SUBFAMILY II. — CAPSIN^). 773 



pale yellowish; membrane fuscous-brown, the veins scarcely paler; legs 

 pale brownish-yellow, the apical third of femora with two darker rings, 

 tips of beak and tarsi piceous-brown; under surface straw-yellow, the 

 genital segment and a stripe on sides of ventrals dark brown, male, 

 wholly pale with ventrals only tinged with darker, female. Joint 1 of 

 antenna? yellowish, three-fifths as long as pronotum; 2 as in key, three 

 and a half times longer than 1 ; 3 and 4 fuscous-brown, 3 half the length 

 of 2, 4 two-thirds as long as 3. Pronotum, except the inconspicuous calli, 

 finely, shallowly, rugosely punctate. Scutellum minutely transversely 

 strigose. Clavus and corium finely scabrous or granulate-punctate. 

 Length, 5.2 — 5.8 mm. 



Batavia, N. Y., June 15 — 20 (Gerhard and Davis). Recorded 

 only from Vermont, Connecticut and New York. "Breeds on 

 the nanny-berry, Viburnum lentago L., the adults being most 

 common on the old plants. The nymphs hatch with the unfold- 

 ing of the leaves and continue to feed on the tender foliage. 

 Close to geneseensis; differs in male claspers, in being more 

 robust, in shorter beak, in apical half of second antennal being 

 infuscated and having in general a richer yellowish-brown 

 color." (Knight). 



799 (— ). Lygus nyss^ Knight, 1918c, 43. 



Pronotum and scutellum yellowish-brown; clavus and apical half 

 of corium darker brown, thickly clothed with yellowish pubescence; 

 embolium and narrow outer margin of corium pale yellowish; membrane 

 fuscous, paler near cuneus, veins brownish; legs a nearly uniform straw- 

 yellow, femora often tinged with reddish; ventrals yellowish, sides and 

 genital region slightly darker. Joints 1 and 2 of antenna? yellowish, 1 

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

 cous-brown, 3 slightly more than one-half as long as 2, twice as long as 4. 

 Length, 5.4 — 5.6 mm. 



Lyme, Conn., June 16 (Walden) . Recorded only from that 

 State and Alabama. Breeds on sour gum, Nyssa aquatica L. 



800 ( — ). Lygus atritylus Knight, 1917, 606. 



Greenish-yellow to brownish, thinly clothed with very fine prostrate 

 yellowish hairs; head pale brownish-yellow, shining, flecked with reddish 

 spots and dashes ; pronotum, scutellum and elytra greenish or pale brown- 

 ish-yellow, more or less tinged or spotted with reddish, inner half of 

 clavus and apical fourth of corium often in part pale fuscous; embolium, 

 cuneus and outer half of corium pale translucent; membrane tinged with 

 dusky, often with a blackish inverted Y at base, usually with pale sub- 

 marginal spots at middle; legs and under surface greenish-yellow, femora 

 flecked with reddish spots, tibial spines arising from fuscous spots as in 

 L. alni; sides of ventrals with a reddish stripe. Joints 1 and 2 of anten- 

 na? pale brownish-yellow, joint 1 nearly one-third longer than width of 

 vertex, 2 three and a third times longer than 1; 3 and 4 in great part 



