SUBFAMILY II. — CAPSIN^. 769 



791 ( — ). Lygus confusus Knight, 1917, 606. 



General color greenish-yellow, the basal third of pronotum and sides 

 of scutellum yellowish-brown; inner half of clavus brownish, inner apical 

 angles of corium with a fuscous spot, cuneus translucent; membrane fus- 

 cous, veins and basal half of cells paler; legs greenish-yellow, hind 

 femora with minute fuscous dots on lower side and two vague subapical 

 fuscous rings above; fuscous spots at base of tibial spines prominent. 

 Joints 1 and 2 of antennae greenish-yellow to brownish, 1 two-thirds as 

 long as pronotum, 2 three and one-third times the length of 1 ; 3 and 4 

 pale fuscous, 3 slightly more than half the length of 2, one-half longer 

 than 4. Beak reaching first ventral. Length, 4.3 — 5.3 mm. 



Recorded only from Maine, New Hampshire and New York. 



792 (— ). Lygus alni Knight, 1917, 607. 



Bright green fading to yellowish, with bronze markings as in key; 

 scutellum dark green with a tinge of bronze; membrane pale brown, 

 apical third of cells and spot near apex of cuneus darker; legs greenish, 

 tips of tibia? and tarsi yellowish-brown, very small spots at base of tibial 

 spines fuscous; under surface green to yellowish-green. Joints 1 and 2 

 of antenna? wholly yellowish, 1 twice as long as width of vertex, 2 three 

 and one-fifth times as long as 1 ; 3 and 4, pale fuscous, 3 one-half as long 

 as 2, 4 three-fourths the length of 3. Beak reaching tips of hind coxa?. 

 Length, 5.5 — 5.7 mm. 



Beaver Bay, Minn., Aug. 20 (Minn. Univ. Coll.). Recorded 

 from Nova Scotia, New Hampshire and New York. Breeds on 

 the hoary alder, Alnus incana Willd. Reuter's New England 

 records (1909, 42) of the European L. viridis (Fall.) were 

 based on specimens of this form. Cabinet specimens fade to 

 pale brownish-yellow and resemble closely those of L. fagi. 



793 ( — ). Lygus neglectus Knight, 1917, 619. 



Bright green or yellowish-green; head, calli and under surface yel- 

 low; membrane pale hyaline, its base clouded with fuscous; legs green- 

 ish-yellow, tibia? green with dull yellow spines, the hind pair somewhat 

 curved. Joint 1 of antenna? greenish-yellow, male, bright green, female, 

 as long as pronotum; 2 greenish-yellow, brownish at tip, three times as 

 long as 1 ; 3 and 4 dark brownish, 3 one-half the length of 2, twice as 

 long as 4. Beak reaching middle of hind coxa?. Length, 5.2 — 5.6 mm. 



Recorded from Massachusetts, Alabama and Louisiana. 

 Breeds on the water beech, Carpinus caroliniana Walt. Resembles 

 L, pabulinus (Linn.), but shorter, broader and with a distinct 

 basal carina on vertex. 



794 (1018). Lygus belfragii Reuter, 1876, 71. 



Greenish or greenish-yellow, fading in great part to greenish- or 

 pale straw-yellow, thinly clothed with fine prostrate yellowish hairs ; head 

 and pronotum unicolorous, or the basal half of latter sometimes lightly 



