NO. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: MIRIDAE. 437 



females, 10 Aug., 1922, Cramer (H. H. Knight), collected on Myrica gale. 

 New York — Male and female; topotypic. Female, 30 June, male, 8 July, 

 females (2), 11 July, 1914, Batavia (H. H. Knight). Ontario — Male, 20 

 July, 1912, Ottawa (Beaulieu). 



P. albonotatus Knight, new -species. 



Nearly the size of politus but slightly more robust; antennal 

 segment ii except base, cuneus, and basal one-third or more of 

 corium, pale. 



Male: Length 3.5 mm., width 1.5 mm. Head: Width .71 mm., 

 vertex .36 mm. ; blackish, base of vertex slightly paler. Rostrum, 

 length 1.33 mm., reaching upon the hind coxae. 



Antennae: Segment i, length .28mm., black; ii, 1 mm., pale, 

 black at base ; iii, .70 mm., pale ; iv, .47 mm., pale. 



Pronotum: Length .57 nrm., width at base 1.11mm. ; black, 

 moderately shining, clothed with pale yellowish pubescence. 

 Scutellum black, sometimes with pale spot on each basal angle; 

 sternum black, lower margin of propleura pale; ostiolar peritreme 

 pale but becoming dusky about the ostiole and above. 



Hemelytra : Embolar margins moderately arcuate ; black, basal 

 one-third of embolium and corium, and to some extent invading 

 the clavus, pale ; anal ridge and sometimes apex of embolium pale ; 

 cuneus pale, in darkest specimens becoming dusky ; clothed with 

 pale yellowish pubescence. Membrane uniformly fuscous, veins 

 and bordering cuneus pale. 



Legs : Black, apices of coxae, bases and narrow tips of femora, 

 pale; tibiae pale, knees, spines and spot at base of each, black, 

 spots absent or much reduced on apical one-third. Venter black, 

 moderately shining. 



. Female: Length 3.4mm., width 1.61 mm.; very similar to the 

 male but slightly more robust ; frequently the pronotal disk with 

 pale spot on middle, sides of venter becoming more or less pale. 

 / Holotype: Male, 27 July, 1916, McLean, N. Y. (H. H. Knight) ; author's 

 collection. Allotype : same data as type. Paratypes : Males and females 

 (24), taken with types on meadow-sweet (Spiraea salicifolia). Colorado — 

 Female, 1 Aug., 1898, Fort Collins (E. D. Ball). Maine— Male, 10 July, 

 1909, Calais (C. W. Johnson). Male, 15 July, 1914, Monmouth (C. A. 

 Frost). Minnesota — Female, 2 July, 1920, Hennepin County (H. H. 

 Knight). North Dakota — Female, 24 July, 1920, Nelson County (T. H. 

 Hubbell). New York — Males and females (8), 4 July, males and females 

 (5), 12 July, females (3), 28 July, males and females (6), 29 July, 1913, 

 Batavia (H. H. Knight) ; specimens taken on the last two dates were 

 found on squash vines. Rhode Island — Female, 3 July, 1910, Cumberland. 



P. albonotatus var. tinctus Knight, new variety. 



Very similar to the typical species except that the pale areas are 

 tinged with reddish ; cuneus distinctly red ; legs yellow to reddish, 

 femora with two rows of prominent black spots on anterior face, 

 the posterior face also spotted with black. 



Holotype: Male, 20 June, 1920, Harrisburg, Pa. (A. B. Champlain) ; 

 author's collection. Paratypes: Males (2) and females (2), taken with 



