March, 1905.] CAPSIDS FROM X K\V YORK. 49 



Hyaliodes vitripeanis Say. — Mosholu, Staten Id. 



Dichrooscytus elegans Uhl. — Mosholu, Lakehurst. 



Orthops scutellatus Uhl. — Mosholu. 



Diommatus congrex Uhl. — Staten Id. 



Dicyphus californicus Stal. — Staten Id. 



Halticus uhleri Girard. — Staten Id. 



Stiphrosoma stygica Say. — Mosholu, Forest P. 



Onychumenus decolor Fall. — Mosholu. 



Episcopus ornatus Reut. — Mosholu. 



Psallus juniperi, new species. 



Body elongate-oval, densely covered with fine golden hairs, interspersed with 

 darker, erect, longer ones. Color pale-yellowish, slightly sprinkled with reddish. 

 Head nearly vertical, short ; broader across the eyes, which are prominent and reni- 

 form, touching the anterior border of pronotum. Face slightly rounded, broad, 

 marked" with four transverse, brownish lines, interrupted in the middle. These lines 

 are sometimes indistinct, being covered by hairs. Antennae nearly reaching the tip 

 of cuneus ; the joints equally stout, except the basal one, which is a trifle thicker, 

 also shorter than the head and extending beyond the tip of head ; second joint nearly 

 four times longer than the first; the third two-thirds as long as the second, and the 

 terminal joint somewhat longer than the first. Rostrum yellowish, reaching to the 

 posterior coxje. Pronotum trapezoidal, slightly convex, strongly declivous in front ; 

 anterior margin half the width of the posterior margin and a little sinuate in the 

 middle ; lateral margins not sharply marginate, somewhat depressed ; the humeri 

 subacute, rounded behind ; the callosities very feebly indicated. Scutellum quite 

 small, as long as wide. The sides of the hemelytra almost straight ; clavus tinged 

 with a reddish hue, which color extends in some bright specimens along the suture to 

 the inner part of the eorium ; cuneus triangular, speckled with red, at tip whitish. 

 The scutellum has near each basal angle a brownish spot, composed of tufts of hair. 

 A linear spot at the apex of the clavus, and two minute spots along the posterior 

 margins of the eorium. Membrane fuscous and iridescent, considerably surpassing 

 the abdomen ; the veins of the cells white; close to the apex of the cuneus runs a 

 short, hyaline line, exteriorly. Abdomen greenish-white, polished. Legs yellowish- 

 white ; the femora more or less mottled with red, the hind femora broad, com- 

 pressed, and the hind tibiae comparatively long, beset with fine white hairs and with 

 dark, remote, long bristles. Claws very strong and blackish. Length to the tip of 

 membrane 2.75 mm. Width across the hemelytra 1 mm. 



Mosholu, N. Y., July 20, 1902 (de la Torre Bueno), 3 specimens, 

 Crescent City, Fla. (E. A. Schwarz), Marshal Hall, Md., June 6, 

 1891, Front Royal, Va., August 6, 1893; Washington, D. C, June 

 9, 1 89 1 (Heidemann). 



Type. — No. 8199, U. S. National Museum. 



This species is a small and a very frail insect, occuring during the 

 summer months on red cedar {Juniperus virginiana) .* It has prob- 



* Proceedings of Fnt. Soc, Washington, D. C, Vol. II., p. 225, 1892. 



