PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 94(2), 1992, pp. 263-272 CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE "CATALOG OF THE HETEROPTERA, OR TRUE BUGS, OF CANADA AND THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" Thomas J. Henry and Richard C. Froeschner (TJH) Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Plant Sciences Institute, ARS, USDA, NHB-1 68, % National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560; (RCF) Department of Entomology, NHB-127, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. Abstract.— The catalog of the Heteroptera of Canada and the United States, appearing in December 1988, contains entries for more than 675 genera and 3800 species. Through use and the efforts of the coeditors and cooperating colleagues, a list of corrections and additions is provided for the 958-page volume. Changes range from extra periods and parentheses around authors names to omitted taxa. Added to the North American list are the berytid Jalysus halli Harris, the coreid Mozena obtusa Uhler, the corixid Glaenoco-risa quadrata Walley, and the mirids Apachemiris vigilax (Van Duzee), Hyalopsallus diaphanus (Renter), Mexicomiris texanus Carvalho and Schaffner, Polymerus rubroornatus Knight, and Labopidea simplex nigriventris Knight. The lygaeid Peritrechus convivus (St^l) is recognized as the senior synonym of P. distinguendus (Flor) and the mirid Psallus haematodes (Gmelin), the senior synonym of P. roseus (F.). Key Words: Omitted taxa, gender, derivation, berytid, coreid, corixid, mirids, lygaeid It has been more than two years since the Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States (Dec. 12, 1988, E. J. Brill Publ., Leiden and New York) appeared (available through Sandhill Crane Press, Inc., 2406 NW 47th Terrace, Gainesville, FL, USA 32606; $58.50). Now that some time has passed to test its accuracy through use, we feel that it is appropriate to present corrections for some of the errors and omissions we have discovered and those kindly pointed out by our colleagues. We offer no excuses for the list that follows, but only restate a sentence included in the catalog's introduction (p. xv): "We . . . realize, more than anyone, the im-mensity of. . . the present task and the prob-ability for error or omission." We are pleased that the scientific community, despite the errors that crept into the volume, has re-sponded favorably to it (Schuh, R. T. 1989, J. New York Entomol. Soc, 97: 243-245; Steyskal, G. C, 1989, Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 91: 649; and C. W. Schaefer, 1990, Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am., 84: 132-134). A particularly problematic aspect of the catalog involved the agreement of gender for generic and specific names. In the list that follows, we attempt to correct a few more names (with much aid from I. M. Kerzhner and G. Steyskal), with an indi-cation of their gender or derivation. Also, several colleagues pointed out the problem with specific patronymic names ending in "ii" (see our discussion on p. xvi of the catalog). The overwhelming response was that the original spelling should be retained. We agree and encourage users of the Het-eroptera volume to follow. A few colleagues pointed out literature
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