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pecially apically. Male, valve broad, over half longer than last ventral 

 segment, obtusely angled apically; plates together forming a triangle 

 about as long as broad, three times as long as the valve, obtuse apices 

 somewhat divergent. Margins heavily and surface sparsely spined. 



Distribution: Occurs throughout the state as shown by the 

 following map : 



Hosts: Professor Osborn records sweeping this species 

 from grasses in low, boggy places ; Van Duzee from sweeping 

 meadows and pasture lands. 



Euscelis parallelus (Van D.). 



Athysanus parallelus Van D., Can. Ent, xxiii, p. 169, 1891. 

 Limotettix parallelus Van D., Psyche, vi, p. 306, 1892. 

 Athysanus parallelus O. & B., Ohio Nat., ii, p. 235, 1902. 

 Euscelis parallelus Van D., Cat. Hemip. N. A., p. 653, 1917. 



Form: Resembling striolus but larger and broader. Length, 5.25 to 6 

 mm. Head distinctly wider than pronotum; vertex not produced as in 

 striolus but parallel-margined, two and one-half times as wide as long, 

 broadly rounding to face. Pronotum about twice as long as vertex, 

 lateral margins short, posterior margin very slightly emarginate. Elytra 

 long and narrow, appendix large, apically flaring. 



Color: Greenish; vertex pale yellow or greenish, with a heavy trans- 

 verse band between the eyes, leaving only a narrow green band in front 

 and a band about as wide as itself behind. Pronotum pale green, anterior 

 margin narrowly black and sometimes the entire disc is darkened or even 

 quite black, transverse striations distinct on disc. Scutellum pale yellow, 

 unmarked, or with two black dots. Elytra usually pale green with lighter 

 nervures, but often the elytra appear dark brown, due to the darkening 

 of the cells. Face with the sutures, a line on the clypeus and the ai'cs 

 on the front, black. 



