478 HEMIPTEROLOGICAL GLEANINGS 



Phytocoris vau n. sp. 



Aspect of tibialis but larger and more elongated: pale green- 

 ish-yellow; antennae, legs, clavus and membrane rufous or rufo- 

 piceous. L,ength 6 mm. 



Head small, nearly vertical before. Antenna? slender; basal joint 

 stout, as long as the pronotum, armed with short stiff black hairs; second 

 joint very long, two and one-half times the length of the first; third and 

 fourth together not longer than the second. Pronotum polished, much nar- 

 rowed anteriorly, the sides feebly arcuated. Elytra long, parallel, minutely 

 sericeus, the corium polished. 



Color pale greenish-yellow. Clypeus, cheeks and lorag rufous. Basal 

 joint of the antennae dark rufous, immaculate; second paler, becoming 

 piceous at apex, marked with a pale ring at base and a broader one beyond 

 the middle; apical joints fuscous, the third narrowly pale at base. Kostrum 

 rufous at base, black beyond the middle. Pronotum and scutellum entirely 

 pale. Clavus rufo-piceous, the pale pubescence conspicuous on this dark 

 surface. Corium pale with a rufous vitta at the inner angle connecting the 

 dark color on the clavus with that on the membrane. Cuneus rufous at 

 apex. Membrane fuscous tinged with rufous and minutely irrorate and 

 clouded with whitish on its disk. Beneath pale. Legs almost sanguineous; 

 the tibiee paler becoming infuscated at apex; tarsi blackish. 



Described from one male example taken at Pasadena, Cali- 

 fornia, June 17th, 1909, by Mr. Fordyce Grinnell Jr. This 

 slender species is very distinct by its pale greenish color with 

 rufous antennae, legs, clavus and inner angle to the corium. 



Argyrocoris n. gen. 



Closely allied to Phytocoris . Head nearly horizontal; the 

 vertex oblong, continued in the plane of the pronotum; moder- 

 ately convex, without a median sulcus. Eyes oval, nearly 

 vertical, contiguous to the angles of the pronotum; clypeus 

 strongly produced, narrow, compressed. First joint of the 

 antennae short, scarcely thickened, little longer than the inner 

 margin of the eye; second linear, longer than the head and pro- 

 notum together; third more slender and shorter; fourth still 

 more slender and shorter than the first. Pronotum transverse, 

 base and apex truncate, the latter reaching nearly to the outer 

 angles of the eyes; collum entirely wanting; sides nearly 

 straight, scarcely carinate. Scutellum small. Elytra and wings 

 as in Phytocoris. Rostrum passing the posterior coxae. Anterior 

 coxae elongated. Posterior femora strap-like as in Phytocoris. 

 Basal joint of the tarsi not longer than the second. Arolia linear, 

 long and free as in this sub-family. 



