862 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^E. 



except tip, coxae and femora dull yellow; tibiae, tarsi and apex of hind 

 femora fuscous-brown. Antennae fuscous-black; joint 1 as long as width 

 of vertex plus one eye; 2 three times as long as 1, 3 one-third the length 

 of 2, 4 one-third as long as 3. Vertex with a distinct concavity in front 

 of basal carina. Eyes large, prominent, in male as wide as vertex. 

 Pronotum much narrowed in front, the calli prominent. Elytra long, 

 slender, in male slightly tapering from base to cuneus. Length, 5.2 

 — 5.4 mm. 



Attica, N. Y., July 6 (Gerhard) . Known only from that State. 

 Ocurs on willow and balm of gilead. 



941 (1178). Orthotylus submarginatus (Say), 1832, 23; I, 344. 



Pale salmon-yellow; front of head with a shining black spot on 

 cheeks and base of tylus; antennae blackish, basal joint paler; sides and 

 flanks of pronotum broadly black; apex of scutellum fuscous; elytra each 

 with a stripe bordering commissure and usually a subcostal line, blackish, 

 cuneus pale, its tip fuscous; membrane fuscous-hyaline; legs pale, hind 

 tibiae fuscous to black, joint 3 and claws of tarsi fuscous; ventrals pale, 

 a broad fuscous stripe each side. Vertex depressed, basal carina promi- 

 nent. Pronotum subconvex, slightly declivent, hind lobe transversely 

 strigose. Mesoscutum exposed. Elytra surpassing abdomen by three- 

 fifths the length of membrane. Length, 4 — 4.6 mm. 



Ithaca, N. Y., July 7 (Minn. Univ. Coll.). Described from 

 Indiana. Recorded from New England, New York and Mis- 

 souri. Occurs in July and August on black locust and its range 

 probably coextensive with that of its host plant. 



942 (1179%). Orthotylus cruciatus Van Duzee, 1916b, 119. 



Elongate, sides subparallel. Color as in key, sparsely clothed with 

 short pale hairs; head black, shining, vertex usually with dot near each 

 eye and often a basal spot paler; pronotum with calli and submarginal 

 stripes black; mesoscutum fulvous; elytra whitish with dark markings 

 as in key; legs pale brownish-yellow, femora paler at base, tips of tarsi 

 black; under surface pale with a broad black stripe each side and on 

 genital. Joints 1 and 2 of antennae fuscous-black, 1 slightly longer than 

 head, 2 four times as long as 1 ; 3 and 4 brown or dusky yellow, united 

 three-fourths the length of 2, 3 twice as long as 4. Vertex feebly de- 

 pressed, its basal carina low. Eyes very large, much wider than 

 vertex. Pronotum long, nearly flat; calli large, feebly elevated. Cuneus 

 narrow, acute, twice as long as its basal width. Tip of abdomen reach- 

 ing base of cuneus, male, nearly to its middle, female. Length, 5.5 — 6 mm. 



Wyandanch, Long Island, N. Y., June 20 (Olsen). Ashland, 

 Mass., May 2 (Frost). Known elsewhere only from Quebec 

 and New England. Host plant as yet unrecorded. "Readily 

 known by the black lateral margins of pronotum and conspicu- 

 ous cruciate black markings on elytra." (/ '</// Dusee). 



