1894.] HEMIPTERA-HETEE.OPTEEA OP GRENADA. 189 



were alighting from the air. Others were found on the Mount 

 Gay estate, August 20-25, under piles of weeds and leaves. 



Ehaptus, StSl. 



Ehapxus collinus, Dist. 



Rhaptus collina, Dist. t. c. p. 410, pi, 36. fig. 3. 



Seven specimens of this insect were found on the Mount 

 Gay estate, where they were either beaten from herbage in open 

 places or taken from beneath piles of weeds and leaves. 



Melanocoetphus, Stal. 

 Melanocortphus bicrucis (Say). 



Lygceus bicrucis, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. iv. 1825, 

 p. 322. 



Four specimens of this common North-American insect were 

 taken on the Mount Gay estate, August 21-26, on herbage. 



Oncopeltus, Stal. 



1. Oncopelttjs fasciatus (Dallas). 



LygcBus fasciatus, Dallas, List, iv. p. 538. 



Five specimens were found on the Mount Gay estate, August 

 26 and 30. They were beaten from herbage on an open flat 

 tract near the sea. 



2. Oncopelttts cingcxipbr, Stll. 



Oncopeltus (ErytJiriscJiius) cinc/ulifer, Stal, Enum. Hemipt. pt. 4, 

 1874, p. 103. 



Numerous specimens were collected at Balthazar, March 7 

 and April 2, from herbage in second-growth woods. One 

 specimen was secured at Granville, March 27 ; another was found 

 on the Mount Gay estate, April 5, on herbage ; and another at 

 the same place on August 26. 



3. Oncopeltus taeicolob (Fabr.). 

 Lygceus varicolor, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 149. 



A few specimens of this beautiful species were found at 

 Balthazar and other places in April, on open places upon herbage. 

 One was also found on the Lake Antoine estate, another on the 

 Mirabeau estate, and yet another was found at Windsor, on the 

 windward side of the island, March 28, on herbage in an open 

 area at an elevation of 500 feet above the sea. 



Ptbehocorid^. 

 DxsDERCUS, Am. et S. 

 Dtsderotts annuliger, sp. nov. 

 Form of B. suturellus, H.-Schf., and differing from that species 



