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Subfamily HETEROG.VSTRINA. 



PiiYG-ADicus, Fieb. 

 P. Behrensil. Xevr sp. 



Form and general appearance of P. urtiea^ Fieb. Bronze black, 

 closely pubescent. Head black, very convex, densely, somewhat 

 coarsely, ronghly punctured, the base with a small yellow point; base 

 of the head not so much narrowed as in P. urtiew ; anterume stout, 

 testaceous or pale piceous; the basal joint black, excepting at its base 

 and tip ; second joint longest, a little blackish near each end; third 

 and fourth joints equal, the former black on the middle, the latter 

 infuscated almost throughout ; rostrum reaching behind the anterior 

 coxte, piceous ; the apex of the first and second joints testaceous. 

 Pronotum moderately flat, black, closely, rather coarsely punctured, less 

 closely behind, narrower and less rounded at and behind the anterior 

 angles than in P.nrticw; the lateral margins yellow, moderately sinu- 

 ated ; the posterior margin broadly sinuated ; running forward from its 

 middle are three short, yellow lines; humeral angles moderately promi- 

 nent, black, slenderly margined with yellow. Beneath, densely hoary 

 pubescent, opaque black; posterior margins of the pro- and meta-pleu- 

 rpe, coxte, trochanters, osteoles, and legs testaceous. Femora largely 

 pitchy-black or pointed with black, roughly indented over the outer and 

 inner surftices ; tibite on the base, middle, and apex banded with black; 

 the chief part of the last tarsal joint and the apex of the basal joint 

 piceous. Scutellum black, densely and finely punctured at base, more 

 remotely and coarsely toward the apex; the a[)ex and adjoining edge 

 testaceous. Corium grayish testaceous, with a large blackish cloud on 

 the disk and a black spot at tip, also a black band invading the base of 

 the membrane, but omitting most or all of the bounding thick nervule ; 

 the punctures remote, black, moderately coarse ; the clavas black, 

 excepting its edges. Abdomen dull black, minutely, densely punctured 

 and shagreened, the outer edge, a spot on the middle of the outer mar- 

 gin of the segments, the inner nmrgins of the ovipositor valves and seg- 

 ments and the adjoining edges yellow; genital segments more or less 

 rufous apically. 



Length, 7 to TJ millimeters. Width of pronotum, 1| to 2 millimeters. 



Inhabits California (James Behrens). 



To INIr. James Behrens we are indebted for this interesting representa- 

 tive of an eastern genus, hitherto undiscovered on the American conti- 

 nent. Through his indefatigable exertions much has been contributed to 

 the knowledge of the Pacific forms of many of the groups of insects, 

 and it is with peculiar pleasure that we signalize his services in the de- 

 part ment of the Hemiptera by giving his name to this species. 



Helonotus. New gen. 



Aspect similar to Henestaris. Elongate-ovate. Head a little wider 

 than long; the face convexly decurving; inferior cheeks tumid, sepa- 

 rated from the superior ones by a deep groove ; eyes round, very promi- 

 nent, projecting wider than the fore sides of the pronotum; tylus form- 

 ing a much projecting, cylindrical peak, the surface each side of it 

 depressed ; bncculiie disk-like, limited to the tip of the superior cheeks ; 

 gular surface obliquely ridged each side of the base. Kostrum stout; 

 basal joint scarcely more than one-half the length of the throat; second 

 joint hardly longer than the apical one; the middle joint shorter than 

 the apical one. Autennie stout, about as long as from the front to the 



