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the median third roundingly produced and medially notched; spiny 

 pygofers long and narrow, very slightly exceeded by the ovipositor. 

 Male, valve broad and triangular, obtuse apically; plates broad and con- 

 vex, submarginally spined margins narrowing to obtuse tips which 

 greatly exceed the short pygofers. 



Distribution: Taken in Cherokee county. 

 Hosts: De Long reports this species as abundant on grasses 

 and weeds. 



Phlepsius cinereus Van D. 



Phlepsius cinereus Van D., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xix, p. 68, 1892. 

 Phlepsius cinereus Van D., Bui. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci., viii, No. 5, p. 69, 1907. 

 Phlepsius cinereus DeL., Tenn. St. Bd. Ent., Bui. 17, p. 70, 1916. 

 Phlepsius cinere-us Van D., Cat. Hemip. N. A., p. 672, 1917. 

 Phlepsius cineretis Lathr., S. C. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 199, p. 88, 1919. 



Form: Moderately large and elongate. Length, 5.5 to 7 mm. Head 

 as wide as pronotum; vertex short, vei-y slightly longer at middle than 

 next the eye, three times as wide as long, nearly rounded apically. Pro- 

 notum nearly three times as long as vertex, lateral margins shorter than 

 humeral, posterior margin slightly emarginate. Elytra moderately long 

 and broad, apically flaring. 



Color: The lightest of the Kansas species, light cinereous with pale 

 irrorations. Vertex evenly inscribed though often with two darker basal 

 spots. Disc of pronotum often darker. Scutellum with two black spots 

 on each margin and often a pair on disc. Elytra sparsely inscribed. Face 

 yellowish-white, faintly inscribed. 



External genitalia : Female, last ventral segment twice as long as 

 preceding, slightly narrowed posteriorly, lateral angles broadly rounding, 

 posterior margin concave between lateral angles and the median notched 

 tooth; pygofers rather stout, constricted basally, exceeded by ovipositor, 

 sparsely spined on distal half. Male, valve broad, longer than ventral 

 segment, triangular, apex obtuse; plates broad, over twice the length of 

 the valve, submarginally spined margins slightly constricted basally, then 

 tapering to obtuse apices which exceed the pygofers. 



Distribution: Taken in Logan county. 



Hosts: Van Duzee reports taking this species on low tangled 

 vines. 



Phlepsius piinctiscriptus Van D. 



Phlepsius punctiscriptus Van D., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xix, p. 75, 1892. 

 Phlepsius punctiscriptus DeL., Tenn. St. Bd. Ent., Bui. 17, p. 74, 1916. 

 Phlepsius ptinctiscriptus Van D., Cat. Hemip. N. A., p. 673, 1917. 



Form: Medium-sized, rather wedge-shaped. Length, 5.75 to 7 mm. 

 Head slightly wider than pronotum ; vertex at least half longer at middle 

 than next the eye, two and one-half times as wide as long, disc depressed, 

 margin subacute. Pronotum twice as long as vertex, lateral margins 

 shorter than humeral, posterior margin slightly emarginate, disc trans- 



