STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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SAY’S ni'TEROPTEROUS HEMIPTERA. 
Descriptions of new species of HETEROPTEROUS HEMIP¬ 
TERA OF NORTH AMERICA. BY THOMAS SAY. NEW HARMONY, 
INDIANA. DECEMBER, 1831. 
Scutellpra, Lam. 
S. viridipunctata, Piceous, with green impressed punctures. 
Inhab. Florida. 
Body entirely piceous or dark reddish, with all the punctures, 
above and beneath distinctly bright green; thoracic punctures 
more numerous on the anterior and lateral margins: scutel with 
a black spot each side before the middle: feet honey yellow. 
Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 
I obtained two individuals when in East Florida with Mr. 
Maclure. 
Tetyra, Fab. Leach. 
1. T. marmorata, Variegated ; costal margin with transverse 
fuscous lines. 
Inhab. New Jersey. 
Body variegated with more or less bright yellow and fuscous; 
punctures numerous: antehnce pale reddish-brown: scutel with 
the fuscous color almost reticulate: hemelytra, coriaceous por¬ 
tion with transverse fuscous lines or spots: ter gum on tho 
margin with quadrate fuscous spots: feet yellow, with brown 
points. 
Length three-tenths of an inch. 
This insect is very variable, in the arrangement and bright¬ 
ness of its colors. It inhabits the Pine regioii of New Jersey, 
whence several individuals were sent to me by my brother, B. 
Say. 
2. T. fimlriata, Nob. Amer. entom. vol. 3 much resembles 
T, diana , F. which, however, is somewhat larger, with fulvous 
markings and blackish antennae and feet. The latter is a 
