Dkkaeocoris ( Hktkrofteka, Mikiiiae) 193 



Deraeocoris ruber bicolor new \ariety 



i . Similar to tlie typical variety except that the pronotum is black ; some- 

 times the lateral margins of the disk and the slender median line reddish. 



Holotypc: 6 June 30. New Haven, Connecticut (M. 1*. Zappe ) ; 

 author's collection. Spcciiiiriis c.vajiii>icd : C( )NNMCTICL'1\ — S 

 July 1, New Haven {M. V. Zai)pe). 9 June 26, Hartford {W. AJar- 

 chand). NEW YORK,— c^ July 14. Brooklyn (W. T. Davis). 



This variety apparently represents the pale color phase of the 

 male. As is true in many species of Miridae, the males of ruber are 

 normally darker colored than the females. 



Deraeocoris ruber danicus (Fabricius) 



1794 Lyyacit.'; (laiiiciis Fahricins, lint. Syst., iv, p. 181. 



1800 Lyyaciis dmiiciis Woltif, Icones Cimic, i, p. 34. tah. 4, hg. 54. 



1803 Capsus danicus Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng., p. 240. 



1804 Capsus danicus Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. xii, p. 232. 



1806 C;;;/('.r iJainac Tnrton, Syst. Nat., ii, p. ()74. 



1807 Lyyacns danicus Fallen, Alonog. Cimic. Siiec, p. 93. 

 1829 Fhytocoris danicus Fallen, Hemip. Suec. p. 109. 

 1831 Capsus danicus Hahn, Wanz. Ins., i. p. 17, fig. 9. 

 1861 Capsus capillaris var. h. Fieber, Eur. Hemip., p. 26(). 



\S7S Dciacocoris laniarius var. b. Renter, Rev. Crit. Caps., [ii|, p. 72. — Acta 



Soc. Faun. Fl. Fenn., i, p. 88. 

 1890 Deraeocoris scgtiisinus var. danicus Atkinson, Cat. Capsidae, p. 101. 

 1896 Deraeocoris scgusinus z'ar. h. danicus Renter, Hem. Gymn. Eur., v, p. 33. 

 1909 Deracoci^ris ruber var. danicus Oshanin, Yerz. Palae. Hemip., i, p. 756. 

 1917 Deraeocoris ruber var. danicus Van Duzee, Cat. Hemip., p. 357. 



9. Head reddish, tylus and a mark extending from dorsal margin of eye 

 to the collum. black; pronotum reddish, becoming black on the basal half but 

 not covering the basal angles ; scutellum and hemelytra reddish, clavus and 

 rather broadly across apical end of corium blackish ; cuneus red, tiie apical one- 

 third black; legs and ventral surface similar to those of the typical form. 



Plcsiotypc: $ July 12, New Haven, Connecticut { M. P. Zappe); 

 author's collection. Specimens e.vaiiilned : MASSACHUSETTS^, — 9 

 July 12, Beach Bluti ; 9 July 24, Marblehead (H. M. Parshley). 



This varietv represents the usual dark form of the female. 



Deraeocoris ruber segusinus (Miiller) 



1765 Ci)iie.v segusinus Al idler, \lanip. Ins. Taur., p. 191. 



1787 Ciine.v tricolor Fabricius, Mantissa Ins., ii, p. 306. 



1794 Lygaeus tricolor Fabricius, Ent. Syst., iv, p. 181. 



1800 Lygaeus tricolor Wolff, Icones Cimic, i, p. 35, tab. 4, fig. 35. 



