287 



Frooxtjs victor, Amyot efc Serv., Hemipt. 140. 



Prooxija delirator, Amyot et Serv., ib. 140, pi. 3, fig. 7. 



Prooxi/s punctidata, Guer., La Sagra's Hist, de Cuba. lus. 370. 



Prooxys hrevispinus, Guer., ib. 371. 



Froxys geniculata, Stal, Stettiner Ent. Zeit. xxiii, 102, No. 67. 



Inhabits Cuba, Sau DomiDgo, Mexico, Texas, Indian Territory, Louis- 

 iana, Georgia, and Florida. One specimen has been captured near Phil- 

 adelphia. Further collecting in Arizona and ISTew Mexico will most 

 likely yield specimens of this conspicuous species. 



Hymenaecys, Amyot & Serv. 



1. H. nervosa. 



Pentatoma nervosa, Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 9, No. 20. 

 Pentatoma Pennsylvanke, Westw., in Hope Catal. i, 3.5. 

 Hymenarcys j^er^nmctata, Amyot et Serv., Hemipt. 124, No. 1. 



Inhabits Mexico, Texas, Indian Territory, Dakota, Missouri, Illinois, 

 and from Massachusetts to Florida. In Maryland, it occurs with moder- 

 ate frequency upon rank low herbage in meadows and about the skirts 

 of woods. Like Euscliistus variolarins and other species, it becomes, 

 when senile, suffused with red, is dusted with a whitish powder, and 

 seems then to have a more decidedly penetrative odor in the fluid which 

 it sprays from the aperture of its glands. 



2. H. ceqiialis. 



Pentatoma arjualis, Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 7, No. 15. 



Cimex dentatus, H.-Scbf., Wanz. Ins. v, 64, fig. 507. 



Pentatoma hoxura, Dallas, Brit. Mus. List Hemipt. i, 244, No. 29. 



Inhabits Texas, Indian Territory, Mexico, and the Southeastern United 

 States. In Maryland, it hibernates beneath stones in sheltered valleys, 

 but is much less common than the preceding species. 



CQi^NUS, Dallas. 

 C. delius. 



Pentatoma della, Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 8, No. 18. 



Ccenus tarsalis, Dallas, Brit. Mus. List Hemipt. i, 230, pi. 8, fig. 6. 



Coemis punctatissimus, Voll., Versl. Akad. Amst. ser. 2, ii, 183. 



Inhabits Texas, Indian Territory, Illinois, Massachusetts, ]S'ew 

 York, &c. 



Menecles, Stal. 

 M, insertus. 



Pentatoma inserta, Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 6, No. 11. 

 Menecles insertus, Stal, Ofv. Veteusk. Akad. Fi3rh. 1867, 527. 



Inhabits Kansas, Nebraska, California, Illinois, Missouri, Massachu- 

 setts, and Pennsylvania. 



It varies somewhat in the length of the anterior angles of the prono- 

 tum, and in the depth of the sinus, which receives the head. 



Ehytidolomia, Stal. 

 E. Belfragii. 



PJujtidoloniia Belfragci, Stal, Ennmeratio Hemipt. ii, 33, No. 3. 



Inhabits Illinois, Canada, and N^ebraska. 



Chlorochroa, stal. 

 1. G. Sayi. 



CMorocliroa Sayi, Sttil, Ennmeratio Hemipt. ii, 33, No. 6 (1872). 

 Pentatoma granulosa, Uhler, Hayden's Survey of Montana, 398 (1S72). 



Inhabits California, Arizona, Nevada, &c. The present specimens 



