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July 29, Pigeon Cove; ? Aug. 3, Oak Bluff; 3 c^. 2 $ July 15- 

 Aug. 6, Woods Hole, Mass. (Chris. E. Olsen). ^ July 4, Brook- 

 line; c^? July 8, Mt. Toby, Sunderland; J' July 22, Lunenburg; 

 J* Aug. II, Beach Bluff, Mass. (H. M. Parshley). ^ July 3, 

 ? July 15, Bradford, Ct. (H. W. Winkley). ? July 3, Hanover, 

 N. H.; ? July 26, Machias, Me. (C. W. Johnson). 4 J', i $ 

 June 20- July 4, Berrien Co., Mich. (R. F. Hussey). (^, 2 $ June 

 29, Twin Lakes, Martin Co., Minn. (H. H. Knight). J" July 2, 

 Mille Lacs Co., Minn. (V. R. Haber). i c^, 2 ? Aug. 8, Parry 

 Sound, Can. (H. S. Parish). 



The writer took this species only on willow, chiefly Salix nigra 

 where the species appears to be predaceous on soft-bodied insects 

 living on the willow. ^- 



Phytocoris buenoi new species. 



J". Length 5.8 mm., width 2 mm. Resembles eximius^ but 

 the colors of the dorsum are more contrasty ; front and middle 

 femora dark fuscous brown, closely and irregularly maculated 

 with pale; black patch bordering the brachium strongly con- 

 trasted with the pale spot which joins the base of cuneus, pale 

 part of cuneus tinged with roseous ; central area oi membrane 

 distinctly pale; male claspers and flagellum distinctive of the 

 species (pi. i, fig. 14). 



5. Very sin^ilar to the male in size and coloration. 



Holotype: $ July 3, White Plains, New York (J. R. de la 

 Torre-Bueno) ; author's collection. Allotype: taken with the 

 type; collection of Mr. Torre-Bueno. Paratypes: 2 ? topotypic. 

 ^ June 27, New Haven, Conn. (W. E. Britton). $ July 15- 

 Aug. 6, Woods Hole, Mass. (Chris. E. Olsen). ^ July 24, 

 Marblehead, Mass. (H. M. Parshley). 



Adults and nymphs were taken on Norway Spruce (Picea 

 excelsa) by Mr. Torre-Bueno, in honor of whom the species is 

 named. 



Phytocoris erectus Van Duzee. Proc. Cahf. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 

 ix, p. 345, 1920. 



Plesiotype: ^ Aug. 24, Batavia, N. Y. (H. H. Knight) ; author's 

 collection. Figure of genital claspers and flagellum (pi. i, fig. 5). 

 Specimens examined: ^ Aug. 13, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., alt. 

 2,300 ft. (H. H. Knight). ^ July 15, c^ Aug. 10, ^ Sept. 16, 



