SUBFAMILY II. — CAPSIN^S. 779 



ff. Scutellum without a darker median line. 

 g. Disk of pronotum with a small fuscous mark behind each callus; 

 ventrals fuscous-brown, a lateral pale stripe dividing the dark 



color. 816. SEMIVITTATUS. 



gg. Disk of pronotum with a distinct black ray or spot behind each 



callus; sides of ventrals without a pale stripe. 



h. Disk of pronotum with a black stripe covering outer half of each 



callus and extending back to basal margin; general color pale 



yellowish, clavus, apical fourth of corium and embolium black. 



817. VITTICOLLIS. 

 hh. Disk of pronotum with the black stripes behind the calli not 

 reaching basal margin. 

 i. Pronotal disk with a conspicuous nearly square black spot be- 

 hind each callus; ground color yellowish-brown, hind femora 

 except tips, blackish. 818. atrinotatus. 



ii. Pronotal disk with a conspicuous black stripe behind each callus, 

 this broadening toward base; ground color yellowish-brown 

 with fuscous more or less tinged with pinkish; hind femora 

 reddish-brown with vague pale rings near tips. 



819. laurel. 



810 (— ). Lygus cary^: Knight, 1917, 615. 



Male — Elongate-oblong, sides subparallel. Color above, except 

 head, cuneus and membrane, a nearly uniform fuscous-black, rather 

 thickly clothed with prostrate yellow hairs; head dull yellow with fuscous 

 markings; basal angles of scutellum, embolium and sometimes a vague 

 stripe along corium, yellowish heavily tinged with dusky; cuneus pale 

 yellowish, its tip and inner basal angle fuscous; membrane dark fuscous; 

 veins slightly paler; legs greenish-yellow, the apical halves of hind 

 femora fuscous-brown, middle femora with two vague subapical dark 

 rings; tip of beak and tarsi and spines of tibia? fuscous. Female — Larger 

 and more oval. Dark fuscous-brown; head, pronotum except calli, middle 

 of scutellum, embolium and basal half of corium in great part, dull 

 yellow; cuneus, membrane and legs as in male; under surface dull yellow 

 with a broad fuscous stripe along the sides. Joints 1 and 2 of antennae 

 fuscous-brown, the incisures pale; 1 two-thirds as long as width of head 

 across eyes; 2 three times as long as 1 ; 3 and 4 dusky yellow, 3 one-half 

 the length of 2, 4 two-thirds as long as 3. Pronotum finely and closely 

 rugose-punctate. Elytra finely scabrous or granulate-punctate. Length, 

 5 — 5.8 mm. 



Marion and Posey counties, Ind., May 11 — June 19; beaten 

 from hickory {IV. S. B.). Conesus Lake, N. Y., and Glen Ellyn, 

 111., June {Gerhard). Staten Island, N. Y., June 6 (Davis). The 

 known range extends from New England and New York west 

 to Wisconsin and southwest to Mississippi. Breeds on hickory, 

 walnut and pecan. A var. subfuscus Knight has the scutellum, 

 basal half of corium and embolium paler. Specimens of this, 

 taken on pecan May 11, at Millbrook, N. Car., were received 

 from Brimley. 



