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scutellum pale, becoming brownish at base. Sternum and 

 pleura brownish, shining, epimera paler. Hemelytra: width 

 1.68 mm., embolar margins nearly parallel; testaceous, semi- 

 translucent, clavus and apical area of corium darkened with 

 fuscous ; minutely pale pubescent. Cuneus pale to yellowish, 

 the apical one-third infuscated. Membrane uniformly fusco- 

 brownish, veins scarcely darker. Venter: testaceous to fusco- 

 brownish, shining, pale yellowish pubescent, more prominent 

 on the genital segment ; genital claspers infuscated, struc- 

 turally differing very little, if at all, from amicta or speciosa. 

 Holotype: J^ April 17, 1908, Raleigh, North Carolina (E. P. 

 Van Duzee) ; collection of E. P. Van Duzee. 



Mr. Van Duzee took the unique type specimen while beating 

 pines in the vicinity of Raleigh. Mr. R. W. Leiby and C. S. 

 Brimley beat pines on two or three occasions the latter part of 

 April, 1920, but were unable to collect additional specimens of 

 this species. 



Both amicta and speciosa occur on pines in their respective 

 western habitats and it seems highly probable that luteifrons will, 

 when taken again, be found to breed on one of the pines in the 

 Appalachian region. The species luteifrons affords another in- 

 teresting example of distribution, belonging in a genus which may 

 well be considered western, yet has an eastern representative in 

 the southern Appalachian mountains. According to Dr. E. C. 

 Van Dyke, a close relationship exists between certain species of 

 Coleoptera found in the southern Appalachian mountains and 

 forms which inhabit the mountainous regions of the western 

 United States. The writer finds the same relationship existing 

 between a few species of the family Miridae. 



The three known species of Bolteria differ very little struc- 

 turally, but each has a well-marked color aspect. The male 

 genital claspers are so similar in all three species that these struc- 

 tures may well be considered generic in character as is the case 

 in the genus Parac aloe oris. 



