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Genus Cosmopepla Stal 



KEY TO THE SPECIES 



I. Scutellum entirely concolorous ; transverse fascia of the pronotum irreg- 

 ular, broadened in the middle, slightly elevated ; abdomen beneath 

 broadly edged with yellowish ochraceous, this margin inwardly 

 sinuated opposite each stigma uhleri 



I. Scutellum with a red spot on each side near the apex; transverse fascia 

 and longitudinal central spot of the pronotum narrow, linear; 

 abdomen above narrowly edged with red lintneriana 



Cosmopepla uhleri Montandon. 



1893. Cosmopepla uhleri Montandon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. XVI, p. 48. 



A single female labeled " Sioux county, Nebraska " is before 

 me. I have no other records. 



Cosmopepla lintneriana Kirkaldy. 



1798. Ciine.v carnifex Fabricius, Suppl. Eiit. Syst., p. 535 (preoccupied 



by Cimex carnifex Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 721 [1775]). 

 1909. Cosmopepla lintneriana Kirkaldy, Cat. Hem. (Het.), I, p. 80. 



This is a fairly common bug over the vv^hole of Nebraska 

 though more rare in the western portion. I have specimens from 

 Lincoln, Roca, Neligh and IMonroe canyon. 



Genus Menecles Stal 

 Menecles insertus (Say). 



1831. Pentatoma inserta Say, Het. Plem., N. Harm., Ind., p. 6. 



In addition to a record by Uhler, there are two specimens at 

 hand taken at Lincoln, January 19, 1895, and July 7, 1908. 



Genus Prionosoma Uhler 

 Prionosoma podopioides Uhler. 



1863. Prionosoma podopioides Uhler, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., II, p. 364. 

 1888. Prionosoma villosa Provancher, Faun. Can. Hem., p. 204. 



A pair labeled " Sidney, Nebraska," and two females, one of 

 which I secured at Halsey, June 8, and the other at Imperial, July 

 I, 191 1, are all of the specimens of this insect from Nebraska 

 which I have seen. 



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