816 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^E. 



femora, last three ventrals and tarsi tinged with fuscous. Antennae with 

 joint 1 and basal three-fourths of 2 reddish-brown, apical fourth of 2 

 fuscous; 1 three-fifths as long as width of vertex, 2 four times as long 

 as 1; 3 and 4 dusky, 3 paler at base, one-third longer than 4. Pronotum 

 shorter, with sides less sinuate, than in amcenus. Length, 3.3 — 3.5 mm. 



Lake and Marion counties, Incl., June 11 — July 15; frequent 

 on honey locust (W.S.B.). Palos Park and Willow Springs, 

 111., May 31— June 28 (Gerhard). Recorded from New York 

 west to Iowa, Missouri and Colorado. 



865 ( — ). Pilophorus geminus Knight, 1926b, 22. 



Head and pronotum brownish-black, cheeks and lorae more yellowish; 

 elytra pale cinnamon-yellow, base and apex of clavus, outer half of 

 corium, cuneus and apex of embolium, dull blackish; posterior silvery bar 

 interrupted, its inner portion set forward as in key; membrane fuscous, 

 cells and veins yellowish; legs yellowish-brown, coxae paler, hind tibiae 

 fuscous. Joint 1 of antennae yellowish, half as long as width of vertex; 

 2 dusky yellow, cylindrical, four times as long as 1 ; 3 blackish, pale at 

 base, two-fifths the length of 2, 4 black, almost as long as 3. Length, 

 3.2 mm. 



Known only from Minnesota and Wonewac, Wis. 



866 ( — ). Pilophorus brunneus Poppius, 1914, 244. 



Form of walshi but slightly larger. Color darker, vertex and prono- 

 tum fuscous-black; basal two-thirds of elytra dark brown; middle of 

 posterior silvery line projected slightly forward, outer half of area be- 

 hind it and cuneus polished fuscous; membrane dusky translucent; under 

 surface fuscous-brown, shining; legs reddish-brown, the coxae pale yellow. 

 Joint 1 of antennae half as long as width of vertex, 2 dark brown, black- 

 ish at tip, five times as long as 1, 3 and 4 fuscous, paler at base, 4 three- 

 fourths the length of 3. Length, 4 mm. 



Lake and Marion counties, Ind., June 19 — Sept. 24; beaten 

 from willow. Recorded only from New York. 



867 (1128). Pilophorus clavatus (Linnaeus), 1767, 729. 



Elongate, robust for the genus, subdepressed above. Vertex, prono- 

 tum and scutellum fuscous-black, subopaque; inner half of clavus fus- 

 cous-brown, outer half of clavus and basal two-thirds of elytra dark red- 

 dish-brown thinly clothed with short yellowish hairs and with the usual 

 silvery lines, the hind one interrupted on suture; cuneus and outer half 

 of corium adjoining polished fuscous-brown; membrane with a rounded 

 reddish-brown spot at middle, the apical half paler; legs reddish-brown, 

 hind femora tinged with fuscous, all the coxae in great part dull yellow; 

 under surface fuscous-brown, the sides of ventrals 2 — 4 with an oblique 

 bar of silvery-gray scales. Joint 1 of antennae reddish-brown, one-half as 

 long as width of vertex; 2 reddish-brown with apex darker, gradually 

 feebly thickened from the base, five times as long as 1 ; 3 with basal 

 half reddish-yellow, apical half blackish, two-fifths the length of 2; 4 fus- 



