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mens, two males and three females, are at hand from Iowa City 
and Robinson. One of the Iowa City specimens was found dead 
on a small board floating in the Iowa river March 29. A half 
grown nymph from Robinson was collected on wild crab apple, 
August 25. Another nymph of about the same size which is in 
my collection was taken at Connersville, Indiana, in July. My 
latest seasonal record for Iowa is October 31. The species was 
recorded from Iowa by Osborn. 
Brochymena quadripustulata (Fabricius) (Puare Il, Figure 
10; and Puatre VI, Figure 3) 
1775. Cimex 4-pustulatus Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 704. 
1803. Halys 4-pustulata Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng., 182. 
1805. jfHalys serrata Pal. Beauv., Ins. Afr. Amér., 187, Hem. Pl. 11, fig. 8. 
1839. Halys pupillata Herrich-Schaeffer, Wanz. Ins., IV, 104, fig. 453. 
1843. Brochymena serrata Amyot and Serville, Hém., 107. 
1872. Brochymena quadripustulata Stal, Svensk. Vet. Handl., 10, no. 4, 16. 
1874. Brochymena 4-punctata Prov., Nat. Can., 74. 
1876. j;Brochymena annulata Uhler, Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv., II, 283. 
1880. Brochymena quadripustulata Distant, B. ©. A. Rynch. Het., I, 51. 
1904. Brochymena quadripustulata Van Duzee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., XXX, 28. 
1915. Brochymena quadripustulata Stoner, Ent. News, XXVI, 355. 
Body elongate ovate, not so broad as B. arborea. General color brown, 
closely, irregularly punctured with black, the areas between the punctures 
yellowish to yellowish white; maculated calluses of pronotum and scutel- 
lum more or less distinct. Head long, narrow, more narrowly and deeply 
cleft at apex than in B. carolinensis ; juga more or less rounded at apex, 
sometimes contiguous before the apex. Rostrum shorter, not extending on 
to third visible ventral segment. Antennae fuscous, the pale color at the 
incisures not distinct; second segment usually shorter than or equal to 
the third. Pronotum punctured to margins which are furnished with 
pale irregular teeth anterior to the sinus; humeri not much elevated, the 
anterior margins with a few small teeth; posterior submargin of pronotum 
narrowly impressed. Scutellum almost uniformly coarsely punctate, the 
apex a little more finely punctate, somewhat depressed; median longitud- 
inal carina not prominent. Hemelytra rather coarsely punctate leaving 
irregular raised maculations on the surface. Venter reddish brown, 
darker at sides and paler on median line; finely, irregularly punctate with 
dark brown or black. A pale band on middle of connexivum of each seg- 
ment. In the female, the last complete ventral segment and the genital 
plate each bears a black spot. Behind each spiracle is a finely punctured 
depressed black area which is continued inward as a black impressed line. 
Mesosternum marked with black. Ostiolar canal tipped with black and 
on the pro- and mesosternum opposite the front and middle coxae is a 
small black depression. Legs irregularly maculated with yellowish and 
blackish; posterior tibiae broadly annulate with yellowish marked above 
