Vol. VI] VAN DUZEE—SPECIES OF ORTHOTYLUS \\() 



27. Orthotylus cruciatus, new species. 



Allied to lateralis but much larger with a black scutellum. 

 Aspect somewhat of Plagiognathits obscurns Uhl., but larger 

 and more clearly marked. Length 5^ -6mm. to tip of mem- 

 brane. 



Head small, polished. Vertex slightly depressed, the basal 

 carina slender and inconspicuous ; front convex, highly pol- 

 ished ; clypeus small, prominent. Eyes very large, much wider 

 than the vertex; viewed from the side ovate, reaching about 

 to the gula; the apex of the head projecting more than in 

 lateralis. Antennae long, the first joint longer than the head; 

 second scarcely thinner, fully four times the length of the first ; 

 apical two together about equal to the second. Pronotum long, 

 nearly flat, the sides feebly concave, the anterior angles sub- 

 acute; callosities large, little elevated, extending much far- 

 ther back than in lateralis; basal margin feebly concave, leav- 

 ing the base of the scutellum less exposed. Elytra long, par- 

 allel, the apex of the abdomen just passing the base of the cu- 

 neus in the male, reaching nearly to its middle in the female; 

 cuneus narrow and acute, its length fully twice its basal width. 



Male genitalia pale testaceous; dextral hook long-triangu- 

 lar, its lower angle subacute, the upper rounded ; sinistral ligu- 

 late and incurved. 



Color black and nearly white. Head black, polished; a 

 dot against the inner angle of each eye and sometimes a basal 

 spot pale testaceous or fulvous. Antennae black. Pronotum 

 with the callosities and broad lateral margins black, the disk 

 pale. Scutellum black, the basal lobe marked with fulvous. 

 Elytra whitish, the clavus and a broad transverse band across 

 the apex of the corium black ; cuneus with a fuscous spot before 

 its apex. Upper surface sparsely clothed with short, pale 

 hairs. Beneath pale with a broad black vitta along either 

 side and covering the genital segment. Legs pale yellowish- 

 brown, becoming lighter at base, the tips of the tarsi black. 



Described from seven examples, two males and one fe- 

 male, taken by me at Portland, Maine, July 9, 1910; a female 

 taken by Mr. Metcalfe at St. Hilaire, P. Q., July 4, 1907; one 

 male taken by Mr. C. A. Frost at Sherborn, Mass., June 24, 

 1914, a female taken at Marshfield, Mass., in August, from the 



