No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: MIRIDAE. 569 



Lygidea Reuter. 



Key to Species. 



1. Rostrum reaching to near apices of hind coxae 3 



Rostrum scarcely attaining posterior margins of intermediate coxae 2 



2. Antennal segment i, in length, not or scarcely exceeding width of 



vertex; hemelytra with pubescence dense and closely appressed; 



cuneus chiefly red, female frequently with dorsum red rosacea 



Antennal segment i, in length, equal to width of vertex plus one- 

 half dorsal width of an eye; hemelytra with pubescence chiefly 

 suberect, set moderately close ; cuneus chiefly pale, red only along 

 inner margin and apex viburni n. sp. 



3. Color orange-red, basal margin of pronotum, hemelytra except 



outer margins more or less, fuscous to blackish mendax 



Color chiefly fuscous to blackish, ground color pale to greenish, 

 never reddish obscura 



L. viburni Knight, new species. 



Male: Length 7mm., width 2.3mm. Head: Width 1.2mm., 

 vertex .52 mm. Rostrum, length 3 mm., scarcely atrtaining pos- 

 terior margins of intermediate coxae. 'Antennae: Segment i, 

 length .74 mm., brownish black, more brownish above ; ii, 2.3 mm., 

 brownish black, black at base, cylindrical, scarcely equal to thick- 

 ness of segment i, clothed with suberect hairs which in length about 

 equal thickness of segment; iii, 1.14mm., black; iv, .51mm., 

 black. 



Pronotum: Length 1.12mm., width at base 2mm.; disk more 

 coarsely punctate than in mendax, clothed with nearly erect yellow- 

 ish pubescence; pale yellowish to brownish, calli, spot across top 

 of coxal cleft, basal margin of disk each side of median line, and 

 sometimes a ray each side of median line extending from calli to 

 join basal margin of disk, blackish. Scutellum yellowish brown, 

 more nearly black each side of pale median line; mesoscutum 

 broadly exposed, brownish. 



Hemelytra: Embolar margins nearly parallel, curving inward 

 apically to meet base of cuneus ; yellowish brown and in places 

 darkened with fuscous; clothed with moderately close, suberect 

 golden yellow pubescence. Cuneus yellowish translucent, reddish 

 along inner margin and apex but not attaining basal angle. Mem- 

 brane fusco-brownish, veins and a spot near apex of cuneus 

 somewhat paler. 



Legs : Yellowish to brown, apical half of femora reddish and 

 brown; coxae pale yellowish, tarsi becoming infuscated. Venter 

 pale yellowish beneath, sides with dorsal half and the genital seg- 

 ment brownish black; clothed with prominent pale yellowish 

 pubescence, longer on genital segment*. 



Female: Length 7 mm., width 2.6 mm. ; very similar to the male 

 although more uniformly brownish in color. Head: Width 

 1.28mm., vertex .64mm. Antennae: Segment i, length .80mm.; 

 ii, 2.3 mm. ; iii, 1.31 mm. ; iv, .yy mm. 



