Deraeocoris (Heteroptera, Miridae) 177 



Deraeocoris sayi frontalis new variety 



Differs from the typical sayi as indicated in tlie key; black, scutellum and 

 mark on median line at base of pronotal disk pale or reddish, front of head 

 and lower part of face largely blackish ; tibiae biannulate with pale as in the 

 typical form. 



Holotyptc: $ June 19. Glen Ellyn, Illinois (W. J. Gerhard), on 

 oak; author's collection. 



Deraeocoris sayi costalis new variety 



Similar to the typical sayi but differs as indicated in the key; hemelytra 

 with costal margin and cuneus largely pale, lateral margins of pronotal disk 

 also pale. 



Holotypc: (5 June 19, Pine Island, New York (Wm. T. Davis) ; 

 author's collection. Parafypcs : ILLINOIS, — ? June 12, Galesburg 

 (Stromberg). MASSACHUSETTS,— 9, Waltham. 



Deraeocoris sayi femoralis new variety 



Apparently not differing structurally from the typical sayi but very dis- 

 similar in color aspect ; black, cuneus except narrowly at base, and the slender 

 costal margin pale translucent: median line of pronotal- disk slightly pale 

 near base, scutellum pale only on tuedian line near apex ; head largely black as 

 in f roil talis: legs largely pale, femora with a broad blackish band at middle 

 of apical half, a series of fuscous points on the basal half; tibiae triannulate 

 with blackish, the apical band sometimes much reduced. 



Holotype: S June 17, Norman County, Minnesota (A. A. 

 Nichol ) ; Minnesota University collection. Allotype: taken with the 

 type. 



Deraeocoris sayi unicolor new variety 



Apparently not differing structurally from the typical sayi but the dorsum 

 uniformly black; head blackish as in frontalis, vertex and sides of front more 

 or less pale. 



Holotype: S June 18, Glen Ellyn, Illinois (W. J. Gerhard); 

 author's collection. Parafypes: ILLINOIS, — $ June 9, Chicago; 

 9 June 18, $ June 19, Glen Ellyn (W. J. Gerhard). S June 14, Gales- 

 burg (Stromberg). WISCONSIN,— 9 June 23, Beaver Dam (W. 

 E. Snyder). 



Deraeocoris comanche new species 



Closely related to sayi but smaller and more ovate; front of head trans- 

 versely marked with black each side of the median line. 



