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winter beneath stones in sheltered places, and may be swept from 

 plants in damp situations in June and July. 



Specimens from the sea-coasts of Maryland and Xorth Carolina some- 

 times attain to a size twice as great as that commonly found farther 

 inland. Moisture combined with warmth seems most fovorable to its 

 greatest development. 



Blissus, Burm. 

 B. leucoptenis. 



Lijgwus leucoptcfus, Say, Heteropt. New Hariaony, 14, No. 5; Complete Writings, 



i, 329. 

 Microjius lemopterus, Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 3cl ser. v, 31, pi. 2, fig. 11. 



Inhabits Texas, California, Kansas, Nebraska, \Yisconsiu, Minnesota, 

 Illinois, Michigan, and generally throughout the Atlantic region. 



The short-winged form seems to be more common in New England 

 than in the Southern States. 



SujJFAMiLY GEOCORINA. 



Geocoris, Fallen. 



1. G. Sciidderi. 



Geocoris Scudderi, Stal, Enumeratio Hemipt. iv, 135, No. 7. 

 Inhabits Texas. 



2. G. punct'iijes. 



Salda liuUata var. pnnciipes, Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, p. 19. Complete 



Writings, i, 33fi. 

 Ojilithalmicus Jnniger, Fieb., Wien. Entom. Monats. v, 269, No. 4. 



Inhabits Texas, Indian Territory, Colorado, and the Atlantic region. 



3. G. buUata. 



Salda hullata, Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 18, No. 2 ; Complete Writings, i, 336. 

 OjihiliaJ micas horealis, Dallas, Brit. Mns. List Hemipt. ii, p. 5K5, No. 8. 



Inhabits Illinois, Canada, &c. One specimen from the foot-hills of 

 Colorado, in July, by Lieutenant Carpenter. Very rare in the vicinity 

 of Baltimore. 



The color of the legs, antennae, rostrum, head, and pleural pieces vary 

 considerably in the amount of black or piceous color upon them. The 

 legs are occasionally destitute of black, or they have only a few black 

 points, or they may be black, excepting only the base and tip of femora. 



4. G. pallens. 



Geocoris paUeus, Stal, Engenies Resa, Hemipt. 250; Ofv. Vetensk. Akad.ForLaudl' 

 1854, 236 ; Eunmeratio Hemipt. iii, 136, No. 13. 



Inhabits California. 



This will probably prove to be only a form of the preceding species; 

 but at present, in the absence of a sutQcient series for comparison, it 

 will be best to keep the two separate. 



5. G. tristis. 



Geocorus tristis, Stal, Ofv. Vetensk, Akad. Forhandl. 1854, 236; Eugeuies Resa, 

 Hemipt. 249, No. 77. 



Inhabits California. 



