1894.] HBMIPTEEA-HETEROPTBRA OF GBEKADA, 193 



the corium, and with the inner border of the clavus slenderly 

 fulvous ; corium with an obliquely placed lozenge-shaped white 

 spot on the basal third, and a smaller oval spot of the same 

 colour on the inner half of the cuneus ; membrane smoke-brown, 

 showing a slender edge of white against the margin of the cuneus. 



Length to tip of venter 2-2^ mm. ; width of pronotum | mm. 



Several specimens were collected on the Black Forest estate 

 and about the Grand Etang, on the windward side of the island, 

 from August 13 to 19, at an altitude of 1500 to 1900 feet above 

 the level of the sea, under leaves on the ground, on bark of 

 decaying logs in a clearing, and also beaten from masses of brush 

 and leaves. 



EcCRITOTAESirS, Stal. 



1. ECCRITOTAKSUS ATEATUS, Dist. 



Eccriiotavsus atratus, Dist. t. c. p. 285, pi. 26. fig. 20. 



This is a common species in the West Indies, Mexico, Central 

 America, and Colombia. It inhabits also California and Texas. 

 Numerous specimens were taken at Balthazar, at an elevation 

 of 1900 feet above the sea, April 2, on hei'bage, in open grassy 

 places near water. It was found also on the Mount Gray estate 

 in August, flying at sunset. 



2. ECCRITOTAESUS INOURTUS, Dist. 



Eccntotarsus incurvus, Dist. t. c. p. 285, pi. 26. fig. 19. 



Numerous specimens were found at Balthazar, also on the 

 Mirabeau, Mount Gay, and Lake Antoine estates, either in March 

 or August, on grass and herbage near streams of water. In the 

 southern United States it lives in midsummer on low herbs in open 

 places on sandy beaches of streams. 



Ctbtocapstjs, Eeuter. 



CyRTOCAPSUS CAXIGrN-ETIS (Stal). 



Capsus calicjineus, St§,l, Ereg. Eugenie Eesa, Ins. p. 258 ; Dist. 

 i. c. p. XX. 



Piritlious paUipes, Dist. t. c. p. 303, pi. xxix. fig. 11. 



A few specimens were taken at Balthazar and on the Mirabeau 

 estate in March and April in weedy places. 



Engytatus, Renter. 



EjfGYTATTJS GENicTJiATUS, Eeuter. 



Engytatus geniculatus, Eeuter, Ofv. Vetensk.-Akad. Forb. 1875, 

 no. 9, p. 83. 



Neoproba varians, Dist. t. c. p. 271 , pi. 26. fig. 7. 



This species is distributed all the way from Colombia to Mexico, 



