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first sight and to my regret, appeared imperfect due to the 

 absence of the ampHated joint of the left antenna. Of course, 

 it is not always easy to determine in the simple jointed antennae 

 whether a missing joint has been broken off or is a structtiral 

 defect, but where a conspicuously shaped one is absent, as in this 

 case, it can be established satisfactorily, as a careful examination 

 served to demonstrate. The absence of this joint left only three 

 joints in the left antenna, and these remaining joints differ 

 noticeably from the corresponding ones in the perfect side. The 

 first joint is shorter and stouter than in the perfect right; the 

 second joint, however, is 7mm. long as against 5.4 mm. and 

 noticeably thicker. The terminal joint, on the other hand, is 

 shorter than the 4th joint on the right side and also stouter. The 

 imperfect antenna, as a whole, nevertheless, is not greatly shorter 

 than the other. 



Whether it is merely a lusus naturae, or an attempt to repair 

 an injury received in the nymphal state is difficult to determine, 

 and I shall not attempt it. 



Long Island Capsids. 



The following list of Miridae (Capsidae) is of interest for their 

 range extending into Long Island (previous records noted in 

 parenthesis) : 

 Psalhis juniperi, Heid. 



Hempstead, VII. 2L — beaten from Cedar. 

 P. ancorifer, Fieb. 



North Beach VII. 4.— (D. C). 

 Rhinocaps^ls vanduzeei, Uhl. 



Bayshore VII. 4-7. — (Northern States and Canada). 

 Orectoderus obliquus, Uhl. 



Bayshore VII. 4. and Rockaway Beach VI. 24. (Western 

 States) . 

 Hadronema militaris, Uhl. 



Very common on the Cow Pea at Yaphank V. 30. — only one 

 specimen taken same locality VII. 4. — (Colo., Utah, Calif.). 

 Trigonotylus tarsalis, Reut. 



Newtown Height VI. 19.— Yaphank VII. 4.— (Wis. Tex.). 

 Phytocoris mundus, Reut. 



Bayshore VII.— IX. (Md. D. C). 



