294 Maine; agricultural expe;rimlnt station. 19 14 



which it leaves by an irregularly shaped exit hole through the 

 skin, in order to pupate in the ground. 



List 01^ the: Hemiptera-He^tdroptera oe Maine.* 



The present list is the first of a series of papers in prepara- 

 tion on the Heteroptera of New England and is offered as a 

 record of the species definitely known to inhabit Maine. In 

 view of the great extent of almost inaccessible territory in 

 the state and the relatively small amount of collecting which 

 has been done, it is to be expected that additional species will 

 be found, but the list is complete enough to be a useful basis 

 for subsequent work, as it includes records of 175 species. 



The records have been compiled chiefly from the following 

 sources: An unpublished list of Maine Hemiptera by Mr. O. 

 O. Stover, whose material was determined in part by Uhler, 

 in part by Professor Osborn; the collection of the Maine Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, determined largely by Mr. E. P. 

 Van Duzee; the collection of Mr. F. A. Eddy of Bangor; the 

 collection of the Boston Society of Natural History; and the 

 collection of Mr. Parshley. The dates given are the earliest 

 and latest found on record for the several species. 



Where significant data was available, brief notes follow the 

 name of the species listed, as for example : — , 



"Family CORFIDAE. 

 Anasa Amyot et Serville. 



A. tristis De Geer. 22 June — 17 Oct. Orono and numerous 

 other localities. 



Corynocoris Mayr. 

 C. typhaeus Fab. 10 May. Orono. 



I took twelve specimens of this species as they flew up, 

 one by one, to the dried body of a long dead fowl. Some 

 alighted nearby and others disappeared within the carcass. I 

 was unable to determine whether they came to feed on the 

 juices of the carrion or to prey on other insects, and they may 

 have been attracted merely by the odor. I beheve that there 

 are few if any positive records of the frequenting of carrion 

 by Heteroptera." 



*This is an abstract of a paper with the same title by H. M. Parshley, 

 published in Psyche, Vol. 21, pp. 139-149. 



