Deraeocoris (Heteroptera^ Miridae) 157 



$. Length 0.3 mm. Head: width 1.14 mm., vertex .55 mm., length .71 

 nun. ; tyhis more prominent at base than in navajo, facial angle a right angle, 

 eye sloping slightlj' forward, carina obsolete, separated from the broadly ex- 

 posed collum by a groove, front broadly convex, shining; yellowish red, gem- 

 inate mark on tylus, spot on juga, spot on genae, and above base of antenna, 

 bright red. Rostrum, length 2.31 mm., attaining the posterior margins of the 

 middle coxae, brownish translucent, apex piceous. 



Antennae: segment I, length .54 mm., yellowish translucent to brownish; 

 II, 1.77 mm., slender, slightly enlarged on the apical one-fourth, not attaining 

 the thickness of segment I, sparsely pale pubescent, length of exserted hairs 

 about equal to greatest thickness of segment, yellowish, blackish on the thick- 

 ened apex; III, .71 mm.; IV, .57 mm.; last two segments blackish. 



Pronotiiiii : length 1.51 mm., width at base 2.39 mm., anterior angles 1.03 

 mm., collar .83 mm. ; rather finely and closely punctate, punctures concolor- 

 ous, lateral margins distinct but ecarinate, nearly straight, anterior angles nar- 

 rowed but distinct, lateral margins of disk sparsely set with pubescent hairs ; 

 calli convex, ferruginous, shining, usually slightly darker than the disk ; pro- 

 pleura finely punctate, yellowish to brown ; xyphus slightly convex anteriorly, 

 depressed posteriorly. Scutclluiii convex, smooth and shining, pale or white, 

 sometimes with a tinge of reddish ; mesoscutum slightlj' exposed, brownish. 

 Sternum and pleura yellowish to brownish or reddish, opaque; ostiolar peri- 

 treme white. 



Hemelytra : width 2.9 mm., embolar margin slightly sinuate, moderately 

 convex, rather closely punctate, punctures concolorous ; yellowish translucid, 

 marginal vein at tip of embolium and the inner angles of corium with coagu- 

 lated red. Ciineits reddish translucent, darker red apically, punctures apparent 

 but concolorous. Menibranc uniformly stained with pale brownish, slightly paler 

 at tip of cuneus, brachium somewhat reddish. 



Legs: yellowish with coagulated reddish, sometimes turning brownish; fe- 

 mora obscurely biannulated with reddish on apical half; tibiae rather obscurely 

 triannulate with reddish or brownish, darker on the apical band ; tarsi brownish 

 to fuscous, darker at apices, claws and arolia as in navajo. 



Venter: brownish to bright red, slightly darker on the sides, yellowish 

 pubescent. 



Holotypc: 2 August 12, Portland, Oregon (A. A. Nichol) ; 

 author's collection. Paratxpcs: ? Aug. 18, Sannich District, British 

 Columbia (W. Downes). 5, "W. T." [Washington Territory] ( Uhler 

 collection). 



Data on the food habits are not available but judging by the habits 

 of other species in the group, ntbroclarus is most likely to be found 

 by beating coniferous trees in the \"ancouveran faunal area. 



Deraeocoris barberi new species 



Dark brownish to piceous, calli solid black, usually slightly larger than 

 pinicola; antennae very similar in both sexes, exserted hairs equal to thickness 

 of the segment. 



