PENTATOMIDiE. 
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Pentatomtdjc. 
Cryptacrus comes, var. from Cameroons ; C. erotyloides and siJphoides, 
Walk., = nigricolUs, Sign., varr., of which another var. is described from 
W. Africa ; W. L. Distant, Ent. M. M. xiv. p. 76. 
IJotea suhfasciaia, Westw., var. from Lake Nyassa; id. L c. p. 133. 
Descriptive summary of the North American Cydnides ; P. R. Uhler, 
Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iii. p. 336 et seq. 
Canthophorus maculipes, Muls., lives in all stages on a Valerian, Cen- 
tranthus angustifolius ] 1^. Andre, Feuil. Nat. vii. p. 35, viii. p. 8. 
Strachia cognata, Fieb., is distinct from dominula, Harris, and is a 
maritime species ; A. Puton, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vii. p. xi. 
Euschistus spurculus, Stal, called “ xumilis” by the natives, is made into 
a flour in Mexico ; V. Signoret, quoting Sall(5 ; tom. cit. p. xxxvi. 
Gonielytrum circuliventre, Stal, ? = Cyclogaster delegorguei, Spin., dif- 
ferentiated .from C. pallidus, Westw., and recorded from Lake Nyassa; 
W. L. Distant, 1. c. p. 133. 
New genera and. species : — 
Homaloporus, Uhler, 1. c. p. 376. Cydnides : betw^een Macroporus, 
Uhl., and JEthus, having the ostiolar canal short, ligulate, and obliquely 
indented next the tip. H. congruus, p. 377, Denver, Texas. 
Rhytidoporus, id. 1. c. p. 380. Facies of Cydnus : ostiolar canal short, 
narrow, subfusiform, with the ostiole at tip. R. indentatus, ibid., Cuba, 
S. Florida. 
Cryptoporus, id. 1. c. p. 381. Cydnides : ostiolar canal obsolete, shorter 
than coxa, narrow-ligulate. C. compacius, p. 382, Galveston Island. 
Lobonotus, id. 1. c. p. 396. Cydnides : ostiolar orifice at inner end of an 
oval scale, which is placed exteriorly on the epistornum : thorax with 
long and wide lateral lobes. L. anthracinus, ibid., Texas. 
Liotropis, id. 1. c. p. 399. Resembles Euschistus, connecting it with the 
Asopides, having the lobate head and narrow rostrum of the former, and 
the general structure of the latter. L. humeralis, p. 400, Massachusetts, 
Maryland, Colorado, Georgia. 
Neostrachia, E. Saunders, Ent. M. M. xiv. p. 103. Pentatomides : 
allied to Dagrada, differing in its elongate form, non-stylatod eyes, and 
the elevated smooth anterior thoracic margin. N. hellenica, ibid., 
Greece. 
Podops annulicornis, B. Jakowleff, Bull. Mosc. lii. pt. 1, p. 280, 
Sarepta. 
Coptosoma baeri, L. Lethierry, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vii. p. c., Manilla. 
Cydnus oratulus [ovat-"], sp. n., Jakowleff, 1. c. p. 282, Astracan. 
Cyrtomenus obtusus, Uhler, 1. c. p. 369, Texas, Arizona, Mexico, and P 
California. 
Macroporus repetiius, id. 1. c. p. 375, San Francisco. 
JEthus communis, id. 1. c. p. 379, Cuba, Florida, Texas. 
Pangceus discrepans, id. 1. c. p. 386, Indian Territory, California, Texas, 
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