Deraeocor s (Heteroptera, Mirid'Ve) 105 



scribed as hakcri n. sp. is the one that has usually been regarded as 

 brcvis, for it has a pale or "soiled white" memljrane. 



Deraeocoris (Camptobrochis) brevis piceatus new variety 



Structurally very similar if not identical with brci'is but differs at least in 

 general color aspect; lateral margins of disk, base of emljolium and corium, the 

 clavus largely, pale to yellowish translucent; resembles >nibiltis in coloration but 

 differs in having the central area of pronotal disk black with no indication of 

 a pale median line. 



S . Length 4.8 mm. Head : similar to brcz'is, very pale forms may have 

 the juga brownish but never connected with the pale vitta on front. 



Proiiotiim: lateral margins more or less broadly pale, the central area of 

 the disk black, the median line never pale. 



Hcmclytra : width 2.1 mm.; basal half of embolium and corium and some- 

 times extending along claval suture, clavus except along claval commissure, and 

 base of cuneus, pale yellowish translucent. 



Legs: more broadly pale than in brcz'is and frequently distinctly reddish. 



Venter: black, in very pale forms sometimes reddisli brown to piceous ; gen- 

 ital claspers very similar to if not identical with brei'is. 



9. Similar to the male in coloration, structurally not differing from brevis. 



Holotypc: $ July 24, Golden, Colorado {W . J. Gerhard); au- 

 thor's collection. Allotype: topotypic. Paraiypcs: CALIFORNIA. 

 — Ic? 12 Aug. 20, Placer Co.; 2$ Summit, Placer Co. (7,000 ft.) ; A$ 

 15 Aug. 24, Donner Lake, Placer Co.; $ 9 Aug 21, Fallen Leaf, El- 

 dorado Co.; 15 2? June 17. Wawona, Mariposa Co. (W. M. Giffard). 

 $ 2? July 9, Clayton, Shasta Co.; 2c5 29 July 10, Huntington Lake; 

 29 July 23, McCloud, Siskiyou Co.; 3(5 39 July 24, Sisson; 29 July 28, 

 Mt. Eddy; 2<5 19 Aug. 2, Hobergs, Lake Co. ( E. P. Van Duzee). 9 

 Aug. 21, Lake Tahoe ( E. L. Diven).) 46 29 Placer Co. (Uhler col- 

 lection). S 49 Oct.. 1891, Lake Tahoe (Heidemann collection). COL- 

 ORADO,— 5 July 28. (h-and Junction. S Grand Junction (H. Os- 

 born). 9 July. Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado Springs. 3 5 49 July 24, 

 Salida; <? April 27, Fort Collins ( E. D. Ball). $ May 11. Graham's 

 Park, Rio delos Pinos, on Salix bloom (C. F. Baker). IDAHO,— 

 9, Couer d'Alene (Uhler collection). MONTANA,— 5 29 July 31, 

 Missoula (A. A. Nichol). 9 June 30, Bozeiuan. 9 Sept. 6, Bear Paw 

 Mountain. NEVADA.— 59 "Nev." (Uhler collection). OREGON. 

 — 9 June 12. Josephine Co. (F. W. Nunenmacher). 29, "Oregon" 

 (Koebele). 9'june 10. Odell. 1059Dilley. WASHINGTON.— 5 , 

 "W. T." (Uhler collection). 9 June 30, 1882, Lone Tree, Yakima 

 River. BRITISH COLUMBIA,^9 July 20, Bear Lake; 39 Aug. 

 5, Kaslo (A. N. Caudell). 29 July 6, North Bend. 9 May 20, Pen- 

 dleton; 9 June 4, Royal Oak (R. C. Treherne). 



