126 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society Vol. XIV 
THE GENUS BOLTERIA UHLER (HEMIPTERA-MIRIDZ).1 
By Harry H. Knicut, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 
— Minn. 
The extensive Lugger collection of insects which now forms 
the basis of that of the Division of Entomology and Economic 
Zoology of the University of Minnesota, contains many impor- 
tant specimens which have been largely overlooked by specialists. 
A good example of this which has come to the attention of the 
writer seems to be of sufficient importance to merit special note. 
When the writer first glanced over the Hemiptera collection his 
attention was immediately arrested by the label bearing the name ~ 
Bolteria amicta Uhler. There are six specimens bearing the 
locality label “.N. Mex.” and the handwriting of the name label 
indicates an origin dating back to near the time of the original 
description of the species. On closer inspection of the specimens 
the writer was greatly surprised to find them identical with the 
recently described Dichrooscytus speciosus var. :nigropallidus 
Knight. By consulting some correspondence saved from Dr. 
Lugger’s files covering the years 1889 to 1892, it was found that 
Mr. A. Bolter was a personal friend of Lugger and that ex- 
changes of insects frequently took place. It was easy to estab- 
lish that the handwriting on the name label was that of Mr. Bolter, 
first by comparison with specific names written in his correspond- 
ence, then by labels on other specimens which he had sent to Dr. 
Lugger. 
The genus Bolteria was established on the single species amuicta 
by Ubier im tis paper of 1687 (Ent) Aimer. ps 23) ie wemaal 
close of the description the author stated: “ Mr, Bolter collected 
several specimens in New Mexico and kindly gave me a pair of 
both sexes.” When the writer studied the Uhler collection early 
in IQ15, no specimens bearing the label Bolteria amicta were to 
be found. Van Duzee states, 1916 (Psyche, XXIII, p. 141) in 
his note on the genera Hyoidea and Boliteria, that: “ Dr. Reuter 
did not know Bolteria amicta, the type of the genus, but placed 
1 Published with the approval of the Director as Paper No. 175 of the 
Journal Series of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. 
