782 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRIDjE. 



so; beak with reddish lines, its tip and apical half of tarsi fuscous; under 

 surface in great part reddish-fuscous, the median portion greenish-yel- 

 low. Joint 1 of antennae blackish- or reddish-brown, paler at base, 

 slightly longer than width of vertex; 2 reddish-brown, darker at base 

 and apex, three and one-fifth times longer than 1 ; 3 and 4 fuscous, 3 

 three-fifths the length of 2, one-third longer than 4. Beak reaching sec- 

 ond ventral. Pronotum finely rugose with minute punctures between 

 the rugae. Elytra finely and densely granulate-punctate. Length 5.5 — 

 5.8 mm. 



Ithaca, N. Y., June 25 {Gerhard). Recorded only from that 

 State. Breeds on the red haw (Cratcegus). "Resembles laurece in 

 coloration, but smaller; similar in size to large forms of quer- 

 calbce but darker colored and with more reddish." {Knight). 



816 ( — ). Lygus semivittatus Knight, 1917, 626. 



Elongate-oval. Head and pronotum yellowish-brown, apex of tylus 

 and spot behind each callus fuscous; scutellum with sides darker than 

 disk; elytra dark brown to fuscous, basal half of embolium and outer 

 adjacent half of corium yellowish, cuneus pale yellowish; membrane fus- 

 cous, the veins and central area paler; legs greenish-yellow, hind fem- 

 ora brown with traces of darker rings near apex. Antenna? yellow- 

 ish-brown, tinged with fuscous apically, joint 1 two-fifths as long 

 as pronotum, 2 three and one-fourth times longer than 1, 3 nearly three- 

 fifths as long as 2, twice the length of 4. Length 5.3 — 5.5 mm. 



Recorded from New York and Virginia. Breeds on white oak. 



817 (1021). Lygus vitticollis Reuter, 1876, 71. 



Elongate, subparallel. Dull straw-yellow, sparsely pubescent with 

 very fine appressed yellow hairs; pronotum with blackish stripes as in 

 key; corium with a piceous spot on apex, this usually prolonged obliquely 

 forward to cover apical third of embolium, cuneus pale translucent yel- 

 low; membrane in great part fuscous; legs straw-yellow, the apical half 

 of hind femora dark brown. Antennae dull yellow, the tip of joint 2, 

 apical half of 3 and all of 4, fuscous; joint 1 two-thirds the length of pro- 

 notum, 2 slightly more than three times the length of 1, 3 three-fifths the 

 length of 2, nearly twice as long as 4. Pronotum, except calli, very finely 

 strigose. Elytra finely scabrous. Length, 5.8 — 6.2 mm. 



Marion and Putnam counties, Ind., May 19 — July 21 ; beaten 

 from red haw {Cratagus) and maple. The recorded range ex- 

 tends from Ontario and New England west to Iowa, and south- 

 west to Texas, the types being labeled from the latter State. 

 Breeds on maple, passing the winter in the egg stage on the 

 host plant. The nymphs are pale whitish in hue, as are also 

 the adults when freshly emerged. 



818 (— ). Lygus atrinotatus Knight, 1917, 617. 



Elongate-oval. Color as in key; scutellum pale yellowish, side mar- 

 gins narrowly black; clavus black with narrow percurrent yellowish 



