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Pthia, Stal. 

 P. picta. 



Chnex ptcius, Drury, Illust. i, 107, pi. 45, fig. 1. 



Cimex cUiaius, Fab., Syst. Eiit. 706, No. 46. 



Cimex lepvosus, Fab., Syst. Eut. 719, No. 112. 



Cimex candelabrum, Goeze, Eut. Beytr. ii, 2.54, No. 2. 



Civiex crenulatus, Fab., Ent. Syst. iv, 144, No. 83. 



Lygceus leprosus, Fab., Eut. Syst. iv, 154, No. 65. 



Lygwus dispar, Fab., Syst. Ehyno-. 214, No. 43. 



Alydus crenulatus. Fab., Syst. Rliyug. 250, No. 11. 



Leptoscells picta, Westw., iu Hope Catal. Hemipt. ii,' 17. , 



Anisoscelis divisus, H.-Schf., Wanz. Jus. vii, 9, fig. 685. 



Anisoscelis pulverulenhis, H.-Schf., Wauz. Ins. vii, 9. 



Leptoscells picta, Dallas, Brit. Mus. List Hemipt. ii, 457, No. 7. 



LeptosceJis ohscura, Dallas, List of Hemipt. ii, 458, No. 9. 



Anisoscelis {Leptoscelis) annnlipes, Guer., iu La Sagra's Hist, de Cuba, lus. 338. 



Pthia picta, Sttil, Hemipt. Fab. i, 53, No. 1. 



Inhabits Texas, Lower California, Central America, Brazil, and the 

 AVest Indies. One specimen from the Yaqni River' Mexico, collected by 

 Dr. E. Palmer; Cuba (Professor Poey). 



The enormous synonymy of this species has been occasioned by the 

 great variability of its colors and pattern of marking. In the fresh full- 

 colored varieties, the bright-orange bands of the pronotum contrast 

 ritihly with the vivid steel-blue of the ground-color. 



Subfamily BEEYTIN:A. 



Xeides, Latr. 



1. X. spinosus. 



Berytas spinosus. Say, Amer. Eut. i, pi. 14. 

 Ne.des trispinosus, Hope, Catal. Hemipt. ii, 24. 



Inhabits Texas, Utab, Arizona, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michi- 

 gan, Ohio, and the Atlantic region from Maine to Georgia. • 



2. N. muticus. 



Berytus muticus, Say, Heteropt. New Harmouy, 13. 



Neides decurvatus, Uliler, iu Haycleu's Survey of Montana, 402. 



Inhabits Colorado, Dakota, Washington Territory, New Hampshire? 

 and the high mountains of North Carolina. 



This is no doubt the subalpine analogue of the preceding species, and, 

 while closely resembling it, may be at once recognized by the decurving 

 frontal process. 



SuBi^AMiLY PSEUDOPHLCEINA. 



Dasycoris, Dallas. 

 D. humilis. 



Dasycoris humilis, Ubler, iu Haycleu's Survey of Montana, 403. 



Inhabits Texas, Kansas, Colorado, California, and Arizona. 



ScoLOPOCERtis, Uhler. 

 S. secundarius. 



Scolopocerus secundarius, Uliler, in Lieutenant Wheeler's Survey of Arizona. 

 Inhabits Arizona. Nymph from Colorado, collected by B. H. Smith. 



Ceraleptus, Costa. 

 C. americanus. 



Ceraleptus americanus, Stal, Enumeratio Hemipt. i, 219. 



Inhabits Texas, California, Arizona, and Mexico. 



