Deraeocoris ( Heteropter.\, Miridae) 155 



times slightly paler behind the calli ; scutellum black, basal angles and apex 

 pale or ivory-white; hemelytra black, basal half of embolium, central portion of 

 clavus, basal half of cuneus, small spot near base of corium, and narrowly bor- 

 dering basal half of cubitus, irregularly pale between the black punctures; tibiae 

 triannulate with fuscous. 



Holotypc: $ Aug. 1-15, Jemez Springs, New Mexico (J. Wood- 

 gate) ; author's collection. Allotype : same data as the type. Parafxpcs: 

 S July 7, $ July 21, 5 Aug. 1-15, Jemez Springs, New Mexico (J. 

 Woodgate). 



Deraeocoris manitou atratus new variety 



Apparently not differing structurally from the typical manitou; dorsum 

 entirely black; head pale, genae, bucculae, margins of lorae, and geminate 

 mark on tylus, piceous to black; tibiae pale, slightly darker at tips and indis- 

 tinctly so at middle. 



Holotypc: S June 17, Jeiuez Springs, New Mexico (J. Wood- 

 gate); author's collection. Allotype: same data as the type. Para- 

 types: $9 taken with the types. ARIZONA,— 1 5 1$ Jime 17, 2 5 29 

 June 18, 5 June 28, Ashfork (H. S. Barber). 



It is worthy of note that in this variety the legs are paler than 

 the typical manitou while the dorstmi has grown entirely black. The 

 development in color seems to rim thus : the blacker the dorsimi the 

 paler the legs. 



Deraeocoris navajo new species 



Dorsum pallid to yellowish, tinged with brown ochre and reddish, punc- 

 tures chiefly pellucid, calli and vittate marks on scutellum blackish, mem- 

 brane fumate. 



(? . Length 5.6 mm. Head: width 1.2 mm., vertex .54 mm., length .63 

 mm. ; facial angle less than a right angle, carina poorly defined, the brownish 

 collum moderately exposed, an impressed brownish spot each side of vertex ; 

 pale to yellowish, rather indistinct reddish to brownish transverse marks each 

 side of frontal median line ; triangular mark at base and geminate mark on 

 basal half of tylus, dorsal margin of lorae, above base of antenna and reach- 

 ing inner margin of eye, blackish, a reddish spot beneath the rather large brown 

 eyes. Rostrum, length 2.51 mm., nearly attaining the posterior margins of 

 hind coxae, brownish to piceous, darker at apex. 



Antennae: segment I, length .4 mm., yellowish, becoming infuscated at base 

 and narrow apex; II, 1.63 mm., slender at base and gradually thickened toward 

 apex, exceeding the thickness of segment I, pubescence infuscated, exserted 

 hairs about equaling greatest thickness of segment, yellowish to brown, the 

 apical half black; III, .63 mm.; IV, .44 mm.; last two segments black, finely 

 pale pubescent. 



