ABT. 13 MIRIDAE OF DIST. OF COLUMBIA — KNIGHT AND McATEE 17 

 NEOBORUS RUFUSCULUS Knight 



Falls Church, Va., May 13, 1914, A. Wetmore. 



NEOBORUS VITTISCUTIS Knight 



Plummer Island, Md., June 7, July 19, 1914; Virginia near Plum- 

 mer Island, Md., June 17, 1913, McAtee; Great Falls, Va., June 13, 

 1908, Heidemann. 



NEOBORUS GEMINUS Say 



Plummer Island, Md., June 7, 1914, McAtee. 



NEOBORUS CANADENSIS Van Duzce 



Plummer Island, Md., May 24, 1914, McAtee. 

 Genus XENOBORUS Renter 



XENOBORUS CHIONANTHI var. CHIONANTHI Knight 



Has frequently been collected at Plummer Island, Md., on its host 

 the fringe tree at dates ranging from June 6 to August 25; also at 

 Great Falls, Va., June 13, 1908; Heidemann; and at Dunn Loring, 

 Va., August 30, 1916, McAtee. 



XENOBORUS CHIONANTHI van NIGRELLUS Knight 



Plummer Island, Md., July 20, 1926, Knight. 



XENOBORUS NEGLECTUS Knight 



Four-mile Run, Va., May 31, 1914, McAtee. 



Genus COCCOBAPHES Uhler 



COCCOBAPHES SANGUINARIUS Uhler 



Piney Branch, D. C, June 12, 1906; Washington, D. C, June, 

 1906, D. H. Clemons; Bladensburg, Md., June 23, 1916, R. C. Shan- 

 non ; Beltsville, Md., June 23, 1918, McAtee. 



Genus LYGUS Hahn 



LYGUS PRATENSIS var. OBLINEATUS Say 



The most abimdant heteropterous insect of the region; has been 

 collected in the active state in every month of the year and can be 

 obtained in dormant or semidonnant condition on Virginia pine, in 

 mullen rosettes, and among drj^ leaves any time in winter ; frequents 

 many kinds of flowers and sometimes becomes destructive to culti- 

 vated plants ; comes to light ; sometimes bites man. P. I. 



LYGUS PRATENSIS van STRIGULATUS Walker 



Generally distributed; has been collected on numerous occasions 

 at dates ranging from April 1 to August 22; found hibernating in 

 mullen rosettes. V. P. I. 



