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Phlepsius irroratiis Osb., Proc. la. Acad. Sci., i, pt. 2, p. 126, 1892. 



Phlepsius irroratvs Osb., 20th Rept. N. Y. St. Ent., p. 533, 1906. 



Phlejmus iri-nratus Osb., U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Bui. 108, p. 94, fig. 25, 1912. 



Phlepsius irroratus Osb., Me. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 238, p. 139, 1915. 



Phlepsius irroratus Gibs., Can. Ent., xlviii, p. 178, 1916. 



Phlepsius irroratus DeL., Tenn. St. Bd. Eut., Bui. 17, p. 72, 1916. 



Phlepsius irroratus Van D., Cat. Hemip. N. A., p. 671, 1917. 



Phlepsius irroratus Fent., Ohio Jl. Sci., xviii, p. 185, 1918. 



Phlepsius irroratus Lathr., S. C. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 199, p. 90, 1919. 



Form: A rather slender and elongate species. Length, 5.5 to 7 mm. 

 Head as wide as pronotum; vertex one-third longer at middle than next 

 the eye, over twice as wide as long, obtusely angled apically. Pronotum 

 long, barely twice as wide as long, anterior margin strongly convex, 

 lateral margins short, posterior margin slightly emarginate. Elytra long, 

 narrowed apically. 



Color: Grayish to yellowish, strongly and evenly inscribed. Vertex 

 yellowish with an apical median line and spots on posterior margin whit- 

 ish. Disc of pronotum more heavily irrorate than margins. Scutellum 

 irrorate, with two or three marginal dark spots, an apical and two pre- 

 apical marginal spots, white. Elytra whitish with fuscous nervures and 

 closely inscribed with fuscous. Face yellowish, closely irrorate with 

 fuscous. 



External geintnlia: Female, last ventral segment twice as long as 

 preceding, rounded laterally, rounded lateral angles exceeded in length 

 by three median teeth, the wider middle one separated by deep excava- 

 tions from the outer two; pygofers rather slender, widest at the middle, 

 exceeded by ovipositor, spined on apical half. Male, valve as broad as 

 last ventral segment, triangular, apex rounded ; plates broad basally, then 

 narrowing to constriction near middle, and then broadening to obtusely 

 pointed apices, each with a row of submarginal spines and bearing soft 

 silky hairs, greatly exceeding the very short apically bristled pygofers. 



Internal male ge.yiitalia: Styles triangular, very large basally, with a 

 long finger-like terminal process which is strongly roughened, especially 

 on the lateral margin; connective Y-shaped, with the cleft deep and more 

 strongly chitinized on outer part, stem ending in a broad base; oedagus 

 broad basally, gradually widening to an enlarged tip which is serrate, 

 and with a small dorsal process for attachment to anal tube. 



