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ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW-YORK 
say’s HETEBOPTEROUS hemiptera. 
Acanthia, Schr. Latr. 
1. A. ligata, Black, with yellowish spots; exterior margin of 
the thorax and hemelytra yellowish. 
Inhab. Indiana. 
Body black: head with yellow orbits: thorax with an indented 
spot before the middle: lateral margin yellow with a black 
edge; at base two yellow spots: scutel with a yellow spot on 
the lateral margin near the base and two other spots or abbre¬ 
viated lines near the tip : hemelytra with yellow spots; a yellow 
lateral margin and black edge; membrane fuliginous, with a 
transverse series of dull yellowish, oblong spots, and a yellow 
marginal spot: jfre^'palo with one or two longitudinal black 
lines, which on the thighs are more or less dilated: venter , seg¬ 
ments on their posterior margins pale yellow. 
Length to tip of hemelytra one-fourth of an inch. 
2. A. hirta, Hairy, brownish, darker before. 
Inhab. Indiana. 
Body densely hairy, dull yellowish brown or fuliginous : head 
a little darker at base: thorax blackish before the transverse 
line: s'cutel blackish: hemelytra conspicuously hairy, with a 
[few] dull yellowish spots, as well on the membrane as the cori- 
um: pectus a little varied with black; remaining inferior sur¬ 
face including the feet immaculate. 
Length to tip of hemelytra under one-fourth of an inch. 
This species may be recognized by its more obviously hairy 
vesture; its color is also paler than usual in this genus. 
3. A, lugubris, Black; membrane of the hemelytra obtusely 
[obsoletely] spotted. 
Inhab. Missouri. 
Body black, subopake: head between the antennae with throe 
yellowish points : antennae- first and second joints dull yellowish 
before : thorax and scutel immaculate: hemelytra immaculate on 
the corium, or with an obsolete dull yellowish point on the 
middle of the tip; membrane with two or three obsolcto dub 
yellowish spots, [on the ?] inner margin and tip : beneath with a^ 
yellowish spot before each of the anterior feet; feet palo yellowy 
ish ; tibiae and tarsi more dusky: thighs, particularly t/iie 
anterior and posterior pairs, with a more or less dilated Iciaek 
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