SUBFAMILY II. — CAPSIN^E. 715 



with basal joint longer than greatest width of head. It corre- 

 sponds to Group II of Knight in the "Hemiptera of Connecti- 

 cut," and comprises 20 of our eastern species. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF GROUP III, PHYTOCORIS. 



a. Vertex with a shallow but distinct median longitudinal impression; 

 joint 1 of antennae stout, twice as thick throughout as 2; form 

 very slender. 



b. Corium with a conspicuous round white spot near apex. 



708. BIPUNCTATUS. 



bb. Corium without a white spot near apex. 709. annulicornis. 



act. Vertex without a median longitudinal impression; joint 1 of an- 

 tennae never twice as thick as joint 2; form more robust. 



c. Corium with a distinct black or dark fuscous mark extending ob- 



liquely from radius to the inner apical angle of corium, this dark 

 mark never broken by paler spots. 

 d. Disk of pronotum uniformly deep black with only the narrow basal 

 margin pale ; scutellum yellowish with an oblique black mark 

 near middle each side of median line; length, 5.1 mm. 



710. NIGRICOLLIS. 

 dd. Disk of pronotum pale grayish to blackish, always paler on middle 

 and never deep black, 

 e. Scutellum with distinct blackish mark each side of apical half 

 which extends from the side margin forward to near middle of 

 scutellar disk. 

 /. Pale color on lower margin of propleura extending upon sides 

 of sternum. 

 g. Tylus in great part blackish ; femora black except at base, 

 their pale spots small, the largest on hind femora not wider 

 than the narrow pale band at apical fourth; length 5.1 mm. 



711. HUSSEYI. 



gg. Tylus wholly pale; hind femora in great part pale, the apical 



fourth and some scattered spots fuscous-brown enclosing 



pale dots; length, 6 mm. 712. albitylus. 



ff. Pale color on lower margins of propleura not extending upon 



sides of sternum. 



h. Hind femora with large irregular pale spots on front face, 



the spots connected by a longitudinal pale bar which does 



not reaching subapical pale band; length, 7 — 7.4 mm. 



713. onustus. 

 hh. Hind femora with small spots and without a distinct longi- 

 tudinal bar on front face. 

 ('. Membrane with the infuscation on its central area tending to 

 separate into small specks; front of head transversely stri- 

 ate with black lines each side of median line; length, 

 6.2 mm. 714. neglectus. 



ii. Membrane more uniformly dusky, its central area without 

 specks; front of head not distinctly striate with black, 

 though reddish or fuscous lines sometimes evident; length, 

 6 — 6.8 mm. 715. spicatus. 



