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The Ohio Xaturalist. 
[Vol. XV, No. 7, 
Family Tixgitid.e. 
Corythuca marmorata Uhler. 
Many specimens, taken at Castalia, Erie Co., by Mr. DeLong, 
while sweeping grasses and weeds near shrubbery. 
Gargaphia tiliae Walsh. 
Several specimens, taken at Oxford by Prof. Shideler and at 
Cedar Point by Mr. W. J. Kostir. 
Tingis clavata Stal. 
c? and $ , collected at Castalia while sweeping grass by Mr. 
DeLong. 
Family Lyg.eid.e. 
Lygaeus bicrucis Say. 
Several specimens, taken at Oxford by Prof. Shideler and at 
Columbus by Mr. H. D. Chase. 
Heraeus plebejus Stal. 
One specimen, taken by the senior writer at Columbus. 
Family Correid.e. 
Aufeius impressicollis Stal. 
Large numbers, taken at Columbus by the junior writer while 
sweeping grasses on the University farm. This seems to be the 
first record of its occurrence east of the Mississippi river. In 
the private collection of the senior writer, there is a good series 
of specimens from Nebraska, South Dakota and Colorado. 
This species varies in color and a little in size. Most of the 
specimens taken here are a little larger, and, as a rule, are of a 
darker color. There is a gradation in color and size until some of 
the specimens agree with the ones from the other localities while 
all agree in structure. 
Anasa armigera Say. 
Many specimens, taken at Columbus by Mr. Haber; at Sugar 
Grove by Prof. Sanders; at Chillicothe, Ross Co., by Mr. E. G. 
Heinzelman; and at Greenville, Darke Co., by Mr. Griff Eidson. 
Catorhintha mendica Stal. 
Two specimens, taken at Columbus and at Cedar Point by 
the junior writer. 
Leptocoris trivittatus Say. 
The season of 1913 witnessed a rather widespread occurrence 
of the box elder bug in the western part of the state, and, altho 
this is the first appearance of the species in the state, it seems to 
deserve a definite record and the attention of entomologists in 
adjoining states. The species is known to have migrated east¬ 
ward thru Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois but, so far as we are aware 
no records for the species have been made for Indiana or Ohio’ 
Within the last few years the species has evidently gained con' 
