802 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^E. 



antennas blackish, paler at base, three-fourths as long as width of vertex; 

 2 as in key, about four times longer than 1 ; 3 fuscous, the base yellowish, 

 two-thirds the length of 2; 4 fuscous, one-half as long as 3. Head 

 smooth, polished, vertex with a small round median impression. Sur- 

 face of pronotum and elytra somewhat roughened, minutely granulate; 

 membrane surpassing abdomen by three-fourths or more its length. 

 Length, 1.8 — 2 mm. Females — Usually brachypterous and oval, broader 

 and much more convex; color the same; pronotum shorter, subquadrate, 

 much less declivent; elytra usually with coria alone present, reaching 

 sixth dorsal, their tips separately broadly rounded. Length, 1.3 — 1.5 mm. 

 (Fig. 178). 



Frequent throughout Indiana, June 11 — Oct. 16. Dunedin, 

 R. P. Park and Sanford, Fla., Nov. 21 — April 4. Occurs on 

 foliage of many plants, both wild and cultivated, especially 

 those growing in rich moist soil. Once taken by scores near 

 Dunedin on turnip tops, and frequently swept from ferns in 

 dense hammocks. Ranges from Ontario and New England 

 west to Kansas and Utah and southwest to Florida. In later 

 years, for some unknown reason, this species has been listed 

 as Halticus citri (Ashm.) (1887, 155), but a careful study of 

 the original descriptions of both authors leads me to believe 

 Ashmead's name is an absolute synonym. Both descriptions 

 were founded on the macropterous form and, as far as they go, 

 agree in every particular. The males appear to be much more 

 scarce than the females, and macropterous forms of the latter 

 sex are very scarce. Webster (1897, 209) named 20 plants 

 on which H. bractatus was found feeding. He stated that : "The 

 insect feeds during all its development on the upper surface 

 of the leaves, notably those of red clover, discoloring the entire 

 leaf. They do not become abundant until early summer, and 

 continue so until October, when they gradually disappear." 

 Many of the older records were made under the name of 

 Halticus uhleri Giard, also a synonym. 



842 (1120). Halticus intermedius Uhler, 1904, 360. 



Broadly ovate, moderately convex. Black, strongly shining; mem- 

 brane pale fuscous, cells darker; femora black, knees, tibia? and tarsi 

 pale. Antennae very slender, reaching tip of cuneus, joint 1 dull yellow, 

 darker at middle, two-thirds as long as width of vertex; 2 about twice 

 as long as pronotum; 3 and 4 more slender, dusky yellow, united nearly 

 as long as 2. Pronotum narrowed in front, side margins feebly reflexed, 

 calli subobsolete. Elytra with costal margins strongly curved, disk in- 

 flated and with small patches of deciduous silvery or greenish scale-like 

 hairs. Length, 2.5 — 3.5 mm. 



