H. M. Parshley.
Hemitera-Hetroptera of Maine, Corrections and Additions.
Psyche 22:22-23, 1915.

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22 Psyche [February
about as long as the head. Thorax with prominent bristles, scutellum with four strong marginal bristles; pleura brownish below the humeri and wings; a long curved bristle midway between the base of the wing and posterior coxa. Abdomen with a large bristle at the posterior angles of the third and fourth segments. Legs black, bases of the femora and all of the tarsi brown; middle tibiae with two very large, spine-like bristles at about one-fourth the length of the tibia from the base, and a corresponding pair at about one-fourth the length of the tibia from the apex, the intermediate and apical spines much smaller; metatarsi with three large, apical spines; posterior femora with an upper and lower row of large bristles. Halteres black. Wings dark smoky brown, with the greater portion of the first basal cell, the anterior and middle of the discal cell, a long slightly curved stripe in the middle of the marginal cell, and a large crescent shaped mark beyond the discal cell, sub- hyaline; the bristles on the first section of the costa double the length of those on the second and third, the length of all the sections about equal. Length 3.5 mm. One specimen, Framingham, Mass., Oct. 19, 1913, collected by Mr. C. A. Frost while sifting for coleoptera and presented with many other interesting species to the New England collection of the Boston Society of Natural History.
Leptocera palliceps sp. nov.
Female: Front, face and occiput light yellow. shining; antennas dark brown with prominent bristles, third joint hairy, arista pubescent, as long as the width of the head; vertex with three orbital bristles on each side with narrow black lines ex- tending from the central bristles to a point at the vervex, ocelligerous area brown and bearing two bristles; tip of the proboscis black. Thorax and abdomen black, shining. Legs yellow, middle and posterior femora black. Wings brownish hya- line, with a slightly darker spot in the marginal cell. Length of the third section of the costa about double the length of the second. Length 1mm. One specimen, Clemonton, N. J., May 12, 1899. Type in the author's coliection. This little species seems to be readily dis- tinguished by its entirely light yellow head, ' HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OF MAINE.
Since the publication of my list,l it has come to my notice that there are a number of changes which should be made in the records. Some of these have been very kindly brought to my attention in correspondence, others I have noted myself. I am changing here chiefly such things as might cause confusion, preferring to leave for the present matters which are more or less debatable. In a 1 Psyche, Vol. XXI., 1914, p. 139.
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19151 Parshley-Hemiptera-Heteroptera of Maine. 23 recent paper,l Van Duzee discusses several points belonging to the latter class.
Arctocorixa should read Arctocorisa. All the Corixids mentioned be- long to this genus.
A. harrisii is a dimorphic c? form of interrupts. Horcias limbatellus is a form of dislocatus goniphorus Say. P. dislocatus with its varieties belongs to the genus Horcias. Cyrtorrhinus should be deleted.
C. marginatus doubtless= Orthotylus congrex. Orthotylus is correct.
H. citri= uhleri Giard.
Stiphrosoma = Strongylocoris Blanchard.
Idolocoris = Dicyphus Fieber.
Megalocoleus should be deleted.
M. coagulatus belongs to the genus Orthotylus. Under Clinocoris insert Cimex Auct., Linnseus? Acanthia Auct.
After Nepa apiculata Harr. insert Uhl.
The record of Apiomerus ventralis has been questioned by several corres- pondents.
The data were taken from a specimen in the Boston Society collection, determined by Van Duzee, as I am informed by Mr. C. W. Johnson.
It was collected by
C. A. Frost, who has taken another
specimen at Framingham, Mass.
Zelus exsanguis and 2. luridus are considered distinct by Van Duzee. Both forms occur in Maine.
Limnoporus is considered a subgenus of Gerris by Torre Bueno, our authority on aquatic Hemiptera.
Tingis should read Melanorhopala Stal.
Say's Lygaus scolopax is unknown.
Uhler's record of Orsillus scolopax
doubtless refers to Nysius longiceps.
Before Aneurus insert FAMILY DYSODIIDE.
C. typhaus should read C. distinctus Dallas. As noted by Barber? the
description of Dallas makes it clear that the northern form is distincfus. A. sereiwntris should read A. serieventris. Homcemzis should read Homaemus.
The following records should be added to the list: Horcias dislocatus scutellatus V. D.
Portland.
Lygus tenellus V. D. Me.
Melanorhopala clavata. 15 Jd y. Pownal.
Gsocoris uliginosus Say.
5 July-13 Sept. Pownal, Westbrook.
H. M. PARSHLEY.
1 Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XLVI., 1914, p. 377. *Ins. Fla., II., Hem., Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. XXXIII., 1914, p. 518.



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