No. 34. 



HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT : MIRIDAE. 



503 



of proiiotum, scutellum, clavus, inner half of corium, and mem- 

 brane, fuscous; genital claspers (fig. 68), distinctive of the 

 species. 



Female: Length 5.6 mm., width 2.1 mm. ; more robust than the 

 male but very similar in coloration. 



When described the food plant of this species was unknown, but 

 in the short interval since that time, the insect has appeared as a 

 serious pest on the cultivated Phlox, in Arkansas, Minnesota, and 

 West Virginia. It may very well be called the ''phlox plant bug." 



Long Island, N. Y. 



heidemannJ 



Fig. 69. Lopidea heidemanni 

 Knight, — male genital claspers, (a) 

 left clasper, dorsal aspect, (b) 

 right clasper, dorsal aspect. 

 Greatly enlarged. Drawing by 

 Dr. H. H. Knight. 



Fig. 70. Lopidea cuneata Van 

 Duzee, — male genital claspers, (a) 

 left clasper, dorsal aspect, (b) 

 right clasper, dorsal aspect. Greatly 

 enlarged. Drawing by Dr. H. H. 

 Knight. 



L. heidemanni Knight. 



Ent. News, xxviii, 456, 1917. 



"^Lopidea marginata Heidemann, Check List, Ins. Conn., 69, 1920. 



Male: Length 6.7 mm., width 2.14 mm.; dark red, with more 

 fuscous on pronotum and scutellum than media; larger and more 

 elongate than media, the hemelytra always exhibiting a strong 

 tendency to shrivel and wrinkle longitudinally; genital claspers 

 distinctive (fig. 69), the right clasper showing a close relationship 

 with cuneata and salicis. 



Female: Length 6.2 mm., width 2.0S mm. ; slightly more robust 

 than the male, otherwise very similar ; costal margins of hemelytra 

 frequently pale as in media; in certain color phases, dull orange 

 red with fuscous. 



Breeds on elm (Ulmus) ; nymphs have also been reared from 

 Achillea millefolium. 



Durham, 15 June, 1919, New Haven, 29 May, 13 June, 1920 (M. P. Z.). 



