484 HEMIPTEROEOGICAL GLEANINGS 



scutellum except the median line; clavus, at least within; a 

 wedge-shaped spot on the apex of the corium; membrane, sides 

 of the pectus and abdomen and tips of the tibiae and tarsi, 

 black. 



Var. scutellatus n. var. Like dislocatus except that the 

 pronotum and elytra are nearly or quite immaculate and the 

 scutellum is entirely black. Portland, Me. , and Brantf ord, Ct. 



Var. goniphorus Say. Differs from dislocatus in having 

 the thoracic spots merged, the scutellum entirely black, the 

 elytra broadly black within and the femora and sometimes the 

 base of the tibiae more or less, black. 



Var. affinis Reut. Differs from dislocatus in being more 

 fulvo-testaceous in color, in having the pronotal spots larger 

 and the elytra black with two lines along the claval suture, the 

 narrow costa, a line near it and the cuneus except at apex, pale. 



Var. marginalis Reut. Black; two divergent vittae on the 

 vertex against the eyes, narrow costal edge of the elytra and 

 sometimes a line on the base of the cubital nervure and one on 

 the inner angle of the cuneus, the tibiae except at base and apex 

 and the base of the tarsi, white or whitish. 



Var. nigrita Reut. Differs from marginalis in having the 

 elytra entirely black except for a pale line on the base of the 

 cubital nervure. 



Var. pallipes n. var. Differs from nigrita only in having 

 the legs entirely pale or fulvo-testaceous. Hamburg, N. Y. 

 Five examples. 



/ r ar. thoracius n. var. Differs from nigrita in having the 

 pronotum rufo-sanguineous with the collum and a vague cloud 

 along the hind border black. Hessville, Ind., collected by 

 A. B. Wolcott. 



Lygus tenellus Uhler MS. 



Allied to invitns and belfragei but more uniformly colored. 

 Length 5 mm. 



Body more narrowed anteriorly than in invitus; covered with a closely 

 appressed pale pubescence. Antenna;' longer and more slender than in the 

 allied species and the pronotum longer with a narrower apex and more 

 rounded anterior angles. 



Color ferrugino-testaceous becoming whitish on the legs, rostrum and 

 along the middle of the ventral aspect of the whole body. Eyes, tips of 

 the tarsi and rostrum black; apical joints of the antennae usually slightly 



