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Russian America, by Robert Kenuicott ; from near Quebec, by the Abb6 

 Provancber ; from the foot-hills of Colorado, by Lieutenant Carpenter ; 

 and I have myself collected numerous specimens in various parts of 

 Eastern Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsyl- 

 vania, New Jersey, and Maryland. In the latter State, it may be swept 

 from grassy wild spots adjacent to Sphagnum swami)s. It occurs also 

 on the high mountains of North Carolina. 



2, L. constrictus. 



Pamera constricta, Sav, Heteropt. New Harmouy, 15, No. 1; Complete Writiags, 



i, 332. 

 Beosus abdominaUs, Gner., in La Sagra's Hist, de Caba, Ins. 397. 

 Flocionwa jjiJigera, Stal, Stettin. Eut. Zeit. xsiii, 312. 



Inhabits Mexico, Cuba, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and the Atlantic 

 region from Massachusetts southward. 



The spines beneath the anterior femora are variable in size and num- 

 ber; and much allowance must be made for the color and pattern of 

 marking of specimens, as much depends upon their maturity. 



I have collected specimens on the Atlantic peninsula of Maryland and 

 Virginia, which had been mutilated before attaining maturity. Such 

 specimens had one side, or some part of the pronotum, abdomen, or wing- 

 covers, indented, distorted, or forced away ; and, in two or more 

 instances, the antenna of one side was much shortened and thickened, 

 causing the basal and middle joints to be abnormallj^ short. The females 

 are proportionally shorter and stouter than the males ; but, in this 

 respect, there is also much variation. Some males are almost as 

 robust as the females. 



Myodocha, Latr. 

 31. serripes. 



Miiodoclms serrlpes, Oliv., Eucyc. Method, viii, 106. 



Myodocha petioJata, Say, Heteropt. New Harmony, 19 [erroneously reprinted by 



Dr. Fitch, in Trans. N. Y. State Agric. Soc, M. oiyetUata']; Complete Writings, i, 



337. 

 Chiroleptes raptor, Kirby, Fauna Bor.-Amer. iy, 231. 

 Mifodocha sevripes, Amyot et Serv., Hemipt. 258 ; H.-Schf., Wauz. Ins. ix, 213, fig. 



966. 



Inhtibits Texas, Mexico, Indian Territory, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana, 

 and the Atlantic region generally. 



In Maryland, it lives beneath stones in the spring and early summer. 

 When the warm weather sets in, it spreads into the adjoining meadows 

 and grassy spots to find sustenance. In the autumn, it may again be 

 found beneath stones and rubbish; and, as the sev^ere weather ap- 

 proaches, it hybernates in crevices of bark, beneath leaves, and under 

 the stones in sheltered places. 



Her^us, Stal. 



1, H. pJebejus. 



Sercms plebejus, St;°il, Euumeratio Hemipt. iv, 147, No. 2. 



Inhabits Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, «&c. 



2. S. insignis. 



Herceus insignis, Uhler, in Haydeu's Survey of Montana, 407. 



Inhabits Utah, Colorado, Minnesota, and Canada. 



