742 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID,£. 



759 (996). Dichrooscytus suspectus Reuter, 1909, 37. 



Greenish-yellow; elytra usually heavily tinged with reddish, but 

 often fading to greenish-yellow with a faint roseate tinge; embolium and 

 inner basal angle of cuneus paler, subtranslucent; membrane pale trans- 

 lucent with a faint dusky tinge, veins reddish; upper surface thinly 

 clothed with fine prostrate yellowish hairs. Head scarcely one-fourth 

 narrower than base of pronotum, vertex very wide, with basal carina 

 prominent. Pronotum with calli prominent, rather widely separated. 

 Length, 4.8 — 5 mm. 



Lakehurst, N. J., May 29 (Davis). Washington, D. C, June 

 4 (Gerhard). Ranges from New England west to Colorado, not 

 recorded south of District of Columbia. Breeds on pine. 



760 (997). Dichrooscytus elegans Uhler, 1904, 356. 



General color pale green, fading to greenish-yellow; elytra often 

 strongly tinged with reddish ; cuneus pale greenish-yellow with reddish 

 markings ; membrane pale greenish-translucent with veins of cells red- 

 dish ; antenna? greenish, becoming dusky toward tip ; legs greenish-yellow, 

 the femora with vague reddish dots; beak and tarsal claws fuscous. 

 Length, 2.8—3.2 mm. 



Putnam Co., Ind., July 24 — Oct. 1 ; beaten from red cedar, 

 Juniperus virginiana L., where it occurred in company with 

 Parthenicus juniperi (Heid.). Lakehurst, N. J., May 28, from 

 white cedar (Davis). Ranges from Ontario and New England 

 west to the Pacific and southwest to North Carolina and New 

 Mexico, occurring on cedar throughout its range. 



761 ( — ). Dichrooscytus viridicans Knight, 1918b, 114. 



Form and size of elegans. Differs in color as shown in key; head, 

 coxa? and femora often turning pale to brownish; pronotum and scutellum 

 often more yellowish-green ; cuneus green with margins of apical half 

 reddish; veins of membrane reddish or dull yellow; tip of cuneus black- 

 ish. Length, 3.2—3.3 mm. 



New Ulm, Minn., June 20 (Minn. Univ. Coll.). Recorded only 

 from New Hampshire and New York. Originally described as 

 a color vairety of elegans and that is probably its proper status. 



762 (999). Dichrooscytus maculatus Van Duzee, 1912a, 483. 



Pale greenish-yellow, often with a pinkish tinge; pronotum usually 

 immaculate, sometimes with a fuscous blotch on basal half; elytra with 

 an oval spot on inner angle of clavus and a narrow transverse bar across 

 apical third of corium, fuscous, these markings varying in size and in- 

 tensity; membrane pale translucent with a dusky cloud across the apex 

 and apical half of cells, veins and inner apical margin of cuneus usually 

 reddish; under surface and legs pale greenish-yellow, apical third of 

 hind femora and sides of abdomen sometimes reddish-fuscous. Joints 



