Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 217 



A new Corizus from the Northeastern United States 



(Hemip., Coreidae). 



By J. R. DE LA TORRE BUENO, White Plains, New York. 



On occasion, I have called attention to the neglected condi- 

 tion of the Hemiptera in the United States, and to the oppor- 

 tunities this group affords for discoveries of species new to 

 science and much other original research work of great inter- 

 est and importance. It is from time to time my good fortune 

 to add my mite to the treasures of entomology and on this oc- 

 casion I present a hitherto undescribed Coreid bug, of the 1 

 genus Corizus. Last year, toward the end of September, I ac- 

 companied my good friend, Mr. G. P. Engelhardt, of the Chil- 

 dren's Museum, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to Yaphank, in the cen- 

 tral part of Long Island, in the pine woods. Here, in a sandy, 

 grassy spot, by sweeping, I got a bug which at once struck me 

 as unfamiliar, and which at first glance was taken for a spe- 

 cies of Nysius, a Lygaeid. 



I called Engelhardt's attention to it, and we were able to se- 

 cure some fifteen or so specimens, mainly short-winged. A 

 careful examination later showed that my field determination 

 was erroneous, and further study at greater leisure confirmed 

 the opinion already formed as to its being unknown to science. 

 At first, following Hambleton's table, it appeared to run to C. 

 parvicornis Sign., and superficially it somewhat resembles this 

 species. Comparison with Mexican specimens of the latter in 

 my collection, however, disposed of this notion and showed 

 that it deserved a name of its own. Its extremely hairy char- 

 acter furnished the name under which I now describe it : 



Corizus hirtus n. sp. 



Small and stout in general aspect; dark in color and clothed with 

 long erect hairs ; hemelytra nearly hyaline throughout with dark streaks 

 on the nervures. 



Dimensions : 



Long- winged form: $ long, 4.3 mm.; lat, thorax 1.8 mm., abdomen, 

 1.9 mm.; $ long, 4. to 4.5 mm.; lat., thorax, 1.8 to 1.9 mm.; abdomen, 

 2 to 2.1 mm. 



Short-winged form: $ long, 3.5 to 4. mm.; lat., thorax 1.4 to 1.6 

 mm., abdomen i.fi to 1.8 mm. 



