778 family xxix. — mirim:. 



dark brown stripe along sides and with pale pubescence prominent. 

 Joints 3 and 4 of antennae each about one-fourth longer than in quer- 

 calbw, 3 being more than half the length of 2, and 4 three-fifths as long 

 as 3. "Genital claspers of male very distinctive, the broad upcurved 

 sinistral clasper extending beyond the tip of body and easily seen with- 

 out a lens." Length, 5.5 — 6 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., March 18 — April 27, adults and nymphs beat- 

 en from wild cherry; the first record for the State (IV. S. B.). 

 Long Island, N. Y., June 26 (Davis) . Glen Ellyn, 111., June 19 ; 

 Pentwater, Mich., July 14 (Gerhard) . Ranges from Ontario and 

 New England west to Michigan and Illinois and southwest to 

 North Carolina and Florida. Breeds on several species of oak, 

 also on dogwood, chestnut and maple-leaved arrow-wood. Of 

 the female of omnivagus Knight says: "Usually paler than the 

 male, more yellowish-brown ; never with reddish as in quercalbce, 

 nor with fuscous marks on the pronotum as in semivittatus or in 

 carycr var. sitbfitscus; very similar to canadensis, but that species 

 has the apical one-third of antennal segment ii more distinctly 

 black, the fuscous spot on apex of corium smaller and not in- 

 vading the pale embolium." 



Group III. — Subgenus Neolygus. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF GROUP III, SUBGENUS NEOLYGUS. 



a. Disk of pronotum blackish, rarely with distinct rays; hind femora 

 blackish with pale rings near apex; elytra, except cuneus, black- 

 ish, the costal margin scarcely paler; cuneus pale translucent, its 

 apex fuscous. 810. cary^e. 



act. Disk of pronotum with distinct dark rays or spots behind the calli. 

 b. Hind femora with two blackish or pale rings on apical third. 

 c. Joints 1 and 2 of antenna? black; embolium, outer half of corium 

 and cuneus pale translucent. 811. johnsoni. 



cc. Joint 1 of antenna? pale or only slightly brownish; apical portion 

 of embolium and outer half of corium usually darkened, if not, 

 then joint 1 of antenna? distinctly pale. 

 d. Sides of body, and usually the hind femora, distinctly reddish. 



812. COMMUNIS. 

 dd. Sides of body and femora not reddish. 



e. First and second antennals yellowish; clavus, apical half of 

 corium and embolium blackish. 813. parrotti. 



ee. Second antennal distinctly fuscous toward apex; head and legs 

 usually slightly tinged with reddish; calli and a widening ray 

 behind each callus blackish. 814. parshleyi. 



bb. Hind femora with apical half brownish to black but without dis- 

 tinct rings, the apex or knees only pale. 

 /. Scutellum greenish-yellow with median line fuscous or reddish; 

 apex and inner margins of cuneus, femoi'a and more or less of 

 sides of ventrals reddish. 815. univittatus. 



