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Laredo, 1 9, June 3, 1933, P. W. Oman (U.S.N.M.). Plainview, 1 cf, 

 November 9, 1930, S. E. Jones (H. M. Harris collection). Ranger, 

 3 cT, November 2, 1940, D. W. Craik (U.K.S.M.). Reinbardt, 1 9, 

 September 19, 1907. San Antonio, 1 9, Harper and Dean; 4 cf , 5 9, 

 "fall" 1939, H. A. Gunning, on seed heads of Bouteloua curiipendula 

 (Micbaux) (U.S.N.M.). Sanderson, 3 d^, 3 9, October 22, 1938, S. 

 E. Jones (H. M. Harris collection). Tyler, 1 9, October 17, 1938, 

 L. S. Jones. Victoria, 1 9, April 19, 1905, W. E. Hinds; 1 9, Novem- 

 ber 9, 1906, J. D. Mitchell. Waco, 3 9, October 9, 1939, P. A. Glick, 

 on cotton (U.S.N.M.); 1 cf , October 1, 1938. Wellborn, 1 9, October 

 4, 1927, H. G. Johnston. Weslaco, 1 d^, July 17, 1927, M. McPhial 

 (H. M . Harris collection) . Wichita Falls, 1 d^ , 2 9, November 5, 1 904 ; 

 Texas, with no other data, 2 cf , 3 9 (U.S.N.M.). Arizona: Atascosa 

 Mountain, 1 9, November 2, 1935, E. D. Ball (U.S.N.M.). Arkan- 

 sas: Howard County, 1 cr', 1 9, December 8, 1938, Wilham F. Turner; 

 Pike County, 1 9, October 4, 1939, V/ilHam F. Turner (U.S.N.M.). 

 Oklahoma: Elmer, 1 cf , July 6, 1937, Standish-Kaiser. Miilerton, 1 

 &, August 20, 1934, C. A. Sooter (H. M. Harris collection). Okla- 

 homa City, 2 cf, August 3, 1917, on cotton (U.S.N.Ai.). Wichita 

 National Forest, 1 9, June 27, 1936, M. B. Jackson (U.K.S.M.). 

 Kansas: Manhattan, 2 c^, 7 9, June 21, 1937 (H. Ruckes collection). 

 Meade County, 1 9, Septem.ber 13, 1944, R. H. Beamer (U.K.S.M.). 

 Missouri: Columbia, 1 9, October 5, 1937, R. Froeschner (R. Froesch- 

 ner collection). 



Distribution. — From Sanderson and Brownsville, Tex., north to 

 Manhattan, Kans., and Columbia, Mo. A majority of the records 

 are from south and central Texas. 



Dates oj collection. — Collected every month except February and 

 March. Thi'ee-fourths of all collections were made dm-ing the months 

 of July thi"ough October. Records from Oklahoma, Kansas, and 

 Missouri range from June 21 through October 5. 



Host plants. — Bouteloua curtipendula (Micheaux) Torrey, Sorghum 

 halapense (Linnaeus) Persoon, "grasses," wheat, spinach, Senecio, and 

 cotton. Mecidea major is probably associated primarily with mem- 

 bers of the gi-ass family. There are no records showing that major 

 has caused injury of economic importance to ^nj host plant. 



MECIDEA MINOR Ruckea 



Plate 47, Figures 13-15; Plate 48, Figures 37, 38, 53, 57 



Mecidea minor Ruckes, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vol. 41, pt. 3, pp. 87-88, 1946. 



Mecidea longula, StIl, Enum. Hemip., vol. 2, p. 17, 1872 [Texas record]. — Uhler 

 List of liemiptera of region west of the Mississippi River, including those 

 collected during the Hay den Explorations of 1873. Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. 

 Sur. Terr., vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 269-361, 1876 (see p. 17 of extract under above 

 title; New Mexico record).— Osborn, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci., vol. 5, p. 232, 

 1898.— Howard, The insect book, pi. 29, fig. 18, 1903.— Van Duzee, Trans. 



