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91. Phytocoris vinaceus, new species 



Aspect of rufus, but much larger and proportionately more slender; 

 smaller and broader than rosciis; deep wine red, eyes, membrane and 

 sometimes the hind margin of the pronotum black or nearly so, the an- 

 tennJE faintly banded with pale. Length to tip of membrane 5 mm. 



Head nearly vertical, face flattened above where the longitudinal fur- 

 row is distinct, below prominently convex ; clypeus and lower cheeks also 

 prominent. Antennae slender, as long as the body; first segment nearly 

 linear, as long as the width of the pronotum ; second not quite twice as 

 long as the first and about half as thick; third still more slender and 

 about two-thirds the length of the second; fourth about two-thirds the 

 length of the third. Pronotum longer than in rufus, twice as wide as long, 

 sides a little concave, callosities prominent. Elytra parallel, the abdomen 

 reaching the middle of the cuneus in the male, nearly to its tip in the female ; 

 surface moderately polished, sparsely clothed with very short fuscous 

 hairs. Rostrum passing the middle of the abdomen. Legs about as in 

 tibialis. 



Color a nearly uniform dark wine red, sometimes a little paler be- 

 neath, on the anterior disk of the pronotum and on the cuneus, the pro- 

 notum usually shading to fuscous or almost black at the hind margin, 

 which is very slenderly paler. Membrane nearly black, immaculate, the 

 nervures mostly red. Abdomen more or less infuscated in the male and 

 in the region of the oviduct in the female. Femora sometimes darker 

 toward their apex, and, with the tibiae, faintly dotted with pale; tibial 

 bristles pale and little longer than the thickness of the joint. First seg- 

 ment of the antennae sparsely dotted with pale, the pale bristles a little 

 longer than the thickness of the segment ; second and third segments with 

 a narrow whitish annulus at base and a broader one just beyond their 

 middle ; these segments and the fourth sometimes infuscated. 



Described from five examples taken by me at Hoberg's 

 Resort, August 2, 1916, and four taken by Mr. Giffard the 

 next day near the road to Lakeport, all on manzanita. Mr. 

 Giffard also took this species from manzanita in Sonoma 

 Valley on August 3, 1916, and again in Placer Co. and at 

 Tahoe at an altitude of 3900 feet. Mr. Fordyce Grinnell 

 has sent me one example taken by him at Pasadena, June 

 5, 1910. At Hoberg's Resort we found the young in abund- 

 ance, but few had then reached maturity. 



Holotype (No. 334), male, from Hoberg's, in collection 

 of the California Academy of Sciences. 



Allotype (No. 335), female, from Hoberg's, in collection 

 of the California Academy of Sciences. 



Paratypes, in the collection of the California Academy of 

 Sciences and those of Mr. Giffard and the author. 



92. Adelphocoris superbus borealis, new variety 



Similar to the .species and apparently a color variety. Black ; prono- 

 tum and broad costal margin red or yellowish red, the posterior disk of 

 the pronotum with a black transverse band or two spots ; narrow base of 



