SUBFAMILY III. — ORTHOTYLIN^E. 



857 



vf I 



Fig. 184, X 14. (After Forbes). 



by the smaller size and shorter elytra and from translucens by 

 the suberect dark hairs of upper surface. Forbes in his Tenth 

 Illinois Report (1909, 90) calls it the "green leaf -bug," and 

 says it is "very common in July on the sugar beet in Illinois, 

 causing a whitish mottling of the leaves. It is to some extent 

 nocturnal and has been taken at electric lights." 



933 (1174). Orthotylus translucens Tucker, 1907, 58. 



Clear green, head, calli, scutellum and under surface tinged with yel- 

 lowish; upper surface sparsely clothed with pale hairs; membrane dusky, 

 iridescent, veins pale green ; elytral nervures, outer margin of cuneus 

 and knees dark green. Joint 1 of antenna? greenish-yellow, shorter than 

 head; 3 and 4 and apical half of 2 fuscous; 2 about as stout as 1, nearly 

 four times longer. Head shorter and more vertical than in allied forms. 

 Pronotum about twice as wide at base as long at middle, calli not 

 prominent. Mesoscutum rather broadly exposed. Elytra surpassing 

 abdomen by half the length of membrane. Length, 4 mm. 



Henderson, Ky., April 30 (Marshall). 

 falo and Elma, N. Y., and Colorado. 



Recorded from Buf- 



934 (1173y 2 ). Orthotylus uniformis Van Duzee, 1916b, 100. 



Elongate-oval. Color a nearly uniform greenish-yellow, rather thick- 

 ly clothed with short pale hairs; joints 3 and 4 of antennae fuscous-brown; 



