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Paracalocoris colon may be divided into color varieties as 

 follows : 



A. Heme]ytra entirely pale (stramineous to reddish) or with markings (besides 

 that at apex of corium) darker than ground color. 

 B. Hemelytra pale, with conspicuous dark spots or cloudings. . var. colon Say. 



BB. Hemelytra practically unicolorous pale var. castus n. var. 



AA. Hemelytra entirely dark (reddish-brown to blackish-fuscous) or with 

 markings lighter than ground color. 

 C. Thorax varying from reddish to fuscous or fuscous clouded or vittate; 

 thorax usually, and hemelytra always more or less spotted with 



pale yellow var. colonus n. var. 



CC. Thorax as in last variety; hemelytra almost or entirely lacking yellow 

 spots var. amiculus n. var. 



Paracalocoris colon var. colon Say (Loc. cit.) 



Length 7 mm.; length of thorax 1.46 mm.; width of thorax: front 

 .83mm.; back 2.2 mm.; length of antennal joints: first 1.2mm., second 

 2.13 mm., third .86 mm., fourth .7 mm. 



Ground color stramineous to testaceous; plentifully pilose with 

 short white to golden hairs. 



Head with faintly indicated herring bone pattern, interrupted along 

 median line, sometimes with dusky clouding above. Antennse testaceous, 

 the basal joint somewhat reddish; narrow annulus at base and apical 

 third of second joint, piceous; third and fourth each darker toward 

 apex. 



Thorax with following fuscous markings: spots near anterior angles 

 or transverse band behind stricture, widening vittse from discal spots to 

 posterior margin, and vittse along lateral margin, outside of former pair, 

 the two sometimes merged. 



Scutellum with fuscous mark near base and indications at least of 

 narrow median pale vitta. Clavus within, irregular blotches on corium 

 near clavus, on middle of costal part of corium, apex of corium and apex 

 of cuneus, fuscous. Membrane vitreous with fuscous clouding. Lower 

 surface variegated with ground color and fuscous, the latter covering 

 most of the genital segment and under surface of thorax. Legs with 

 pale fuscous to fusco-piceous irrorations near apices of all femora and 

 near bases of hind femora; traces at least of two dark and three light 

 annuli on tibiae; tarsi dark apically. 



Staten Id., N. Y., June 17. 1 & (H.) and 1 9 (D.), Wm. 

 T. Davis. 



Paracalocoris colon var. castus n. var. 



Length 5.5-7 mm.; length of thorax L5-L6mm. ; width of thorax: 

 front .8-. 9 mm.; back 1.5-1.6 mm.; length of antennal joints: first .83- 

 1 mm.; second 1.93-2.06 mm.; third .8 mm.; fourth 1 mm. 



The color varies from sordid stramineous to light reddish-brown. 

 There are no distinct markings on head or body above besides discal 

 spots on thorax and dusky to piceous spots on apex of corium and dusky 

 or clouded membrane. The cuneus varies from stramineous spotted 



