Description of a new <I>Anasa</I> from North America

OF WASHINGTON. 11

Mr. Heidemann exhibited specimens and presented the

^fol- lowing-description of

a new _{hemipteron belonging}

to

the genus Anasa

^:

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW ANASA FROM NORTH AMERICA.

BY OTTO HEIDEMANN.

Anasa _repetita, new

_species.

Elongate-oval,uniformly

brown

_{or light}brown.

Upper

^surfaceofbody,

and

_breast,with _irregular rows of dark _punctures; from each puncture arises a _short, stiff, golden bristle;

abdomen

transversely wrinkled, the punctures

somewhat

_obsolete, withfiner

and

_longerhairswhich are

more

closelyplacedontheapex^ofabdomen.

Head

withouta spine or tubercle near the antennae; ^ocelli amber-colored, blackish-edged behind; antennae moderately long

and

finely pilose; basal _joint one-third longer than the head, gradually curved,brown, with^ablackline exteriorly

and

afewblack dots; the blacklineevenreaching the antenniferoustubercle; second_joint alittlelongerthanthe_first; the third nearly equalⁱⁿlengthwiththesec- ond,both_jointsabouthalfasthick asthe basaljoint, black,narrowlyyel- lowish-whiteatbase; terminaljoint shorter,fusiform

and

orange-colored.

Rostrum

reaching the middle _{coxae, light} brown, blackat _tip.

Thorax

broader than _long; the disk feebly convex, ⁱⁿthe middle a longitudinal narrow,

smooth

whitish line; lateral margins slightly sinuate anteriorly,

and

_obtuselyroundedposteriorly near thehumeri; the anteriormargin^less thanhalfasbroadasthe_posterior; thelatterconsiderably depressed

and

straight, the transverseraised line abovethe margin well defined. Scu- tellum wrinkled; ^atthe basal corners atriangular,black spot

and

alsoone atthe_tip.

The

diskofthecorium hasafew dark_speckles,formed

by

^the

more

orlessconfluent punctures.

The membrane

brownish

and

_sprinkled with

some

large, black _dots, the base darker.

The connexivum

is edged with white

and

blacklines

and

has ontheincisuresbroad, whitish, trans- verse bands.

Abdomen much

_{rounded, luteous,} on the sides of the _seg- ments a fewblack_spots; alsooneor

two

near the baseofthecoxae. Feet yellowishwhite

and

dottedwith_large, black _spots.

The

_{genitalsegment} of the cJ* is quite remarkable: it is a little longer than_broad,with atransverse,shallowlinebefore the middle, the base con- vexly rounded

and

_slopingabruptly towardsthe apex, whichistruncate, veryfeeblyindentedinthe middle,with the corners decidedlyhump-like inform.

Length,$15

mm.,

cJ

112

mm.

; widthacrossthe thorax,$⁶

mm.,

^c?5

mm.

Four _specimens, cTcTand

_{$ $,}

Washington, ^D.

^C.,

September

6,

1903; Glen Echo, Md., July

^10,

August

25,

1893 (Heide- mann)

^.

Type. No.

_8217,

U.

S.

National Museum.

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This

_species

very much resembles A. armigera Say

ⁱⁿ

^form and

_colors,

but can

_easily

be

distinguished

by ^{the absence}

^of

^the

spines

on the head and by ^the

differently-shaped ^cT genitalia.

It differs

from the common _{squash bug}

(A. ^tristis

De _Geer)

in

having ^a comparatively

^shorter

and broader thorax and

in

lacking the

stripes

on the head. The

_species isreferred to

by

Dr. F.

H. Chittenden,

ⁱⁿ

an

article

on the

life history of

the horned squash bug, published

^{in Bulletin} 19,

new

series,

U.

S.

Department

of Agriculture, p. 30, 1899.

Mr. Caudell

said

that he had

_just

returned from Cambridge,

Mass.,

where he _spent

several

weeks

in

the study

^of

^Scudder's types

^of

North American _Orthoptera

in

the Museum

of

Compar-

ative

Zoology. He

stated

that the Scudder

collection is

now

well

cared

for

by the curator

of

the Museum, ^Mr. Samuel Hen- shaw, although

^{it is}

obvious that during the prolonged

^illnessof Dr.

Scudder

^it

had

suffered

from

_neglect.

With the exception

of

those groups

lately revised

by Scudder, the

^{collection is}

not

as well

arranged

^as

might have been expected. Mr. Caudell men- tioned

shortvisits

he had _made, before

his

return

to

Washington,

to

museums

in

New York, _Brooklyn, and

Philadelphia.

At Wel-

lesley, Mass.,also,

he had

visited Dr.

A.

P.

Morse, and had had the opportunity

^of

examining

his collection of Acrididae

un- doubtedly one

^of

^the

^finest collections in this

family

ⁱⁿ

the United

States.

Mr. Benton reported that he had seen a comb

of

the giant honey ^bee

(either

Megapis

^{dorsata or}

M.

zonata) in

the

_Philip-

pine

^{exhibit at}

the World's

Fair, St.Louis,

Mo.

It

was attached

to

the under

side of

the limb

of

a

tree

and measured about

i

feet in

width by some

3 ^feetin length.

There were _4^

cellsto

the

linear inch, or

20

to

the square

inch,

while the thickness

of

the comb where brood had been reared was

i 7-16 inches.

Mr.

Benton

stated

that the workers

of

the giant bees

^are

about

as large as

queens

^of

Apis

mellifera.

Mr. Banks showed a

collection ofseveral species of

Hymen-

optera whose

_sleeping

habits he had _{observed, During}

last

summer he discovered a colony

^{at Falls}

Church,

Virginia,

about a mile

distant

from the one found by him ^two years

ago.¹

The

1

SleepingHabitsofCertain

Hymenoptera. By ^Nathan

^Banks. Journ.

N. Y. Ent. Soc., x, No. _{4, pp. 209-214,} December, 1902.