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band and irrorations ; tibiae fuscous with about four pale annuli, tibial 

 bristles pale, longer than thickness of the segment. Beneath mostly black 

 with the coxae pale. 



Female somewhat paler than the male with disk of pectus and venter 

 pale, the fuscous basal area of pronotum having about six black spots on 

 the submargin. 



Described from one pair taken by me at Salamanca. N. Y., 

 July 20, 1911, and one female taken at Boston, Erie Co., N. 

 Y., August 1, 1909. 



Holotype, male (No. 693), and allotype, female (No. 694), 

 in collection of the California Academy of Sciences ; paratype 

 in collection of the author. 



16. Phytocoris erectus, new species 



Aspect of eximius, differing principally in the very distinct 

 male genitalia. Length 6 mm. 



Characters of eximius nearly. Eyes a little more narrowed below. 

 Colors more strongly contrasting, the elytral markings tending to form a 

 vitta on the disk of the clavus and another on the corium next the claval 

 suture ; apex of corium with a conspicuous polished angular pale spot 

 preceded by a triangular fuscous mark and bordered outwardly by the 

 fuscous apex of the corium. Cuneus with fuscous irrorations segregated 

 at apex, its inner margin with two black points. Membrane pale fuscous 

 with a double subhyaline mark beyond the apex of the cuneus, one in 

 the larger areole and a loop on the disk, with some irregular marks toward 

 the base. Sides of the pectus and venter and the genital segment mostly 

 black. Hind femora with moderately distinct pale subapical annulus; 

 scutellum with a pair of fuscous points near apex. Genital segment of 

 male short ; sinistral notch right-angled, its dorsal angle prominent, form- 

 ing a blunt tooth ; sinistral clasper large, sickle-shaped, strongly curved, 

 with its apex acute and reaching under the dextral clasper, its base with 

 a long ligulate erect dorsal tooth attaining the dorsal angle of the seg- 

 ment, of nearly equal width throughout or a little enlarged at apex ; 

 dextral clasper very large, flattened and curved to conform with the figure 

 of the segment, its subacute apex lying close to the base of the dorsal 

 tooth of the sinistral clasper, its broad base produced in a subacute, 

 vertical tooth. 



Described from one male taken by me at Salamanca, N. Y., 

 July 20, 1911, one male taken at Kearney, Ont., July 27, 

 1919, by my brother, M. C. Van Duzee, and two females 

 taken by W. J. Palmer at Lake Temagami, Ont., August 12, 

 1906. 



Holotype, male from Salamanca (No. 695), and allotype, 

 female from Temagami (No. 696), in collection of California 

 .A.cademy of Sciences, paratypes in collection of the author. 



