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to apex ; hind tibis very slender, as long as the entire elytra. Basal seg- 

 ment of the tarsi longer than the second and equal to the third. Male 

 genital characters inconspicuous, the dextral notch deep, the dextral 

 clasper short, scarcely produced. 



Color uniformly creamy white, sometimes tinged with green on the 

 scutellum; antennae infuscated at apex; apical margin of the elytra \vith 

 three tufts of ferruginous hairs, one at tip of clavus and two on the inner 

 margin of cuneus. In fully colored examples the membrane is tinged 

 with ferruginous at apex and marked with two darker spots on the margin. 

 Apex of tarsi a little darker. Rostrum black at apex. Base of the female 

 oviduct infuscated. 



Described from thirteen examples representing both sexes 

 taken at Coachella and Pahn Springs, Cahf., May 16 to 23, 

 1917. This genus is certainly close to Miridins Renter and is 

 recognized here only in deference to Renter's views. The 

 species seems quite distinct from snmns. Generic characters 

 are included in the above description for convenience. 



Holotype (No. 408), male, and allotype (No. 409), female, 

 and paratypes in collection of the California Academy of 

 Sciences. 



19. Lygus abroniae, new species 



Closely related to rubicimdus Fall, as distinguished by Mr. 

 Knight in his review of this genus. Larger, face clothed with 

 long decumbent pale hairs ; color bronze-grey to deep black ; 

 second antennal seginent, tibiae and tarsi pale except at base and 

 apex, the femora always (?) black in mature examples ; ex- 

 treme tip of scutellum pale; membrane bivittate with fuscous. 

 Length 5-6 mm. 



Head more oblique than in rubicundiis, moderately convex, distinctly 

 punctate ; basal carina and an oblique line from the hind angle of the eye 

 half way to the middle, smooth ; clothed with moderately long appressed 

 grey hairs which converge obliquely to the median line ; frontal striae 

 obvious but not conspicuous ; clypeus prominent, smooth ; bucculse high, 

 reaching to the basal third of the gula. Rostrum attaining middle of hind 

 coxae. Antennas short as in ruhicundus ; first segment surpassing the 

 clypeus by one half its length ; second hardly three times the length of 

 first, gradually thickened apically ; third slender, sub-equal to first; fourth 

 slender, about three fourths the length of third. Pronotum much as in 

 plagialus, more convex and sloping anteriorly than in rubicundus ; closely 

 evenly punctured ; sides gently arcuated ; callosities small, poorly defined ; 

 collum distinct ; hind edge sinuated ; sometimes a median smooth line is 

 indicated. Scutellum about as in plagiatiis, strongly, transversely rugose. 

 Elytra closely, evenly punctured, the punctures coarser than in either of the 

 allied species ; embolium rather broad, becoming evanescent at middle of 

 corium; cuneus moderately depressed as in ruhicundus. Legs rather short 

 as in rubicundus, the tibial spines black and shorter than the thickness of 

 the mem'ber. Male genital segment produced on its ventral aspect, its apex 

 rounded and pale; the claspers inconspicuous, formed much as in rubi- 

 cundus but the sinistral shorter and blunter. 



