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to 8 prominent pale spines : II, 2.25 mm., pale brownish, pale 

 annulus at base, next to this and again at apex darker fuscous ; 

 III, 1.25 mm., fusco-brownish, annulated with paler at base, 

 middle and narrowly at apex; IV, 1.04 mm., fuscous. Pro- 



■ notum: nearly as in eximius, longest hairs situated anteriorly 

 and on collar ; outer half of calli and extending broadly to the 

 rear, narrowing and curving inward to form submarginal line 



' on middle two fourths, interrupted at median line, fusco- 

 brownish to dark fuscous; subm'arginal line frequently form- 

 ing two blackish points each side of the median line, narrow 

 basal margin pale ; scutellum pale, median line frequently red- 

 dish, each side of this an indistinct vitta composed of small 

 brownish dots. Hemelytra: pale, more or less translucent, an 

 irregular patch at middle of clavus and a larger one just oppo- 

 site on the corium, fusco-brownish, the dark color broken by 

 small irregular pale macule; frequently the apex of corium 

 with a second smaller dark patch and a series of fusco-brownish 

 spots bordering the claval suture ; embolium and cuneus flecked 

 with coagulate spots of reddish. Membrane pale, infuscation 

 composed of fine irregular spots, forming a large spot on apex, 

 a smaller one at each side joining margin, the central area and 

 within the cells more sparsely speckled with irregular flecks 

 of fuscous; brachium pale, cubitus infuscated. Legs: front 

 and middle tibiae pale, triannulate with fuscous, femora and 

 hind tibiae marked nearly as in eximius, infuscation frequently 

 becoming reddish brown. Venter: pale, side flecked with red- 

 dish, basal half of genital segment fuscous except along median 

 line; flagellum and genital claspers distinctive of the species 

 (PI. I, Fig. 24). ^ ^ . 



$. Very similar to the male in size and coloration. 



Holotype: <^ Aug. 12, Batavia, New York (H. H. Knight) ; 

 author's collection. Allotype: same data as type. Paratypes: 

 41 c^$ taken with the types ; i <^ Aug. i, 3 (^ Aug. 10, 1(^,1? 

 Aug. II, 5 ? Aug. 15, Batavia, N. Y. (H. H. Knight). $ Aug. 

 27, Beach Blufif, Mass. (H. M. Parshley). c^ Aug. 12, Odenton, 

 Md. ; J* Sept. 27, Glencarlyn, Va. (W. L. McAtee) ; other speci- 

 mens from the same localities in Mr. McAtee's collection. 



The writer took this species only on bur oak {Quercus macro- 

 carpa) to which tree it appears to be restricted in its breeding 

 habits. ^ 



Phytocoris conspurcatus new species. 6 / 



(^. Length 5.9 mm., width 2.1 mm. Resembling eximius 



in form' of pronotum and general coloration only usually 



