750 



FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^E. 



cit.) states that nigrita and marginalis are only dark color vari- 

 eties of his affinis, which, as above stated, is but a pale form of 



dislocatus. 



770 (1002). Horcias fallax Reuter, 1909, 42. 



Oblong, subparallel. Black or piceous-black; scutellum usua'.ly 

 wholly reddish-yellow or with only its basal angles dark, rarely wholly 

 dark; membrane dusky-translucent; legs and beak pale dull yellow, apical 

 joints of tarsi fuscous; antenna? with joint 1 and basal half of 2 reddish- 

 yellow, remainder fuscous-black. Joint 2 of antennae two and three- 

 fourth times longer than 1. Length of pronotum, about two-fifths shorter 

 than its basal width; its disk shallowly and sparsely punctate. Length, 

 5.8—6.2 mm. 



Fountain, Marion and Vigo counties, Ind., scarce, June 8 — 

 Aug. 8. Occurs on foliage of red-bud, Cercis canadensis L. De- 

 scribed from Greensburg, Pa., and heretofore recorded only 

 from there. 



XIII. Pcecilocapsus Reuter, 1876, 73. 



Elongate, subparallel, shining glabrous species having the 

 head short, nearly twice as wide across eyes as long ; front 

 vertical, strongly convex ; beak slender, not reaching middle 

 coxse; pronotum subtrapezoidal, twice as wide at base as long, 

 disk with collar and calli prominent, hind portion convex, some- 

 what flaring, almost smooth, hind margin broadly rounded ; 

 scutellum triangular, equilateral, almost flat ; elytra entire, sur- 

 passing abdomen, constricted at base of cuneus ; hind tarsi 

 with joints 1 and 2 subequal, 3 longer. One species and a 

 variety occur in North America and our territory. 



Pig 172. o, adult X 5; 6 and c, nymphs: e, eggs. (After Lugger and Slingerland) . 



