No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: MIRIDAE. 51I 



quadrate, anterior angles rounded; calli large, rounded, rather 

 indistinct, two punctures set close together just between; hem- 

 elytra short and rounded, extending only to middle of abdomen, 

 yellowish translucent, hind wings appear as mere pads beneath. 

 Maine, New Hampshire, New York. 



Cyrtorhinus Fieber. 

 C. caricis Fallen var. vagus Knight, new variety. 



Smaller and darker colored than caricis Fallen; hemelytra 

 fuscous, translucent, slightly paler along embolium but not 

 distinctly greenish. 



Male: Length 2.8 mm., width 1.2 mm. Head: Width .60 mm., 

 vertex .32 mm. ; black, shining, pale spots on vertex scarcely 

 apparent. Rostrum, length .yS mm., scarcely attaining hind 

 margins of middle coxae, pale, blackish at apex. 



Antennae: Segment i, length .27mm., black, apex pale; ii, 

 .82 mm., black. Pronotum: Length .34 mm., width at base 

 .81 mm. Hemelytra : uniformly fuscous, slightly paler along 

 embolium ; cuneus and membrane uniformly pale fuscous. Legs : 

 Pale, coxae, hind femora except base and more narrowly at apex, 

 fuscous. 



This is the form which the writer has previously recorded as 

 caricis Fallen, but on comparison with limited material from 

 Europe, it cannot be said that the forms are identical. Therefore, 

 it seems best to give this American form a varietal name in order 

 to avoid confusion in identity. A specimen is at hand from Colo- 

 rado which in size, color, and other characteristics, agrees with a 

 single specimen of caricis Fallen (Reuter determination) from 

 Finland, and therefore the record for that species must still hold 

 good for North America. 



Holotype : Male, 10 Sept., 191 7, Rockaway Beach, Long Island, N. Y. 

 (W. A. Hoffman) ; author's collection. Paratypes : Males and females (8), 

 taken with type. New Jersey — Female, 30 Sept., Lakehurst (Wm. T. 

 Davis). New York — Females (3), Aug., Sept., Sea Cliff (Nathan 

 Banks). Virginia — Male, 13 Aug., 1915, Oceanview (V. A. Roberts). 



Orthotylus Fieber. 



Key to Species. 



1. Pubescence composed of two types of hairs ; dorsum with closely 



appressed scale-like hairs and intermixed with more erect pubes- 

 cent hairs 2 



Pubescence composed of a single type of hair ; dorsum with erect 

 pubescent hairs only 3 



2. Veins and areoles green, antennae green (p. 513) flavosparsus 



Veins and areoles infuscated, antennae infuscated apically 



(p. 514) concolor 



3. Ground color green, dark markings if present not clouding the 



corium 4 



Ground color pale testaceous to black, sometimes greenish but in 

 that case the hemelytra marked with fuscous and black areas . . 7 



