SUBFAMILY VIII. — DICYPHI1SLE. 911 



lobe shorter than calli and collar united, very minutely and sparsely punc- 

 tate. Elytra subglabrous, tip of cuneus surpassing apex of abdomen in 

 both sexes. Length, 4.5 — 5 mm. 



Marion, Putnam and Knox counties, Ind., May 8 — Oct. 26. 

 Common locally on herbage in low wods along the banks of 

 streams and swept by hundreds, Sept. 5, from water leaf, 

 Hydro phyllum canadense L., in dense upland woods. Willow 

 Springs, 111., July 16 (Gerhard). Recorded from New England 

 and New York, west to Colorado, British Columbia and Califor- 

 nia. Drake (1923, 77) swept it in July and August from ferns 

 growing in shady places near Cranberry Lake, N. Y. Accord- 

 ing to Van Duzee (Ms.) the D. gracilentus Parsh. (1923b, 21) 

 is a synonym. 



1012 ( — ). Dicyphus discrepans Knight, 1923, 477. 



Elongate, slightly widened behind, robust for the genus. Head dark 

 brown, tylus and vertex dull yellow, darker along median line; pronotum 

 dull yellow, the flanks blackish ; mesoscutum and scutellum black, opaque, 

 each with a pale spot at sides; clavus and corium straw-yellow, the former 

 heavily tinged with fuscous, the latter with a vague median cross-bar 

 extending across embolium and a spot on inner apical angle fuscous; 

 cuneus pale yellow, its tip and that of embolium piceous ; membrane 

 dusky translucent, with pale markings across middle, veins darker; legs; 

 dull yellow, femora with minute brown dots, tarsi in great part fuscous; 

 under surface dark brown, shining, ventrals rather thickly clothed with 

 yellow inclined hairs. Joint 1 of antennae, reddish-yellow, darker at base 

 and apex, two-thirds longer than width of vertex; 2 yellow with apex 

 blackish, two and two-third times longer than 1 ; 3 fuscous, paler at base, 

 three-fourths as long as 2; 4 fuscous, one-half the length of 3. Neck 

 behind eyes stout, as long as calli. Pronotum with transverse impressions 

 deep, calli confluent, collar shorter than calli, the two united longer than 

 middle of hind lobe, disk of latter minutely shagreened. Clavus, corium 

 and femora minutely and sparsely punctate, each puncture bearing an 

 inclined yellowish hair; costal margin ciliate with similar hairs. Length, 

 4 — 4.5 mm. 



Marion Co., Ind., May 23 — Sept. 13. Swept from low herb- 

 age in dense woodland along the banks of White River. Ranges 

 from New Hampshire and New York west to Minnesota. Food 

 plant, aster. Readily known by the robust form, short thick 

 neck, fuscous markings of elytra, wholly dark under surface 

 and distinct inclined hairs of pronotum and elytra. 



III. Cyrtopeltis Fieber, 1861, 76. 



Elongate, subparallel, pubescent species, having the head 

 but slightly exserted, front vertical, eyes very large, broader 



