946 FAMILY XXIX. — MIRID^E. 



of pronotum and scutellum often with a yellowish median line; mesc- 

 scutum with basal angles dull yellow; clavus with inner margin some- 

 times narrowly black, basal half of claval suture pale; basal third of 

 corium and line extended back along claval suture, dull yellow; cuneus 

 brown, basal fourth or more pale; membrane pale brownish-hyaline, 

 slightly iridescent, inner cell and margin of outer one darker brown, 

 veins whitish; coxae pale yellowish, femora piceous-brown, extreme base 

 and tips pale; tibia? dull yellow, the dark spots at base of spines distinct; 

 tarsi yellowish, third joint and claws brown; ventrals black or dark 

 brown, shining. Antennae fuscous-brown, tip of joint 1 narrowly pale; 

 joint 1 clavate, two-thirds as long as width of vertex, 2 slightly thickened 

 toward apex, three times as long as 1 ; 3 and 4 filiform, 3 two-thirds the 

 length of 2, 4 one-half as long as 3. Length, 3.2 — 3.7 mm. 



Honeoye Falls, N. Y., June 27 (Minn, Unit: Coll.). Deal, Eng- 

 land (British Mus. Coll.). Known in this country from New- 

 foundland, Vermont, New York, Michigan and Colorado. Breeds 

 on willow. 



VI. Chlamydatus Curtis, 1833, 197. 



Small oblong or oblong-oval species having the head slightly 

 broader than and contiguous with apex of pronotum, its front 

 subvertical ; eyes large, widely separated ; vertex convex, ob- 

 tusely margined at base ; beak reaching or surpassing middle 

 coxae ; antennae about two-thirds the length of body, joint 1 

 half as long as width of vertex, 2 three times longer than 1 ; 3 

 and 4 more slender, 3 two-thirds as long as 2, 4 three-fifths the 

 length of 3 ; pronotum trapezoidal, twice as wide at base as 

 long, sides and hind margin straight, disk convex, feebly de- 

 clivent forward ; mesoscutum narrowly exposed ; scutellum tri- 

 angular, equilateral ; elytra usually entire, surpassing abdomen ; 

 hind femora stout, saltatorial ; joint 2 of hind tarsi shorter than 

 3, 1 two-thirds as long as 2. 



Three species occur in our territory. They were formerly 

 mostly recorded under the generic name Agalliastes Fieb. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF CHLAMYDATUS. 



a. Front and middle femora wholly pale; hind ones black; length, 2.5 



mm. 1072. associatus. 



ad. All the femora in part or wholly fuscous or black; tibiae pale to dull 



yellow. 



b. Femora black, their tips only pale; spines of tibiae without a dark 



spot at base; length, 2.3 mm. 1073. SUAVis. 



bb. Apical third or more of femora pale; spines of tibia? each with a 



distinct dark spot at base; length, 2.8 mm. 1074. pulicarius. 



