282 O. M. Reuter. 



Syn.: Cimex JJlmi Linn., Syst. Nat. Ed. X, 449, 74. Fn. Svec. 257, 964. Fabr., 

 Syst. Ent. 727, 155. Miris id. Fabr., P:nt. Syst, IV, 188, 16. Latr., Hist. Nat. XII, 

 229, 40. Capsns id. Fabr., Syst. Rh. 256, 17. Lygaeiis id. Fall., Mon. Cim. 82, 47. 

 Phytocoris id. Fall., Hem. Svec. 89, 25! H. Sch., Nom. Ent. p. 47. Reut., Hem. 

 Gymu. Se. et Fenn. 43, 7! Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ser. V, T. VII, 24, 17! Rev. Syn. 250, 

 221. Saund., Syn. Brit. Hem. 266, 8. Hem. Het. Brit. Isl. p. 237. Ccqmis (Phytoco- 

 ris) id. Thoms., Op. ent. 418, 1. — Cimex fioralis Fabr., Mänt. Ins. 303, 248. Lyyaeus 

 id. Fabr., Ent. Syst. IV, 171, 127. Syst. Rh. 235, 156. Miris id. Late., Hist. Nat. 

 XII, 221, 3. Pliytocoris id. Stål, Hem. Fabr. I, 87, 1. — Lygaeus vividus Fabr., 

 Syst. Rh. 237, 171! Miris id. Latr., XII, 224, 15. — Miris longicornis Wolff, Ic. 

 Cim. IV, 155, T. XV, f. 149. Phytocoris id. Burm., Haudb. Ent. II, 269, 10. — Phij- 

 tocoris divergens Mey., Stett. Ent. Zeit. II, 87. Rh. Schw. 44, 3. Kirsche., Rh. Wiesb. 

 I, 39, 19. Fieb., Crit. 18. Flor, Rh. Livl. I, 415, 2. II, 594, 2. Fieb., Fur. Hem. 

 259, 6. DouGL. et Se, Brit. Hem. 311, 6. Vollenh., Inl. Hem. 178. — Phytocoris 

 ulmi Vollenh., \. c. p. 177. 



Hab. in ZJlmo (Linné, Westhoff), Åcere (P. Loew), Pruno (Spitzner, Duda), 

 Aino incana (Flor), Queren (Fieber, Schioedte, Westhoff, Lethierry, Dubois etc.), 

 Betida (Assmann, Schioedte, Duda), Corylo (Westhoff, Duda), Crataego (Duda), 

 Salice (Assmann, ipse), Spiraea salicifolia (Assmann), interdum etiam in Coniferis 

 (Horvath), in Pino silvestri (Kolbe), in Jimipero (P. Loew): per totam fere Europam 

 usque in Fennia meridionali (Abo!). 



Descr.: Ph. Nowickyi corpore majore et robustiore, antennarum articulo primo 

 breviore, pubescentia fulva nee alba, pilis nigris minus distinctis, cuneo basi albo-hyalino, 

 tibiis ad summum anticis fuscescenti-annulatis distinctus; a Ph. varipede Boh. structura 

 capitis, antennarum marisque segmenti genitalis, capite et apice pronoti vittis pallidis 

 destitutis, signaturis hemielytrorum aliter dispositis, cuneo basi externe albido-liyalino 

 mox distingvendus. Corpus rubiginosum vel flavo-ferrugineum, raro fere fusco-ferrugi- 

 neum, sat dense fulvo-pubescens, pilis nigris adpressis minus distinctis. Caput basi pro- 

 noti circiter ^/5 vel Vs (2 brachypt.) angustius, ab antico visum latitudine parum lon- 

 gius, a latere visum altitudini aeque longum, ferrugineum vel rubiginosum, fere unicolor, 

 pallido-pilosura. Oculi in lateribus capitis oblique positi, supra superficiem verticis sat 

 (d") vel parum ($) surgentes, fusci. Rostrum testaceum, segmentum quartum abdominis 

 attingens, apice nigro. Antencae testaceae, articulo primo fusco-testaceo vel ferrugineo 

 et albido-flavcnte-variegato, secundo basi paullo pallidiore, tertio secundo fere Vs 'Bre- 

 viere, quarto primo paullo vel parum breviore, ultimis interdum fuscescentibus. Prono- 

 tum latitudine postica circiter Vs brevius vel (5 brachypt.) huic fere aeque longum, 

 apice mox pone stricturam basi duplo vel fere duplo angustiore, lateribus leviter sinua- 

 tis, disco versus apicem sat declivi; fere unicolor, saepe fascia ante marginem basalem 

 fusca; apice pilosum. Scutellum fere unicolor vel apice maculis duabus fuscis. Hemie- 

 lytra abdomen sat longe superantia (c/ $) vel (2) luijus longitudine, rubiginosa, obscu- 

 rius et pallidius magis minusve conspersa, praecipue venis obscurius conspersis, limbo 

 laterali dense fuscescenti-rubiginoso- et palüdo-variegato, cuneo versus apicem vel toto 

 fusco-rubiginoso, basi externe albido-liyalino, sutura membranae strigis duabus fuscis; 

 mcmbrana areolis limboque externe densius cinereo-irreratis, hoc ante medium maculis 



