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3. Sminthus anniversarius nom. nov. = |j unifasciatus 



(Walker). 



4. Coranus siva nom. nov. = \\ ohscurus (Kirby). 



5. Boisea nov. subg. (of Leptocoris) for L. vittata. The iso- 



lation of a single species of this genus in America is 

 very remarkable; the new subgenus differs from all 

 the others by the striking coloration, the upper surface 

 being piceous, the margins and keels of the pronotum, 

 the tegminal venation, etc., sanguineous. Closely al- 

 lied to the subg. Tynotoma, it differs by the slight mar- 

 g'ination of the pronotmn, etc. 



(e) Ox Xabidae. 



In the last number of these "Proceedings" (pp. 40-69), I 

 gave a fairly complete accomit of all that was known of the Biol- 

 ogy of the Nabidje. T had, however, overlooked three references, 

 Avhich, as a matter of convenience, I now add : 



In 1855 ("Ueber die Micropyle und den feinern Bau der 

 Schalenhaut bei den Insekteneiern," in Muller's Archiv. 149), 

 Leuckart described and figured (PL 8. f. 19), the micropylar 

 end of the eg^ of "Nahis hrachypterus," a species which he did 

 not describe, and which has not been dealt with since. 



In 1907 (^'Predaceous Insects and Their Prey," in T. E. S. 

 London, for 1906, 405), Poult on recorded a nymph of Reduvio- 

 lus mynnicoides (under the name of Nahis lativentris) , preying 

 on the Mirid bug Plagiognathus arhustorum, and an adult of 

 B. limhatus preying on the Dipteron Opomyza germaiionis. 



Reduviolus is also recorded, in a paper I have not seen, as one 

 of the enemies of the Tetigoniid MacrosteUs sexnotatus (other- 

 wise known as Jassus and Cieadula), Avhich is a pest on cereals, 

 grasses^ etc. (cf. Jungner, 1906, Arb. deutsch. Landwirtsehaft- 

 ges. XY, p. ?). 



A Preliminary List of the Hemiptera of California, pt. 1. 



BY G. W. KIRKALDY. 



For my material I owe thanks to Messrs. Giffard, Ehrhorn, 

 and Eullaway of Honolulu, and to Mr. F. X. Williams of San 

 Francisco. I propose to give a full bibliography at th6 end ; at 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 3, INIay, 1910. 



