Hemipterological Gleanings* 



By Edward P. Van Duzee. 



The following descriptions and synonymical notes have 

 accumulated in the course of my studies on our North American 

 Hemiptera during the past year or so: 



CAPSIDAE. 



Phytocoris rufus n. sp. 



Closely allied to mundus but smaller, more reddish in color 

 and wanting the vestiture of whitish hairs so conspicuous in that 

 species. L,ength 4 to 4/ / 2 mm. 



General characters substantially as in mundus. Surface almost nude, 

 with a few short scattering hairs only, not distinctly long-pubescent as in 

 the allied form. Notch on the sinistral aspect of the male genital segment 

 rounded, not right angled as in mundus, the margin behind this feebly sub- 

 angularly produced. 



Color dull rufous becoming dark sanguineous on the head, basal joint 

 of the antenna? and legs; pronotum, outer margin of the elytra and most 

 of the lower surface paler; basal joint of the antenna? and the femora 

 obscurely irrorate with paler, the latter pale at base. Second joint of the 

 antenna? paler with a dusky band before the middle and another at apex. 

 Third and fourth joints blackish, the narrow base of the third pale. Tip 

 of the rostrum black. Hind submargin of the pronotum with a dusky 

 vitta, the extreme edge paler, thus giving the impression that there is a 

 linear depression along this margin. Corium shaded with obscure san- 

 guineous forming an oblique vitta on the disk posteriorly and another 

 parallel along the claval suture. Cuneus entirely sanguineous or sometimes 

 a little paler exteriorly, marked with two dusky points on the inner margin. 

 Membrane deeply infuscated with a pale spot at the apex of the cuneus, 

 the nervures fusco-sanguineous. Tarsi black, the posterior pale at base. 



Described from ten examples representing both sexes, taken 

 at Sevenoaks, Florida, on May 1st, 1908, and listed as Phytocoris 

 sp. in my report on Florida Hemiptera. (P. 180, No. 139.) 



This species is very close to mundus but its smaller size, 

 deeper color, the pale posterior margin to the pronotum bordered 

 by dusky, the obscurely banded second antennal joint, colored 

 cuneus, darker membrane, and especially the want of the 

 conspicuous pale pubescence on the upper surface will dis- 

 tinguish it. 



