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maximum magnification at which a description is made, or the 

 least magnification at which a given structure is clearly visible; 

 the second, no less important, the type of magnifier used, whether 

 a single lens, an ordinary compound microscope, or a binocular. 

 Thus will be taken an important step toward the very necessary 

 standardization of descriptions, with the final goal of accuracy 

 and definiteness, and perhaps consequent stability of species. 



J. R. T. B. 



NEW RECORDS OF FLORIDA BUGS. 



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



Our old friend Geo. Franck, kindly remembering me, sent me 

 the Hemiptera herein mentioned, all from St. Petersburg, Fla. 

 Strange to say, the majority are Reduviid^, of rather retiring 

 species. 



The Heteroptera are Euthyrhynchits floridanus Linn., July 4; 

 AlccFOfhynchus grandis Dall., June 29; Piesodoms guildingi 

 Westw., June 29, Aug. 8; Nezara viridula Linn., June 6, Nov. 

 14; Euschistus icterkus Linn., June 29; Brochymena cariosa 

 Stal, Aug. 6; Leptocorisa tipuloides De G., June 29, July 31, 

 Nov. I, 18 and 19; Naniacus annulicornis Stal, June 29, July 6; 

 Coriomeris humilis Uhler, Nov. 12; Lygcsus bicrucis Say, July 4; 

 Oncopeltns fasciatns Dall., June 17; Dysdercus suturellus Say, 

 May 21, June 29; Arilus cristatus Linn., Nov. i ; Hammatocerus 

 purcis Drury, May 12; Sirthenea stria Fabr., May 21; Rasahus 

 biguttatus Stal, May 21, Aug. 8; Melanolestes picipes H. S., May 

 21 ; Oncocephalus geniculatus Stal, Nov. i ; Stenopoda culici- 

 formis Fabr., June 2 and 29, Nov. i and 14; Pygolampis pec- 

 toralis Say, June 29, Nov. i, 12, 18 and 24; Pnirontis languida 

 Stal, Nov. 18; Pn. infirma Stal, Aug. 6. 



These records are all new for the locality and extend the 

 distribution in the state. Coriomeris hnmilis Uhl. has not here- 

 tofore been recorded from Florida, although there is no doubt 

 but that it is natural it should be found on the Gulf side since it 

 occurs in Texas. 



