356 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxvii. 



PHYTOCORIS EXIMIUS Reuter. 



Phytocoris e.iimius 'Revter, Caps, ex Am. Bor., 1875, p. 67. 



Seventeen specimens in different stages of niaturit}' were captured 

 August 4: to 14. 



COMPSOCEROCORIS ANNULICORNIS Reuter. 

 Compmcerocoris annuUcor)iis Reuter, Caps, ex Am. Bor., 1875, p. 70. 

 Five specimens of different sizes were taken August 12. 



NEUROCOLPUS NUBILIS Say. 



Neurocolpus nubllis fi AY, Heteropt. X. Amer., p. 22. 



Two specimens of this continental species were secured August 3. 

 In the region east of the Mississippi River this species occurs on the 

 elder, Sambucus racemosa^ near the borders of streams, but on the 

 great plains of Colorado, etc., it is common on small plants in damp 

 situations. 



CALOCORIS TINCTUS Uhler. 

 Calocoris t'mctus Uhler, Col. Report, Bull. 31, p. 34. 

 Two specimens of this variable species were found August 4. 



MELINNA MODESTA Uhler. 



Melinna modesta Uhler, Entom. Amer., Ill, 1887, \). 69. 



Two specimens of this widel}^ distributed insect were secured 

 August 0. 



DICHROOSCYTUS ELEGANS, new species. 



A miniature representative of D. rujipennis Fallen. Oblong ovate, 

 light green, sometimes tinged with rufus above, opaque, integuments 

 thick and firm, minutely pubescent but appearing bald. Head broad, 

 large, vertex a little convex, a little indented at base, front almost flat, 

 steeply sloping. Antennae slender, pale green at base, darker toward 

 the tip, the basal joint short, stouter than the others, the second and 

 third much longer, subequal, the fourth most slender, very short. Ros- 

 trum pale green, fuscous at the tip, the basal joint stout, the following 

 one slender and tapering toward the apex, reaching upon the middle 

 coxfe. Pronotum subquadrangular, much wider than long, moder- 

 ately convex, minutely wrinkled, the lateral margins oblique, the cal- 

 losities not prominent and feebl}' defined, the humeral angles rounded. 

 Scutellum almost flat, longer than wide, acutely triangular, minutely 

 wrinkled. Corium var3'ing from light green to wine red, but rarely 

 of the darker color, ample, wide, minutely scabrous, the membrane 

 large, very pale green. Underside and legs pale. No part of the 

 surface is distinctly hairy, and the wing-covers widely spread beyond 

 the abdomen. 



