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14 TRANS. S. D. Society NATURAL HISTORY 
110. Acholla tabida Stal. Coronado, June. 
111. Sinea diadema Fabr. July to October ; common. 
112. Sinea complera Caud. Alpine and El Cajon, April and May. — 
Apparently rare. 
113. Sinea rileyi Montd. Common from March to October, gen- 
erally of a dark chestnut brown color. 
Family NABIDAE 
114. Nabis (Hoplistoscelis) crassipes Reut. Lakeside and Lemon — 
Grove. May and June, brachypterous form only. 
115. Nabis (Nabis) ferus Linn. Common throughout the year | 
especially in alfalfa fields. 
Family ANTHOCORIDAE 
116. Prezostethus flaccidus n. sp. 
Near cursitans but larger and with the elytra almost entirely 
pale. Length 214 mm. 
Head black, polished. Antenne black, the apical two joints a 
little paler, third and fourth joints subequal, each shorter than the 
second. Rostrum attaining the intermediate coxe, testaceous. Pro- 
notum black, impunctate; anterior lobe polished, posterior trans- 
versely rastrate on the disk, the hind margin but feebly arcuated. 
Scutellum polished, impunctate. Elytra impunctate, entirely pol- 
ished, pale soiled testaceous, a little darkened on the clavus and 
cuneus; the tip of the clavus, hind margin of the cuneus and its 
exterior nervure embrowned; cuneus otherwise concolorous. Mem- . 
brane clear hyaline, immaculate. Beneath deep black, mostly pol- , 
ished, the female ovipositor only ferruginous. Osteolar canal long, 
distinct, broadly curved at apex and ending abruptly just before 
the anterior margin of the metapleura. Femora black, tibize and 
tarsi brownish-testaceous. 
One brachypterous example evidently belonging here has the 
female ovipositor black and the elytra testaceous, reaching on to 
the second segment of the tergum with the clavus and cuneus black. 
Described from one macropterous female taken at Hurlburds 
Ranch near Descanso on October 16, 1913, and one brachypterous 
female captured at Alpine, June 20, 1913. 
117. Anthocoris antevolens White. Lakeside, May; one example. | 
118. Anthocoris ornatus n. sp. 
Structurally nearest gallarwm-ulmi of Europe; black, elytra 
before the cuneus and the legs a rich chocolate brown; membrane 
black with a large white spot on either side. Length 314 mm. 
Head rufo-piceous shading to black above between the eyes. 
Antenne rufous with the first joint and apex of the second and 
third black. Rostrum black attaining the anterior coxe. Prono- 
tum rufous or rufo-piceous becoming black on the disk 
above; surface transversely rastrate excepting for some smooth 
areas on the anterior lobe; hind margin transversely excavated, 
searcely arcuated. Scutellum rastrate. Elytra impunctate; em- 
