1878.] 391 [Uhler. 



the male will, probably, render it necessary to add to the generic 

 characters employed above. 



Eremocoris Fieber. 

 E. ferus. 



Pamera fera Say, Hemipt., 16, 4. Eremocoris ferus Uhler, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., 1871, p. 103. Rhyparochromus boredlis Dallas, Brit. 

 Mus. Cat., 565, 16. 



No. 73, Harris' Collection, d\ ?. 



The No. 73 of Dr. Harris' MS. Catalogue is called Anisoscelis 

 prominulus Say, MSS. Both Dr. Harris and Mr. Say well knew the 

 genus Anisoscelis; so there must have been originally a very differ- 

 ent insect from the present with that number attached to the pin. I, 

 accordingly, omit the dates of capture given in the Catalogue, as I 

 am not sure that they refer to the present species. 



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Peritrechus Fieber. 

 P. fraternus. 



Peritrechus fraternus Uhler, Proc. Bost. Soc. N.H., 1871, p. 103. 



Elongate-ovate, very slightly convex, black, above dull; without 

 long pile. Head black, a little polished, with fine, remote punctures 

 above and beneath, face with fine pubescence, which is erect and 

 longer about the tip of the tylus. Antennae pitchy-black, clothed 

 with short, erect pile, the scapus and incisures of the joints pale pi- 

 ceous. Tip of tylus and rostrum pale piceous, or honey-yellow, the 

 rostrum (?) reaching beyond the mesosternum, its tip darker pice- 

 ous. Thorax broad, very slightly convex, the impression dividing 

 the anterior from the posterior lobe very indistinct, but a little better 

 defined each side, the lateral reflexed margin decurved correspond- 

 ingly with the anterior angles so as to meet the middle line of the 

 eye; surface dull, having a few minute, remote, prostrate hairs; the 

 anterior lobe black, the collar pale piceous, the posterior lobe dull 

 ochreous-yellow, with remote, coarse, blackish punctures; the poste- 

 rior margin smooth, impunctured; humeri moderately elevated, the 

 tubercle long, with a dusky spot in front. Pectus dull black, the 

 pleural pieces having a few remote, obsolete punctures. Legs, pale 

 rufo-piceous, the anterior femora blackish-piceous, excepting the 

 knees; tibiae dusky above, becoming paler towards the tip, the tarsi 

 also pale, but more or less dusky above and at tip, intermediate and 

 posterior femora dark piceous upon the middle, the trochanters, 



