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9. (1) Cuneus and sometimes spots on corium lighter in color than 



disk 10 



Cuneus and costal margin entirely reddish or yellowish 13 



10. Pronotal disk orange to pale red, anterior to discal spots dusky or 



even piceous, basal angles of disk clouded or with piceous dots 



variety cunealis 

 Pronotal disk otherwise marked 11 



11. Pronotal disk dark or dusky, with paler vittae laterad of discal 



spots and extending distad, also a light median patch which fre- 

 quently extends to near basal margin 12 



Pronotal disk except discal spots and the anterior one-third, 



scutellum, cuneus, and hemelytral maculations, pale yellow 



variety lucidus 



12. Scutellum dark, with distinct median light vitta variety par 



Scutellum sordid or clouded yellow variety sordidus 



13- (9) Pronotum without dark markings between discal spots and 



basal margin 14 



Pronotum with dark markings between discal spots and basal 

 margin 15 



14. Hemelytra with bootjack-shaped dark area, embolar margins, 



scutellum, and basal half of pronotum, yellowish or reddish 



variety bidens 

 Hemelytra with bootjack-shaped mark obsolete, dorsal surface 

 except base and inner apical angle of corium, and slender inner 

 margin of clavus, reddish or yellowish variety ardens 



15. Pronotal disk with anterior one-third darkened 16 



Pronotal disk with anterior one-third yellowish or reddish 



variety bicolor 



16. Scutellum dusky, median line paler 17 



Scutellum chiefly yellowish, median pale vitta bounded each side by 



a more or less complete wedge-shaped dark mark; corium and 

 clavus spotted with yellow variety varius 



17. Clavus and adjacent parts of corium dusky variety nubilus 



Clavus and adjacent parts of corium spotted with yellowish red . . . 



variety delta 



P. scrupeus (Say), variety typical. 



Capsus scrupeus Say, Heter. N. Harm., 23, 1832; Compl. Writ., i, 342, 

 1859. 



Ann. Ent. Soc. Am., ix, 370, 1916. 



Length 6.5 mm., width 2.6 mm., length of pronotum 1.33 mm. 

 Antennae : Segment i, length 1.47 mm. ; ii, 2.36 mm. ; iii, .91 mm. ; 

 iv, .97 mm. 



This species is remarkable for the large number of color varieties 

 it exhibits. 



Breeds most frequently on wild grapevine (Vitis sps.), but 

 occurs on cultivated varieties. 



New Haven, 27 June, 1909 ( W. E. B.) ; Wallingford, 14 June, 191 1 

 (J. K. L.). 

 P. scrupeus var. bidens McAtee. 



Ann. Ent. Soc. Am., ix, 374, 1916. 



This variety is well distinguished in the key. 



South Meriden, July (H. L. J.). 

 P. adustus McAtee. 



Ann. Ent. Soc. Am., ix, 377, 1916. 



