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specimen fronr Four Mile Run, Virginia, taken by Mr. W. L. 
McAtee. 
Lygus olivaceus Reuter—Several nymphs and adults June 14, 
Biloxi, Miss., taken on bayberry (Myrica cerifera). Many 
nymphs and adults taken June 15, Bay Saint Louis, Miss., on but- 
tonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis). 32 S92, June 11, LeRoy, 
Alabama, taken on a shrub which was not determined. I0 9, 
June 18, Shriever, La. @ June 20, Mermentau, La.; many adults 
June 21, Orange, Texas, along the Sabine River; 4 #9, June 21, 
Beaumont, Texas; all swept from Cephalanthus occidentalis. 
It is apparent that. the species may breed on several plants, but 
Cephalanthus appears to be the most frequent food plant in the 
Gulf states. The species was described from specimens taken in 
Jamaica by Mr. Van Duzee and by the fact that Cephalanthus 
occidentalis is known from the West Indies it may well account 
for the distribution of the species. Through the study of the 
extensive material collected by the writer during 1917 he is quite 
convinced that olivaceus Reuter (1907) is but a form of fasciatus 
Reuter (1876), and should be regarded as a variety of that spe- 
cies. The species varies considerably in size and coloration, 
which is to be expected of a form having such a wide distribution 
and several food plants. 
Lygus apicalis Fieber—The writer took a large series of 
nymphs and adults on horseweed (FErigeron canadensis), June 
24, at Wharton, Texas. This food plant is a common weed now 
widely distributed over the world and this may account in a 
measure for the wide distribution of apicalis. The writer had 
taken the species on other occasions and always among weeds but 
never before found it numerous enough to locate the food plant. 
