714 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^. 



2 fuscous, paler at base, nearly three times as long as 1 ; 3 and 4 black- 

 ish, 3 one-half the length of 2, one-fourth longer than 4. Male genitalia 

 as in fig. 20. Length, 5 mm. 



Carlton Co., Minn., Aug. 18 (Minn. i T nk'. Coll.). Occurs on 

 white pine, its known range extending from Maine to Minne- 

 sota. 



706 (954). Phytocoris conspersipes Reuter, 1909, 22. 



Elongate-oblong, subparallel. Head and pronotum dull yellow, the 

 former thickly flecked with small reddish spots, the latter with a reddish 

 tinge and beset with numerous suberect black hairs ; scutellum and elytra 

 rather dark reddish-brown, the former with yellowish tip, the latter with 

 widely scattered small vague yellowish spots, both rather thickly clothed 

 with fine appressed yellowish pubescence; membrane of a uniform dusky 

 hue throughout; femora and basal antennal dark reddish flecked with 

 numerous small yellow dots, remainder of antennae fuscous-brown; joints 

 2 and 3 narrowly pale at base; tarsi more or less fuscous; basal joint 

 of beak with a red line each side. Joint 1 of antenna? three-fourths the 

 length of pronotum, 2 nearly three times the length of 1, 3 one-half the 

 length of 2, but slightly longer than 4. Male genitalia as in fig. 19. 

 Length, 4.7 — 5 mm. 



Reading, Pa., and Rock Creek, D. C, June 22 — Aug. 14 {Ger- 

 hard). Swannanoa, N. Car. (Brimley). Heretofore recorded 

 only from New Jersey, Maryland and District of Columbia. 

 Breeds on the scrub pine, Pinus virginiana Mill. 



707 ( — ). Phytocoris pinicola Knight, 1920, 59. 



Elongate-oval. Head and pronotum greenish-yellow tinged with red- 

 dish-brown; scutellum, clavus and corium pale reddish-fuscous; em- 

 bolium and cuneus dull greenish-yellow with a reddish tinge; femora and 

 tibiae fuscous-brown, thickly flecked with minute yellowish dots. Joint 

 1 of antenna? brownish, annulate or marked above with paler glabrous 

 spots, its length less than three-fifths the width of head; 2 fuscous-brown, 

 "paler beneath, nearly three and two-third times as long as 1; 3 blackish, 

 narrowly pale at base, about as long as width of head ; 4 blackish, slight- 

 ly more than half the length of 3. Male genitalia as in fig. 17. Length, 

 5.2 mm. 



Ithaca, N. Y., July 11 (Minn. Univ. Coll.). Recorded only from 

 Massachusetts and New York. Breeds on the gray and red 

 pines, Pinus silvestris L. and P. resinosa Ait. 



Group III. — Phytocoris. 



This group includes species of small or medium size having 

 the membrane unflecked though sometimes with pale areas 

 near middle, and the antennae in great part blackish or fuscous 



