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subapical darker ring of the posterior femora. The pale ring on 

 the base of the terminal segment of the antenna is striking. The 

 hemelytra are punctate with castaneous-brown and provided with 

 an interrupted transverse fascia behind the middle surrounding a 

 conspicuous pale spot at inner apical angle of corium; posterior 

 angle of the corium also castaneous. Membrane embrowned with 

 the apex and often the veins pale. Length 6 mm. 



Frequently taken by sifting among dead leaves in the late fall 

 or found sheltering under boards on the ground. 



New Haven, ii March, 191 1 (A. B. C). 



Peritrechus Fieber. 



P. fraternus Uhler. 



Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xiv, 103, 1871. 



This bears no resemblance to the preceding species. Head, 

 anterior lobe of pronotum and most of the scutellum dull piceous 

 black. Posterior lobe of pronotum, apical V-shaped fascia of 

 scutellum and hemelytra grayish, rather closely punctate with 

 fuscous. The antennae are dark brown and finely pilose. The 

 legs are variable, frequently pale castaneous, more often with the 

 femora except at base and extreme apex and the tibiae towards 

 base dark brown or piceous. The enlarged fore femora armed with 

 two or three small teeth in the middle region. Length 4-5 mm. 



Also most frequently taken under boards or by sifting dead 

 leaves. 



Certain to occur in the State as it has been recorded from Massa- 

 chusetts, New York and New Jersey. 

 P. paludemaris Barber. 



Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxiii, 516, 1914. 



Closely resembling P. fraternus in appearance but separable by 

 comparative differences. The whole insect is a little longer and a 

 little more slender, with the usual paler colorations, especially of 

 hemelytra and membrane, darker. A striking difference is found 

 in the relative width of pronotum across the rounded anterior 

 angles where it is much more contracted in paludemaris. 



The habitat is quite distinctive as it is an inhabitant of the salt 

 marshes along the Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts to Maryland, 

 so far as my records show. 



It has not yet been recorded from the State but certainly is to be 

 found there. 



Antillocoris Kirkaldy. 



A. pallidus (Uhler). 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 187, 1894. 



One of the smallest members of the Lygaeidae. Head, prono- 

 tum and scutellum castaneous, the head somewhat shining. The 

 hemelytra are a little paler. Membrane brownish, pale at base; 



