172 PBOF, p. B. UHXER ON THE [Mar. 6, 



PODISTJS, H.-Schf. 



1. PoDiSTJS SAGiTTA (Fabr.). 



Cimex sagitta, Tabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 99. 



Several specimens were beaten from plants at Balthazar, 

 April 3, in open weedy places, and from similar herbage on the 

 Mount Gay estate, on August 22 to 31. 



This species ranges all the way from Tabatinga, on the Upper 

 Amazon, to Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico, and extends its 

 distribution through all the Greater Antilles. 



2. PODISUS GAUMEEI, Dist. 



Podisus gaumeri, Dist. Biol. Centr.-Am., Hem.-Heter., Suppl. 

 p. 320, pi. 30. fig. 16. 



A few specimens of this form were collected at St. George's, 

 August 22 and 31, from herbage in swampy places. 



MoEMiDEA, Am. et S. 



MoEMiDEA uPsiLOif (LLnn.). 



Cimex upsilon, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. lii. i. p. 720. 



This species proved to be quite as common in Grenada as it is 

 at Para, at various other places on the coast of Brazil, and in the 

 West Indies. Specimens were collected at Balthazar, April 7, 

 on open weedy places, where they were swept fi-om herbage ; at 

 the same place they were taken, August 15, from herbage, at 

 night. Others were captured at light, at night, on the Mirabeau 

 estate, and likewise on the V^endome and Chantilly estates and 

 Grand Etang. At Mount Gay specimens were found, September 

 14, at elevations of 400-600 feet above the sea, in open places 

 upon herbage. 



EuscHiSTUS, Dallas. 



EtrscHiSTTJS CEENATOR (Fabr.). 



Cimex crenator, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 101. 



Two forms of this species, the one with acute humeri, the other 

 with blunter ones, were found in large numbers on most parts 

 of the island. At Balthazar it was brushed from herbage on 

 March 23, in cocoa orchards where the soil was damp and shaded ; 

 on April 2 they were found at an altitude of 1900 feet above the 

 sea, on a narrow strip of grassy and weedy land between the lake 

 and the forest. Others were collected later in April on the 

 Mount Gay and Lake Antoine estates, and as late as May 4, 



BEEECns-THUS, StSl. 



Beeectnthtts delieatoe (Fabr.). 

 Cimex deliratoi; Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 103. 

 This is a Colombian insect which ranges from the head of 

 the Madeira river, in Brazil, all the way to Venezuela, Central 



