ASOPIDiE PENTATOMIDiE. 
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Picromerus bidens. A. Miiller, Tr. E. Soc. 1872, pp. 283-285, naiTates the 
manner in which this insect has been observed by himself to check the 
ravages of larvae of a Nematus (? ochraceus, Htg.) on SalLv cinerea. 
Canthecona rufescens, Java, pi. 1. fig. 2, apicalis, Ternate »S:c,, pi. 1. fig. 3,p. 6 ; 
pleheia, Temate, pi. 1. fig. 4, mitis, Timor, pi. 1. fig. 6, p. 7 ; higuttata, Aru, 
pi. 1. fig. 6, variabilis, Timor, pi. 1. figs. 7 & 8, p. 8 ; acuta, Timor, pi. 2. 
fig. 1, decorata, Halmaheira, pi. 2. fig. 2, p. 9 : Vollenhoven, /. c, spp. nn. 
Asopus carmfex, Ternate, p. 12, pi. 2. fig. 3 ; distigma, Amboina, pi. 2. 
fig. 4, semiviolacem, Halmaheira, pi. 2. fig. 5, p. 13 ; bernsteini, p. 14, pi. 2. 
fig. 6, New Guinea : id. I. c, spp. nn. 
Cydnid^. 
Vollenhoven, I. c. p. 18, reproduces descriptions of Hahnia gibbida and 
JEthus? rariciliatus, EUenrieder (from Tijd. Nederl. Ind. xxiv.). 
Cyrtomenus insignis, sp. n., Vollenhoven, /. c. p. 16, pi, 2. fig. 7, Java &c. 
^thiis pallidicornis, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 17, pi. 2. fig. 8, Java, Ceram. 
Acatalectus luteimarginatus, sp. n,, id. I. c. p. 19, pi. 2. fig. 9, Timor. 
Microporus obliquus, sp. n., Uhler, in Hayden's Geol. Surv. Montana, 
p. 394, Utah. 
SciOCORIDuE. 
Dryptocephala latiloba, Brazil, obtusiceps, New Granada, StSl, Sv. Ak. 
Handl. x. p. 4, spp. nn. 
Discocephala {Platycarenus) marginella, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 6, Mexico. 
Halydid^. 
Brochymena 4c-pustulata, H.-S., nec F,, renamed myops : StSl, /. c. p. 16. B. 
harrisi, Uhler, and ? B. carolinensis^ W estw., = annulata, F. ; Apateticus halys, 
J)aM., = Halys lineolata, H.-S. : id. I. c. p. 17. Allocotus, Mayr, is to be re- 
moved from the Asopidce and placed in this family, near Alphenor : id. I. c. 
p. 129. 
Caracia, g. n., id. I. c. p. 14, Of uncertain position, possibly best next to 
Macropygium. C. sexdens, sp. n., id, I. c. p. 15, Venezuela. 
Melanodermus picipes, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 14, New Granada. 
Chlorocoris svhrugosus, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 36, Mexico. 
Pentatomid^e. 
Euschistus punctipes. Say. Earlier stages described and figured : it is 
parasitic upon Doryphora 10-lineata. In its larva and pupa the tarsi and 
antennae have one joint less than in the perfect insect, the second joint of 
each subsequently dividing into two. This structure may be general in the 
Scutellerides ; it is mentioned by Westwood with regard to Fentatoina rufipes, 
and havS been also observed by the author in Arma spinosa, Brochymena an- 
nulata, Stiretrus Jimbriatus, Rhapkidog aster, and Nazara. C. V. Kiley, iv. Rep. 
Ins. Mo. p. 20, fig. 9. 
Cimex baccarum, Lichtenstein, Pet. Nouv. no. 45, p. 179, considers this 
name should be retained for the downy specie, with annulated antennae and 
