936 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^. 



tips narrowly pale, 1 almost as long as width of vertex, 2 four and three- 

 fifth times as long as 1 ; 3 and 4 fuscous, 3 nearly three-fourths as long 

 as 2, more than twice as long as 4. Length, 4.3 — 4.5 mm. 



Recorded from Maryland, Illinois and Missouri. Occurs on 

 wild roses. 



1050 ( — ). Plagiognathus fulvidus Knight, 1923, 447. 



Fulvo-testaceous, clothed with rather fine yellow pubescence; entire 

 under surface black, often with a reddish tinge; membrane fuscous, veins 

 yellowish; legs yellowish, base of hind coxae fuscous, hind femora with 

 one or two rows of fuscous spots on front face, knees black, spots of 

 tibial spines small. Joints 1 and 2 of antennae black, 1 two-thirds as long 

 as width of vertex, 2 four times as long as 1 ; 3 pale fuscous, black at 

 base, two-thirds the length of 2; 4 fuscous, three-fifths as long as 3. 

 Length, 3.5 — 4 mm. 



Recorded from Connecticut, New Jersey and North Carolina. 



1051 ( — ). Plagiognathus atricornis Knight, 1926, 9. 



Pale greenish-testaceous, clothed with pale yellowish pubescence; 

 pronotum green, calli yellowish; elytra sub-translucent; membrane and 

 veins uniformly pale fuscous, a small opaque whitish spot near apex of 

 large cell; legs pale, femora with two rows of blackish spots on front 

 face, black spots of tibial spines distinct. Joint 1 of antennae almost as 

 long as width of vertex, 2 slightly more than four times as long as 1, 3 

 two-thirds as long as 2, 4 one-half the length of 3. Beak reaching hind 

 margins of middle coxae. Length, 3.4 — 3.6 mm. 



Known only from Point Trevioton, Pa. Resembles P. chrysan- 

 themi (Wolff), but antennae black and pubescence pale. 



1052 (1234). Plagiognathus blatchleyi Reuter, 1912a, 61. 



Elongate-oval. Pale greenish-yellow fading to dull yellow, thickly 

 clothed with conspicuous yellow inclined hairs; tylus piceous-brown; 

 membrane pale brown, its center and veins yellowish; legs yellow, femora 

 with two rows of brown dots on both inner and outer faces: tibiae with 

 extreme base and apex, spines and their basal spots, black; tarsi fuscous- 

 brown. Joints 1 and 2 of antennae dark brown, their extreme tips pale; 

 3 and 4 pale fuscous ; 1 three-fourths as long as width of vertex, 2 about 

 four times as long as 1, 3 two-thirds the length of 2, 4 one-half as long 

 as 3. Beak reaching hind coxae. Disk of pronotum about two-thirds 

 wider at base than long, calli rather prominent, transverse impression 

 behind them deep, area behind it minutely thickly punctate. Scutellum 

 and clavus finely, transversely strigose. Corium minutely and shaHowly 

 punctate, the costal margins feebly but visibly curved. Length, 4.5 — 

 4.7 mm. 



Marion, Starke, Vigo and Crawford counties, Ind., June 17 — 

 Sept. 18. Taken in numbers June 22, 1892, in Vigo County from 

 the foliage of the swamp rose, Rosa Carolina L. Specimens were 



