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head which in punctipes is flattish, smooth and polished, and 

 marked by a longitudinal line crossed at about the middle by a 

 sinuated transverse one. In bullatus the head is convex, finely 

 punctured or shagreened and without incised lines on the disk. 

 There are also differences in color and markings and in bullatus 

 there are two conspicuous smooth pale spots in the callosities of 

 the pronotum which in punctipes are but vaguely indicated. 

 Prof. Montondon has kindly studied my material in this genus 

 and these determinations are made by comparison with this 

 material. 



78. Geocoris uliginosus Say. 



I took this species at Crescent City, Sanford and Ft. Myers 

 but did not find it at all common. The males have pale legs 

 and antennas. Mrs. Slosson has taken at Belleair the variety 

 of this species named speculator by Montondon. 



79 Oedancala dorsilinea A. & S. 



I found this species abundant everywhere I collected in 

 Florida. There can, I think, be little if any question as to the 

 correct determination of this species and of our more northern 

 dorsalis Fitch, although Amyot and Serville make their figure 

 proportionately too broad for the southern form to which their 

 description almost perfectly applies. I have however been un- 

 able to satisfy myself as to the identity of crassimana Fabricius 

 which he describes as having the anterior femora unarmed. If 

 his description applies to either of our species I believe it must 

 be dorsalis as indicated by Stal. This southern species may be 

 distinguished from our northern dorsalis by its having the first 

 joint of the antennas nearly or quite as long as the two succeed- 

 ing together while in dorsalis it is nearly one third shorter. In 

 dorsilinea, too, the calloused vittse of the scutellum are gener- 

 ally shorter; the ground color is paler, especially beneath; the 

 anterior femora are not black beneath; there is a brown point 

 on the hind margin of each elytron and the form of the whole 

 insect is decidedly longer and narrower. 



80. Paromius Iongulus Dallas. 



Taken at Crescent City, St. Petersburg, Ft. Myers and 

 Estero. It seemed to be common. 



