1878.] 393 [Uhler. 



GEOCORINA. 



Geocoris Fallen. 



1. G. piceus. 



Salda picea Say, Hemipt. New Harm.,. 18, 1. 



No. 10, Harris' Collection, d, ?. "Under boards. Dec. 10, 1830. 

 May 18, 1829. March, 1831. April 3 and 27, 1831. May 10, 1831." 



Dr. Harris, in the MS. Catalogue, calls this Salda pedunculata Say, 

 but I do not find any such name among Say's descriptions. 



2. G. bullatus. 



Salda oullata Say, Hemipt., 18, 2. 



No. 104, Harris' Collection, d", ?. "New Hampshire, Mr. Leon- 

 ard. 104 ? Florence, Alab., Mr. Hentz, Jan. or Feb., 1836." 



Determined by Mr. Say. 



This species varies greatly. The large specimen from Alabama 

 agrees, except in size, with specimens from other parts of the Union. 



NYSIINA. 



Belonochilus Uhler. 



Elongate-oval, flattened above, thorax and head forming a long tri- 

 angle; abdomen elongate-elliptical, sides parallel. Head very long, 

 acutely narrowed to the tip, gently cylindrico-convex above, slightly 

 slanting ; tylus long, reaching to about the anterior line of the eyes, 

 a little narrowed at base, the tip scarcely projecting beyond the la- 

 brum; superior lobe of cheeks triangular, emarginated above, acu- 

 minate at tip, the inferior lobe longer, elongated, rounded at tip and 

 coalescing with the bucculae, convexly raised on the middle line, not 

 quite extending to the tip of the tylus, buccula? linear, thin, expanded 

 at tip; rostrum long and slender, reaching to the tip of the sixth seg- 

 ment, first joint as long as the head, enclosed at base by the bucculaa, 

 a little stouter than the second, the second a little longer than the 

 first, third about twice the length of the fourth, fourth a little shorter 

 than the first, the two latter very slender, a little more so than the 

 second joint; antennae about as long as the head, pronotum, and scu- 

 tellum united, the basal joint obconical, constricted at base, inserted 

 about half way between the eye and tip of tylus, its length being 

 less than that from the eye to the end of the scapus, much thicker 

 than the succeeding joints, and about equal in thickness to the apical 

 one; second joint longest, slender, almost as long as the pronotum, 

 enlarged at tip, third of the same thickness as the second and about 



