142 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society Vol. XV 



REMARKS ON HETEROPTERA IN BEACH DRIFT. 



By J. R. DE LA ToRRE-BuENO, White Plains, N, Y. 



The finding of insects in beach washup on the tide-Hne is 

 always of interest, not alone because in the Heteroptera this is a 

 most favorable place to find ordinarily rare forms, but also be- 

 cause of the problem of why insects fly out to sea. The little 

 collection made at Atlantic City, N. J., on October ii, 1919, 

 illustrates well the first point. One species, Cyrtomenus mira- 

 bilis, has been but seldom recorded fromi New Jersey, which ap- 

 pears to be its most northern range and it has not been recorded 

 from between that state and South Carolina. Two others, Ara- 

 dus niger and Fitchia aptera are very rare in the winged form. 



Cyrtomenus m,irabilis Perty. One was found dead and dry 

 high up on the beach, on the high tide line. 



Am^nestus spinifrons Say. Two were found in the water of 

 the receding wavelets. This has been previously reported from 

 Long Island under the same conditions. 



Thyreocoris lateralis Say. This species has not before been 

 recorded from drift ; two were found. 



Peribalus lim,bolarius Stal. One specimen. 



Podisus modestus Dall. One specimen, badly damaged. This 

 and the preceding have not heretofore been reported from drift. 



Nysius ericce Schill. Although only one badly battered speci- 

 men was taken, this has been reported from drift both by Parsh- 

 ley and myself. 



Aradus niger Stal. 



Fitchia aptera Stal. These two species have not been before 

 reported from drift ; both were in the rare winged form, as 

 already noted. 



Lygus pratensis Linn. A very lively specimen of this species 

 not before known from drift. 



Acanthia sphacelata Uhler. One very lively specimen was 

 found in the water. Parshley has reported it. 



Micracanthia humilis, Say. Three were found quite water- 

 logged ; Parshley and myself have previously found it on the 

 tide-line. 



Ochterus banksi Barber. One very lively specimen gives the 

 first record for this species in the surf. 



For the purpose of arriving at some explanation of this phe- 

 nomenon, the weather conditions were carefully noted. The day 



