UHLER ON INSECTS. 427 



the clavus brownish; ciineus infuscated at tip, with a large white spot 

 at base ; the membrane smoky brown, paler at the basal angle. 



Length to tip of venter 4^ millimeters ; to tip of hemelytra 6 millime- 

 ters. Width of pronotum 1^ millimeters. 



A damaged specimen was in the lot kindly given to me by B. H. 

 Smith, collected in the vicinity of Denver, Colorado. Other specimens 

 have been secured in New Mexico, Texas, and Illinois. 



Family ANTHOCORID^. 



Anthocoris Fallen. 

 A. tmisculus. 



Beduvius muscuJus Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 32, No. 6. 

 A few specimens were flying about in Beaver Brook Gulch, of which 

 I secured a pair ; and I swept a few others from plants growing on the 

 steep side of the mountain in the midst of the pine woods. Oue speci- 

 men occurred on a vine of Clematis, which festooned a rock on the steep 

 declivity of the upper part of this gulch, on August 6. 



Triphleps Fieber. 

 T. insidiosus. 



Beduvius insidiosus Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 32, No. 5. 

 Anthocoris pseudo-chinche Fitch, Second Report New York^ 295. 



A few specimens occurred to me in the suburbs of Denver, August 5 

 No doubt, it has been intt-oduced into the West with the raspberries, 

 blackberries, and other small fruit. In Maryland, it is found upon the 

 Ox-eye, Daisy, and on some other wild flowers, and in gardens sometimes 

 abounds upon the small fruits, sucking their juices and giving the ber- 

 ries a nauseous taste. 



Family ACANTHIAD^. 



ACANTHIA Am. et Serv. 

 A. lectularia. 



Cimex lectularius Linn., Fauna Suec, 909. — De Geer, M6m., iii. tab. 17, figs. 9-15 

 Acanthia lectularia Amyot et Serv., Hemipt., 311, No. 1. 



One specimen, collected by Dr. Packard in Salt Lake City, July 27. 

 He reports them to be very abundant. I did not meet with specimens 

 in any of the places where I stopped in Colorado. 



Family AEADID^. 



Aradus Fab. 

 1. A. tuherculifer. 



Aradus tuherculifer Kirby, Fauna Bor.-Amer., iv, 278, pi. 6, fig. 5. 



Collected by Dr. Packard near Idaho, Colo,, July 6; one specimen 

 found by myself on the mountain-side, far up the Beaver Brook Gulch, 

 August 6. 



16 H B 



