1878.3 381 rOWer, 



Acanthosoma Curtis. 

 A. laterale. 



Edessa lateralis Say, Heteropt., 3, 2. Acanthosoma nebulosa Kirby, 

 Fauna Bor. Amer., 27 7, 1. Acathosoma nebulosum Dallas, Brit. Mus. 

 Cat. Hemipt., i, 307, 12. 



In the collection, but without a number. It is widely distributed 

 in Canada, British America and the northern states. " New Hamp- 

 shire, August, 1850." 



MICTINA. 



Euthoctha Mayr. 

 E. galeator. 



Coreus galeator Fab., Syst. Rhyng., 191, 2. Crinocerus tibialis 

 H.-Schf., Wanz. Ins., vi, 21, fig. 576. Crinocerus galeator Dallas, 

 Brit. Mus. Cat. Hemipt., n, 408, 4. Euthoctha galeator Mayr, 

 Novara Reise, Hemipt., 87. Euthoctha galeator Stal, Hem. Fab., 

 1,49. 



No. 7, Harris' Collection, d 1 , ?. "On blackberry bushes, May 15, 

 1821-26; August 5, 1832; Sept. 30, 1837." 



A specimen without designation of locality is in the collection. 



ACANTHOCEPHAL-INA. 



Metapodius Westw. 



1. M. femoratus. 



Cimex femoratus Fab., Syst. Entom., 708; Lygosus femoratus, Syst. 

 Rhyng., 205, 10. Rhynuchus nasulus Say, Insects of La., 10. An- 

 isoscelis nasulus Say, Heteropt., 13, 5. Metapodius femoratus Dallas, 

 Brit Mus. Cat. Hemipt., n, 430, 5. Metapodius obscurus Hope, Cat. 

 Hemipt., pt. ii, 15. 



Harris' Collection, without a number. 



Three males and one female, from "Florida; Edward Doubleday." 



2. M. instabilis. 



Metapodius instabilis Uhler, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., 1871, p. 98. 



Blackish-fuscous, sparingly clothed with yellowish pubescence, 

 much more slender than M. femoratus Fab., and with the posterior 

 femora much more slender, and almost not curved. Antennse fuscous, 

 the apical joint fulvous and much longer than either. of the others, 

 the basal and second joint about equal in length; rostrum reaching 

 the tip of the intermediate coxse, hairy and more or less tinged with 

 yellow. Thorax a little broader than long ; humeri prominent, bluntly 



