IO NOTES .ON JAMAICAN HEMIPTERA 



of dark punctures or markings except that the extreme tips of the tarsal 

 claws are black. The second antennal joint is equal to the third, not dis- 

 tinctly longer as is generally the case in fiavicollis. The rufous punctures 

 form a tolerably distinct submarginal vitta about the head, pronotum and 

 elytra as in the allied species. Length 19 mm. 



Described from one female example taken with fiavicollis 

 at Rock Fort near Kingston. It is sufficiently distinct from 

 that species as the above comparative description will indicate 

 but it certainly is very close to haematica H. S. and may prove 

 to be a pale form of that species. The difference in the color 

 markings and habitat however seem to me to warrant its de- 

 scription as a distinct species. 



Nezara viridula Linn. 



I took a single example of this insect by the roadside near 

 Hope Gardens at Kingston on April T7th. Later in the season 

 it probably is not uncommon on this island as it is abundant on 

 Hayti. 



Nezara marginata P. B. 



Abundant everywhere on bushes especially on the dry hot 

 fields about Kingston. They fairly swarmed on weeds and low 

 bushes along the river bank a little south of Hope Bay. In my 

 collection are specimens from Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Costa 

 Rica, Mexico, Hayti and the southern United States. 



Piezodorus guildingi Westw. 



I swept numbers of this insect from rank weeds along the 

 roadside at Troja and Richmond, and also took them at Hope 

 Gardens and near the Constant Spring Hotel at Kingston. All 

 of my specimens have the base of the pronotum blackish bor- 

 dered before by a pale calloused band. In none is the rufous 

 band more than indicated. This band is beautifully developed 

 in some examples kindly given me by Prof. E. B. Wilson which 

 he took at Savannah, Ga. 



Edessa meditabunda Fabr. 



Swept from rank marsh plants growing along the railway 

 tracks at Appleton. The larvae were taken with the adults. 

 This species seems to be widely distributed in tropical America. 

 I have specimens from British Guiana, from the La Plata Coun- 

 try, and from Rio Grand de Sul and Victoria, Brazil. Distant 

 places rugtdosa Uhler as a synonym of this species in which I 



