8 TRANS. S. D. SoclrTY NATURAL HISTORY 
62. Ortholomus arphanoides Baker. Found commonly on the 
flower heads of the black sage during May and June. 
63. Ortholomus nevadensis Baker. Lakeside and Alpine, May 
and June. 
64. Nysius californicus Stal. Not uncommon at La Jolla and 
Torrey Pines from March to July. These are mostly of the 
dark form erroneously determned as providus by Baker. I 
consider them scarcely worthy of a varietal name. 
65. Nysius strigosus Uhler. Alpine and Mussey’s; June to Aug- 
ust. 
66. Nysius ericae var. minutus Uhler. Common everywhere and 
at all times. 
67. Ischnorhynchus franciscanus Stal. Common on chaparral 
from March to October. This is a good species quite dis- 
tinct from the eastern form. 
68. Arphanus coriacipennis Stal. Occasional in swampy spots. 
Abundant at Grossmont along the flume where the leakage 
supports a rank growth of grasses. May. 
69. Geocoris bullatus var. pallens Stal. Common everywhere in 
suitable places from March to October. 
70. Geocoris decoratus var. solutus Montd. Taken at Mussey’s 
in August and at Hurlburd’s Ranch near Descanso in Oc- 
tober. I question the validity of this variety. It is too near 
pallens. 
71. Geocoris punctipes Say. San Diego, February; one example. 
72. Geocoris howardi Montd. Not uncommon; March to October. 
This form is quite variable in color, the elytra becoming at 
times almost entirely black, the costal margin only pale, and 
the sides of the pronotum toward the humeri may be broad- 
ly pale. Mr. McAtee considers it synonymous with wligin- 
osus var. speculator but if Mantondon’s description can be 
depended upon it seems sufficiently distinct. 
73. Crophius scabrosus Uhler. Taken in numbers from a low 
composite flower growing about the spring house at Buck- 
man’s Springs, in October. These Springs are east of the 
Cuyamaca divide where stragglers from the Arizona fauna 
might be expected. There were no cedar trees in sight. 
74. Phlegyas annulicrus Stal. April to June, on dry hillsides. 
75. Heraeus nitens n. sp. 
Larger than plebejus, piceous brown, highly polished. Length 
7 mm. 
Head impunctate, ovate, proportionately larger and more con- 
vex than in plebejus, longer and more convexly narrowed behind 
the eyes which are small and placed near the middle of the head; 
anteocular portion more rounded with the tylus narrow and prom- 
inent, exceeding the apex of the cheeks by rather more than its 
own width; ocelli small, on a line with the hind angle of the eyes 
separated by more than twice their distance from the eyes. An- 
