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shade of rufous-brown becoming pale yellow behind the vertex and 
marked with a fuscous line before the hind margin; this margin 
with a line of silvery scales which may be continued well around 
the humeri. Elytra obscure brown on the basal half, sometimes 
washed with pale along the claval suture and more or less distinctly 
irrorated; this brown area darkened behind where it is cut off 
obliquely to the apex of the scutellum and is followed by a whitish 
area, the apical half of the corium paler and more obviously irro- 
rate with sanguineous and flecked with whitish on the costal and 
apical margins; basal half of the cuneus lemon yellow, the apical 
half sanguineous; tip of the clavus and two points on the margin 
next the membrane fuscous. Membrane infuscated, quite evenly 
irrorate with white and with two larger white spots beyond the 
tip of the cuneus, the nervures largely sanguineous. Sternum 
darker between the anterior and intermediate coxe. Venter dull 
sanguineous becoming yellow toward the apex and a little infus- 
cated on the venter in the female. Hind femora dark sanguineous, 
paler at base; apex more or less distinctly irrorate; hind tibize with 
a broad fuscous annulus near its base. 
Described from numerous examples taken on oak bushes at all 
places where I have collected, April to June. When immature the 
colors are paler but the pattern of marking which is much like that 
of infuscata is always distinct. I consider Reuter’s var. infuscata 
of puella a distinct species as it is constant in its characters and 
the form of the male genital segment is characteristic and distine- 
tive, while puella and its other variety conflwens are similar. 
124. Phytocoris eximius Reut. A form that seems to belong here 
is fairly common from April to October. A number of other 
closely allied forms also occur here which I have not had 
the time to work out. 
125. Phytocoris jucundus n. sp. 
: Aspect of cunealis but smaller and more rufous, larger than 
infuscata. Length about 8 mm. 
: Head of the same form as in infuscata, whitish with rufous 
irrorations which are few on the disk of the vertex. Basal joint 
of the antenne proportionately shorter and thicker than in im- 
fuscata, as long as the pronotum and head to the base of the an- 
tenne, a little thicker toward its base; armed with a few stout bris- 
tles; dark rufous irrorate with paler; second join nearly three 
times the length of the first, linear, infuscated, with a broad pale 
medium annulus and a narrow one on the base; third and fourth 
together more slender and about as long as the second, the apical 
blackish. Rostrum just passing the hind cox, pale, becoming 
black at apex. Pronotum as in infuscata; dull rufous, paler on 
the disk; slender hind edge pale, set off by a row of black scales; 
surface clothed with soft pale hairs and deciduous black bristles. 
Scutellum a little more convex and polished than in cwnealis, rufous 
with a pale tip. Elytra as in infuscata, obscure rufous with the 
base and a transverse vitta pale, the latter but very little oblique 
and indefinite posteriorly, the suture of the cuneus also pale, the 
