILY REDUVID^. 



SINEA, Am. and Serv. 

 166. S. diadema, Fabr. 



Common on trees, bushes and coarse weeds from July till 

 late autumn. The odd looking young may be found in June. 



ACHOLLA, Stal. 

 «67. A. multispinosa, De Geer. 



July to Oct. Generally much less abundant than the prece- 

 ding, but at one time taken in large numbers from an old oak 

 tree, near Lancaster, in July. 



PRIONIDUS, Uhler. 



168. P. cristatus, Linn. 



Probably an accidental visitor. A single example was taken 

 in a lumber yard in this city in Sept. 1885 and presented to me 

 by Dr. Julius Pohlman. It may have been introduced with 

 lumber from the South. 



DIPLODUS, Am. and Serv. 



169. D, luridus, Stal. 



Not uncommon on small trees in May and June. They reach 

 maturity about June ist. 



OPSICCETUS, Klug. 



170. O. personatus, Linn. 



Frequently taken about houses, often at light in the evening. 

 The young has the peculiar habit of covering itself with dust 

 so it is well concealed in the corners it inhabits. This insect 

 feeds on vermine and is a desirable tenant of our living rooms 

 and offices. 



BARCE, Stal. 



171. B. annulipes, Stal. 



Ridgeway, Ont., Aug, 6, 1887, one example, 



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