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Leptocorisa tipuloides DeG. 



Apparently not uncommon in the Southern State?, but not 

 taken at Brownsville. 



Ozophora ( = Davila Dist.) consanguinea Dist. 



Recorded from ]\lexico and Guatemala, but previously un- 

 known from the United States. 



Largus bipustulatus Stal. 



A Mexican form apparently not previously taken north of 

 the boundary. 



Dysdercus obscuratus Dist. 



A species described from Costa Rica and Guatemala. Taken 

 by me in Mexico and now recorded from the United States for 



the first time. 



Pygolampis spurca Stal. 



Known from Panama and Guiana, according to Champion, 

 and not previously known to occur as far north. 



Narvesus carolinensis Stal. 



A common North American Reduviid, which does not seem 

 to have been previously taken at Brownsville. 



Meccus phyllosoma Burm. 



This species has been recorded from Mexico, Colorado and 

 California, but seemingly not from Texas. 



Nabis signatus Uhler. 



Occurs in Panama and the West Indies; not heretofore re- 

 corded from the United States. 



Corixa edulis Champion. 



Originally described from Lake Texcoco, Mexico, and now 

 recognized for the first time from the United States. 



One fact is striking in connection with this small collection. 

 It is the absence of the smaller Lygaeidae, Coreidae, Penta- 

 tomidae and Reduviidac. This is noticeable in practically all 

 collections of Heteroptera, and it is indeed unfortunate, as the 

 small forms make up the bulk of the great Lygaeid family, 



