826 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^E. 



than one-half as long as 2, 4 three-fourths as long as 3. Front of hea^ 

 coarsely alutaceous. Pronotum alutaceous, sides feebly sinuate. Scutel- 

 lum finely transversely rugose. Length, 4.5 mm. 



Kosciusko Co., Ind., July 12 (W. S.B.). Galesburg ; III., 

 June 26 (III. Nat. Hist. Surv. Coll.) . Ranges from New York 

 west to Minnesota and Illinois, and south to Georgia. Occurs 

 from June to August, mainly on trunks and limbs of hickory. 



Group II. — Ceratocapsus. 



KEY TO EASTERN' SPECIES OF GROUP II. CERATOCAPSUS. 



a. Third antennal longer than width of vertex plus the dorsal width 

 of an eye. 

 b. Third antennal shorter than width of head across eyes ; brownish- 

 yellow, thickly pubescent, cuneus in part reddish. 



884. PUMILUS. 



bb. Length of third antennal subequal to or greater than width of head. 

 c. Smaller, length less than 4 mm.; upper surface with long con- 

 spicuous hairs; female ovate, brachypterous. 

 d. General color dark reddish-brown ; antenna? of female longer than 

 body; cuneus brown. 885. setosus. 



dd. General color pale brownish-yellow; antenna? of female shorter 

 than body; cuneus of male reddish. 886. punctulatus. 



cc. Larger, 4.5 mm.; cuneus red, corium yellowish-brown. 



887. DRAKEI. 

 aa. Third antennal not longer than width of vertex plus dorsal width 

 of an eye. 

 e. Width of vertex of male less than dorsal width of an eye; female 

 with hind femora reddish on apical half; cuneus red. 

 /. Corium yellowish-brown, translucent; under surface brownish- 

 black; fourth antennal four-fifths the length of third. 



888. FUSCINUS. 



//. Corium reddish- to fuscous-brown, not translucent; under surface 

 in great part or wholly red ; fourth antennal one-half the length 

 of third. 889. rufistigmus. 



ee. Width of vertex of male greater than dorsal width of an eye; 

 femora of female greenish or yellowish, not reddish on apical half. 

 g. Upper surface densely clothed with suberect, bristle-like pubes- 

 cence; apical half of membrane scarcely darker than basal half. 



890. DIGITULUS. 



gg. Upper surface more sparsely clothed with semi-erect pubescence; 



apical half of membrane fuscous. 891. INCISUS. 



884 (1139). Ceratocapsus pumilus (Uhler), 1887b, 69. 



Oblong-oval. Head, pronotum and scutellum more or less fuscous- 

 brown thickly clothed with appressed yellowish scale-like hairs and sub- 

 erect yellowish ones ; head often tinged with reddish ; elytra in great part 

 brownish-yellow, embolium and outer third of cuneus yellowish-trans- 

 lucent, inner half of cuneus reddish or fuscous; membrane pale dusky- 



