702 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID,£. 



/. Lower half of head blackish without clearly marked white 

 areas ; length, 6.6 mm. 694. corticevivens. 



II. Lower half of head chiefly white, sometimes with a black bar 

 across middle of tylus, dorsal margin of juga and lorae dark 

 reddish-black, but the white areas never obscured. 

 m. Corium with a longitudinal black stripe, set on a grayish 

 background, along middle of apical half; joint 1 of anten- 

 nae equal in length to distance between tylus and basal 

 margin of pronotum. 695. VITTATUS. 



mm. Corium without a longitudinal black stripe on a grayish 

 background. 

 n. Joint 2 of antenna? with pale band placed at slightly be- 

 yond middle; tylus with a distinct black band across 

 middle, its lower margin just in line with dorsal margins 

 of lorae. 696. dimidiatus. 



nn. Joint 2 with pale band at middle; tylus without a heavy 

 black band across middle, but often with a vague dark 

 reddish spot at that point. 

 o. Pronotum strongly sulcate at sides and immediately behind 

 calli ; apical half of hind femora with three or four 

 large pale marks, these often in part confluent. 



697. SULCATUS. 

 oo. Pronotum not distinctly sulcate at sides or behind calli ; 

 hind femora black with not more than one prominent 

 white band on apical half. 

 p. Hind femora brownish-black, apical half with small pale 

 dots only; pale band at middle of second antennal 

 subobsolete or wanting. 698. fumatus. 



pp. Hind femora b^ck with a distinct white oblique band 

 just before apex; pale band at middle of second an- 

 tennal very distinct. 699. tuberculatus. 



683 (922). Phytocoris lasiomerus Reuter, 1909, 34. 



Pale reddish-brown, rather thickly clothed with silky yellowish ap- 

 pressed hairs; pronotum with sides often clouded with fuscous, some- 

 times with a reddish tinge; elavus and corium vaguely clouded with fus- 

 cous, embolium usually paler; cuneus straw-yellow, its apex fuscous; 

 membrane dusky, sprinkled with small vague yellowish spots, the veins 

 reddish; legs dull yellow, the apical half or more of femora thickly 

 flecked with reddish-brown ; under surface reddish to fuscous-brown. 

 Joint 1 of antennae reddish-brown dotted with yellow, nearly two-thirds 

 longer than pronotum; 2 as in key, about twice as long as 1 ; 3 paler at 

 base, its apical half and all of 4 dusky, 3 two-thirds as long as 2, one- 

 third longer than 4. Length, 7.5 — 8.5 mm. (Fig. 167, a). 



Denver, Colo., July 16 (Gerhard). A species of northern dis- 

 tribution, ranging from Quebec and New England west to 

 North Dakota, Colorado and Victoria, B. C. Not taken, but 

 doubtless occurs in northern Indiana. It was found near Cran- 

 berry Lake, N. Y., in July and August on willows and weeds. 



