644 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



base of cuneus ; pubescence described above. Membrane uni- 

 formly fumate, sometimes tinged with yellowish, veins scarcely 

 darker. 



Legs : Pale to yellowish, femora reddish brown and irrorate 

 with pale, posterior pair with slightly larger subapical pale spot 

 on dorsal surface ; tibiae with small reddish spots or reticulations. 



Fig. 140. Phytocoris uniformis Knight, — male genital claspers, (aa) left 

 clasper, dorsal aspect, (b) right clasper, lateral aspect, (c) flagellum. 

 Greatly enlarged. Drawing by Dr. H. H. Knight. 



Venter: Yellowish to reddish; genital claspers and flagellum 

 (fig. 140) distinctive of the species; flagellum comes nearest to 

 that of fulvus while the right clasper shows a closer relationship 

 with mundus. 



Female: Length 5.4 mm., width 2 mm.; more robust than the 

 male but very similar in coloration. Head: Width 1.17mm., 

 vertex .51mm. Antennae: Segment i, length .80mm.; ii, 

 2.16 mm.; iii, 1.2 mm. ; iv, .89 mm. 



Holotype: Male, 21 Aug., 1917, Wyandanch, Long Island, N. Y. (Chris. 

 E. Olsen) ; author's collection. Allotype: taken with the type. Para- 

 types: Males (3), taken with types. Massachusetts — Male, 15 July-6 

 Aug., 1918, Woods Hole (Chris. E. Olsen). Female, 9 Aug., 1914, Maiden 

 (C. A. Frost). 



Key to Species of Phytocoris, Group IV. 



1. Pronotai disk with four orange or red vittae on a paler background 7 

 Pronotal disk frequently red but without four distinct reddish 



vittae on a paler background 2 



2. Pronotal disk with four black spots on basal submargin; scutellum 



uniformly pale, sometimes obsoletely dotted with fuscous to form 



a spot at each side on apical half (p. 645) quercicola 



Pronotal disk without four distinct black spots on basal submargin ; 

 scutellum usually with orange or red at each side on apical half 3 



3. Pronotum with more pale or fuscous than red 5 



Pronotum chiefly red, more red than pale or fuscous 4 



4. Hemelytra with distinct white irrorations; calli darkened with 



fuscous (p. 650) confluens 



Hemelytra with white irrorations obsolete, nearly uniformly deep 

 orange-red ; calli pale (p. 653) (male) puella 



5. Scutellum uniformly bright yellow; hemelytra and pronotum 



chiefly bright yellow, with an orange vitta along outer margin of 

 callus and extending somewhat to the rear ... (p. 649) luteolus n. sp. 

 Scutellum with an orange or reddish mark at each side of median 

 line 6 



