l6 NOTES ON JAMAICAN HEMIPTERA 



Oncopeltus sandarachatus Say. 



Abundant everywhere I collected on the island. Those 

 from the hilly districts about Mandeville, Balaclava, and Apple- 

 ton were of the pale form as described by Say and were smaller. 

 Those from the north side about Hope Bay and St. Margaret's 

 Bay were more deeply colored and were larger. I can however 

 find no specific characters to distinguish these two forms and all 

 gradations occur connecting the two. 

 Lygaeus (Graptolomus) formosus Blanch. 



I captured four examples of this pretty species at Rock 

 Fort, and have in my collection another labelled Port au Prince, 

 Hayti, that was received from Prof. E. D. Ball. Heretofore 

 this species has been recorded only from the continental coun- 

 tries from Mexico to Venezuela. 

 Lygaeus (Ochrostomus) pulchellus Fabr. 



Taken at Constant Spring near Kingston, in an old banana 

 field overgrown with weeds ; Montego Bay, April 8th, with the 

 young; Richmond, April 15th with larvae. Prof. E. D. Ball has 

 sent me specimens from Port au Prince, Hayti. 

 Ortholomus jamaicensis Dallas. 



I took occasional examples of this species at various places 

 on the island and found it fairly abundant at Richmond. These 

 specimens agree in every respect with Dallas' short but adequate 

 description. I have compared them very carefully with Uhler's 

 description of his providus and am compelled to the conclusion 

 that our well known Hemipterist has combined the characters 

 of this species and the common longiceps Stal from the United 

 States in forming his providus. It is not unlikely however that 

 these really may be forms of one and the same species in which 

 case Dallas' earlier but awkward name will take precedence 

 over those of Stal and Uhler. Dr. Distant has already pointed 

 out the identity of Uhler's species with that of Dallas. I feel 

 inclined at present to follow Baker in placing Ortholomus as a 

 genus distinct from Nysius. 

 Ninus notabilis Dist. 



One example swept from weeds at Mandeville. 

 Ischnorrhynchus championi Dist. 



This tiny insect was common almost everywhere on the 

 island. I took it most abundantly about Kingston and at 

 Mandeville. 



