1878.] 421 [Uhler. 



Antennae very slender, second joint more slender at base, 

 much longer than the basal one; third joint less than one-half 

 as long as the fourth; the fourth very long and slender. 



3. A. simplex n. sp. New England. 

 B. — Minutely granulated, highly polished. 



Antennas, second and third joints subequal, neither longer 

 than the basal one; the fourth longer than any two of the 

 others conjoined. Antenniferous tubercles not denticulated. 

 4. A . politus Say. Florida and Cuba. 



PHYMATID^. 



Phymata Latr. 

 P. erosa. 



Cimex erosus Linn., Syst. Nat., u, 718, 19. Cimex scorpio De 

 Geer, Mem., ui, 350, pi. 35, fig. 13. Syrtis fasciata Gray, Cuvier 

 Animal Kingdom, ed. Griffith, Ins., n, pi. 93. 



No. 16, Harris' Collection, cf, ?. "On peach tree. On flowers of 

 Achillea, etc. Sept. 20, 1821 ; August 5, 1828 ; July 18, 1831 ; 

 Sept. 1837." 



A very common species, inhabiting a large part of North America. 

 It creeps along stealthily on the heads of flowering plants and bushes, 

 plunging its beak into any unfortunate insect within its reach and 

 sucking the blood. When carelessly handled it punctures the skin 

 and produces a very severe pain. It abounds in the Southern 

 States, and in various parts of Mexico and California. Another 

 form, No. 137, "Florence, Ala., January, February, Mr. Hentz," in 

 the collection, does not agree with any of the other descriptions, 

 but in the absence of more and better specimens, I deem it improper 

 to attempt a description. 



A pair, d", ?, without a number, Florida, Doubleday, belong to the 

 variety with acute lateral angles. 



NABIDiE. 



Coeiscus Schrank. 

 1. C. ferus. 



Cimex ferus Linn., Fauna Suec, 962; Syst. Nat., n, 731. Nobis 

 ferus H.-Schfi, Wanz. Ins., in, 31, fig. 252. Reduviolus inscriptus 

 Kirby, Fauna Bor. Amer., 280, 1. 



