166 Psyche [December 



Redescribed from specimens taken at Kingston and Providence, 

 R. I., and Truro, N. S. 



That this is the form on which Say based his description of Tingis 

 plexus (Compl. Writ., Vol. 1, pp. 349-350) is perfectly evident 

 from these quotations :" . . . brownish, more or less tinged with 

 yellow," and ". . . two series [of reticulations] ... on 

 the lateral margins ... [of the hemielytra]," statements 

 which apply particularly to this insect, while there is nothing 

 inapplicable in the rest of the description. The characters of P. 

 variegata sp. nov. (=P. plexa Osborn and Drake, not Say, Ohio 

 Biol. Surv., Vol. 2, 1916, p. 242) are distinctly at variance with 

 Say's description, especially the color, and the reticulation of the 

 costal area. Moreover, if this species had been before him, it is 

 extremely probable that he would have noted the unusual length 

 of the rostrum, as he did in the case of other small Hemiptera. 



Physatocheila variegata sp. nov. 

 (P. plexa Osb. & Drk., not Say) 



Long-winged form. — Brown, variegated with black and pale 

 cinereous, eyes and fourth antennal segment darker; spines of 

 head pale; disc, reflexed expanded margins, and angulate process 

 of pronotum more or less marked with black, longitudinal carinje 

 more or less pale on the ends, this feature persisting especially at 

 the posterior ends of the lateral carinse, and anterior end of the 

 median; costal area of hemielytra with some of the veinlets black, 

 subcostal and discoidal areas pale cinereous at base and apex, 

 the intervening veinlets more or less blackened ; legs brown, femora 

 paler at apex; body beneath cinereous brown. Rostrum unusually 

 long, extending beyond the base of the second abdominal segment. 

 Costal area of hemielytra with areoles irregularly arranged in con- 

 fused rows, averaging three areoles in width. Other characters 

 about as in the . preceding. Form rather broad oval. Length 

 3.4-4 mm., width 1.3-1.5 mm. 



Holotype cf and allotype, Gowanda, N. Y., 22 x\ugust, 1909 

 (E. P. Van Duzee); paratypes, Gowanda, N. Y., 21 August, 1898 

 (E. P. V. D.); Salamanca, N. Y., 20 July, 1911 (E. P. V. D.); 

 Berkeley Springs, W. Va., 26 July, 1888; Wellesley, Mass., 19 

 May, 1891 (A. P. Morse) ; Portland, Conn., on white pine, 15 May, 

 1914 (B. H. Walden). Types in collections of Van Duzee, Parsh- 



