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say’s hkteroptkrous hkmiptera. 
terminal joint, black: rostrum extending a little beyond the origin 
of the posterior feet: thorax with the transverse impression rather 
deep and blackish : scutel dull fulvous, blackish on tne basal 
margin: hemelytra on the corium tinged with yellowish, almost 
hyaline, and having on the middle two, approximate, abbreviated 
fuscous lines and on the posterior edge four or three fuscous, 
small dots; membrane pellucid : beneath black-piceous; a white 
line over the insertion of the posterior pairs of feet and a honey- 
yellow line over the anterior pair : feet honey-yellow, immacu¬ 
late; tarsi blackish. 
Length three-twentieths of an inch. 
Nuttall presented to me an individual which he took in Mis¬ 
souri and I obtained others in this state. 
8. L. scolopax, Hemelytra with a rufous tip of the corium; 
rostrum extending to the middle of the venter. 
Inhab. Missouri and Indiana. 
Body yellowish, inclining on the head and scutel to obscure 
fulvous; punctured : head, punctures obsolete, tip a little longer 
than the basal joint of the antennae: antennce black; second 
joint equal to or slightly longer than the third: thorax with the 
anterior margin and transverse impressed line black: scutel 
blackish each side of the middle ; the middle line impunctured: 
hemelytra , corium yellowish, a dull rufous spot at its tip; mem¬ 
brane jhilky white with pale brownish spots; tergum fulvous 
spotted with black as well on the disc as on the margin: be¬ 
neath more or less spotted with blackish; blackish along the 
middle; around the origin of the feet yellow; feet obscurely 
annulated; rostrum extending to the middle of the venter. 
Length less than one-fifth to one-fourth of an inch. 
I obtained a specimen at Council bluff and one in Indiana. 
9. L. numenius, Hemelytra with a pale rufous tip of the 
corium; rostrum as long as the body. 
Inhab. U. S. 
Body greenish-yellow: head long, the tip extending beyond 
the first joint of the antennae: antennce pale yellowish; first 
joint rather short; second joint a little longer than the third; 
fourth joint tinged with honey-yellow: thorax with separate punc¬ 
tures, anterior edge and dorsal line impunctured; transverse 
