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C. ater var. tyrannus Fab. Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Je (EPV) ; Batavia, Je (Kngt). 



C. ater var. semiflavus L. Cranberry L., Jl-Aug, Drk (Kngt) ; Niagara Falls, Je 



(EPV) ; Batavia, Je (Kngt) ; Colden, Je (EPV) ; Four Mile, Jl, Ithaca, Je 



(Kngt). 



Platylygus Van Duzee 



P. luridus Reut. Cranberry L., Jl-Aug, Drk (Kngt) ; L. Placid, Aug, EPV 

 (Reut), type locality; Ringwood, Jl (Kngt), Pimis strobus. 



Lygus Hahn 



L. approximatus Stal. Mt. Whiteface, Aug (Kngt) ; Cascade L., Aug, Brb 

 (Kngt) ; Cranberry L., Wanakena, Jl-Aug, Drk (Kngt). Hemlock (Tsuga 

 canadensis) ; frequently attracted to flowers of Solidago macrophylla. 



L. campestris L. Syracuse, Jl, Basing er (Kngt) ; Batavia, May-Jl (Kngt) ; 

 Hamburg, Je, Colden, Jl (EPV) ; Ithaca, McLean, Jl (Kngt) ; West Pt., Jl, 

 Brb (Kngt) ; Schuyler L., Aug, Buys (Kngt) ; Mosholu (Heid). Conium 

 maculatum, also on other plants of the family Umbelliferae. 



L. fasciatus Reut. LI: Bayville, Bks (Kngt), taken on Baccharis halimifolia. 



L. pabulinus L. Mt. Whiteface, Aug (Kngt) ; Cascade L., Aug, Brb (Kngt) ; L. 

 Placid, Aug (EPV) ; Wanakena, Jl, Drk (Kngt) ; Fulton Co, Alex (EPV) ; 

 Johnstown, Ds (Kngt) ; Batavia, Jl-Aug (Kngt) ; Boston, Aug, EPV 

 (Kngt) ; Buffalo, Jl-Aug, E. Aurora, Sep, Hamburg, Jl-Aug, Salamanca, Jl, 

 Gowanda, Aug (EPV) ; Portageville, Je (Kngt) ; Wyoming, Je (Kngt) ; 

 Howland I., Cayuga Co, under bark, Nov, Cy (Kngt) ; Ithaca, Jl (Kngt) ; 

 Four Mile, Jl (Kngt) ; McLean, Jl, Bno, Sib (Kngt) ; Oliverea, Je, Sep, Ds 

 (Kngt); SI (Heid); LI: Cold Sp. Harb., Jl, Bno, Flushing, Aug, Ds 

 (Kngt). Breeds on Impatiens bi flora. 



L. plagiatus Uhl. Cranberry L., Je-Aug, Wanakena, Jl-Aug, Drk (Kngt) ; Batavia 

 (Kngt) ; Buffalo, Je-Sep CEPV) ; Ithaca, Jl (Kngt) ; White Plains, Aug- 

 Oct, Bno (Kngt); LI: Maspeth, Mar, Ols, Forest Hills, Oct, Ols (Kngt). 

 Breeds on great ragweed {Ambrosia trifida). 



L. pratensis var. oblineatus Say. Common throughout the State. This species is 

 a pest on nursery stock, ornamental plants, and cultivated crops. 



L. pratensis var. strigulatus Wlk. Cranberry L., Jl, Drk (Kngt) ; McLean, Aug 

 (Kngt-CU). 



L. rubicundus Fall. Honeoye Falls, Je (Kngt) ; Batavia, Jl (Kngt) ; Buffalo, Jl, 

 Lancaster, May-Jl, Colden, Aug (EPV) ; Ithaca, Ap-Jl (Kngt) ; White 

 Plains, Ap, Jl, Bno (Kngt). Breeds on Salix amygdaloides, also occurs on 

 other willows ; hibernates. 



L. vanduzeei Kngt. Mt. Whiteface, Aug (Kngt) ; Wilmington, Jl, Ds (Kngt) ; 

 Cranberry L., Je-Jl, Htly (Kngt) ; Wanakena, Jl (Kngt) ; Clayville, Je, Buys 

 (Kngt) ; Fulton Co, Alex (EPV) ; Batavia, Jl (Kngt) ; Portageville, Je 

 (Kngt), type locality; Hamburg, Je, EPV (Kngt); Wyoming, Je (Kngt); 

 Gowanda, Aug, EPV (Kngt) ; Four Mile, Jl (Kngt) ; Labrador L., May, 

 Buys {Kngi) ', McLean, Jl, Sib (Kngt); L. George, Jl, Fisher (Kngt); 

 Catskills, Sep, Oliverea, Je, Sep, Ds (Kngt). 



L. vanduzeei var. rubroclarus Kngt. Cranberry L., Je-Aug, Drk (Kngt) ; Oliverea, 

 Je, Ds (Kngt). 



L. (Neolygus) alni Kngt. Wanakena, Jl, Ols, Aug, Drk (Kngt) ; Cranberry L., 

 Jl-Aug, Drk (Kngt); Ithaca, Ringwood, Jl (Kngt); McLean, Jl (Kngt), 

 type locality. Breeds on Alnus incana. 



