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with the tips fuscous. Venter fusco-piceous, a series of 3 or 4 narrow- 

 pale lines on its margins in some specimens reduced to spots. 



Female essentially the same as the male, but slightly more robust and 

 especially so when filled with eggs. In typical specimens both sexes 

 are of the same color. 



Paracalocoris hawleyi var. ancora Knight, n. var. 



Similar to hawleyi, but differs in having the hemelytra entirely 

 fusco-piceous, cuneus dark reddish with the very apex fuscous; costal 

 vein and base of cubitus noticeably pale; median longitudinal pale 

 stripe of scutellum quite plain and is usually joined by a similar stripe 

 extending from the base of the pronotum forward between the two 

 sub-excavated black spots. 



This species and variety are described from a large series 

 of specimens collected on hop vines near Waterville, N. Y., 

 from July 18th to September 1, 1914 and 1915. The writer 

 has seen two specimens from Brookline, Mass. 



The species is named for Mr. I. M, Hawley, who during 

 the last two years has worked out the life history of the insect 

 near Waterville, N. Y., where it is becoming a pest of economic 

 importance on the cultivated hop. The life history of the 

 species will soon be published by Mr. Hawley. 



P. hawleyi and P. colon both may be distinguished from 

 P. scrupeus and its varieties by the shortness of the pubescence 

 on the posterior tibiae, which is never long and prominent 

 enough to obscure the true spines. P. hawleyi differs from 

 P. colon in being more slender and elongate; hemelytra more 

 parallel-sided and in color, fusco-piceous with outer margin 

 pale or reddish yellow; variety ancora with the hemelytra 

 almost entirely fusco-piceous without the pale margin. The 

 pubescence of P. hawleyi is more sparse and less golden yellow; 

 dorsum not variegated with paler maculae as in the case in our 

 local variety of P. colon. P. hawleyi feeds on hops and appears 

 later in the season than P. colon. In 1915 the species began 

 maturing about July 18th and adults continued to emerge 

 up into the first week in August. Adults were most numerous 

 from July 25 to August 20, while occasional adults are found 

 in September. P. colon was found breeding in considerable 

 numbers on the tender shoots of apple trees near Batavia, 

 N. Y. In 1915 the first adult was taken June 19th and the 

 majority of the species had emerged by July 7. Adults were 

 very scarce by July 23 and none were taken after July 31. 



