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A specimeu measuring in length only llj millimeters was sent from 

 Cuba by Professor Poe^'. It is destitute of the black rings of the anten- 

 nae. As in some other species of which we have examined long series, 

 the punctures and rug?e are coarser or finer according to the size of the 

 specimen. The white band on the front of the pronotum is absent from 

 some specimens. 



Banasa, Stal. 



1. B. euclilora. 



Banasa euclilora, Stal, Enumeratio Hemipt. ii, 44, No. S. 

 Inhabits Texas, Indian Territory, Florida, Maryland, &c. Mr. G. W- 

 Belfrage met with this species beneath the bark of cedar-trees near 

 Waco, Tex. 



2. B. calva. 



Pentatoma calva, Say, Heteropt. 7, No. 13. 



Bhajyhigaster catinus, Dallas, Brit. Mus. List Hemipt. i, 282, No. 25. 



Inhabits Canada, IsTew England, New York, Maryland, Texas, Wash- 

 ington Territory, and Fort Grant, Ariz. (Dr. Gr. H. Horn). 



This is the most beautiful of our species of BapMgastriiies ; the 

 highly-polished surface of clear green with the purple band across the 

 l)ronotum give it a very lively and gay appearance. 



3. B. dimidiata. 



Pentatoma dimidiata. Say, Heteropt. New Harmoriy, 7, No. 14 ; Complete Writings, 

 1, 318. Erroneously printed P. dimiata in Say's original description. 



Inhabits Texas, Indian Territory, jSTorth Carolina, Massachusetts, &c. 



It differs so little from the preceding species that, besides the greater 

 convexity of the pronotum, and the more decided spotting of the venter 

 in the latter, there is but little to separate it. The length of the joints 

 of the antennae is not an invariable character. 



Family COEEID.^. 



Subfamily SPARTOCERINA. 



Spaetoceea, Lap. 



8. cinnamomea. 



Corecoris cinnamomeus, Hahu, Wanz. Ins. ii, 15, fig. 124; H.-Schf., ih. vi, 90. 



Spartocerus subftilviis, Westw., Hope Catal. ii, 8. 



Spartocera cinnamomea, Dallas, Brit. Mus. List, ii, 375, No. 9. 



Coreus diffusus, Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 11, No. 2. 



Inhabits Texas, IsTew Mexico, Florida, Mexico, Brazil, and Georgia. 



Sephina, Amyot et Serv. 

 S. Umhata. 



Sephina Umhata, Stal, Stettiuer Ent. Zeit. xxiii, 273, No. 117. 

 Inhabits Mexico, Lower California, and Central America. 



SuBi^AMiLY CHARIESTERINA. 



Chariesterus, Lap. 

 C. antennator. 



Coreus antennator. Fab., Syst. Rhyug. 198, No. 33. 

 Gonocerus diibius, Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 10. 

 Chariesterus moestiis, H.-Schf., Wanz. Ins. vii, 3, fig. 681. 

 Chariesteriis antennator, Dallas, Brit. Mus. List, ii, 510, No. 1. 



Inhabits Texas, Colorado, Indian Territory, Florida, Cuba, &c., and in 

 the Atlantic region generally. 



