September, 1941 
This assumption is based on the fact that 
mendax has been collected near Davenport 
and Bentonsport, lowa. Occurs on haw- 
thorn (Crataegus sp.), American crabapple 
(Pyrus coronaria), cultivated apple (Pyrus 
malus) and to some extent on cultivated 
quince (Cydonia oblonga). ‘Vhis insect is 
now regarded as a serious pest on apples 
in New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. 
Known from Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, 
Maine, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, 
Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania. 
Neocapsus Distant 
Neocapsus cuneatus Distant 
Neocapsus cuneatus Distant (1893, p. 438). 
Mave.—Length 4.80, width 2.60. Head 
width 1.17, vertex 0.52. Rostrum, length 
1.73, reaching to apices of middle coxae. 
i 
ape 
Fig. 159.— Neocapsus cuneatus, 9. 
Antennae very short, black, with fine pu- 
bescence; first segment, length 0.47; second 
1.38, cylindrical, slightly more slender near 
base; third, 0.56; fourth, 0.35. Pronotum, 
length 1.25, width at base 2.25; finely, shal- 
lowly punctate. Scutellum transversely 
rugulose, orange red, rarely partly black. 
Dorsum practically glabrous; hemelytra 
with minute pubescence in some of the shal- 
low punctures. General color black; prono- 
KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs, or MiripAz, or ILLINOIS 
147 
tum, except calli and basal angles, femora, 
and sometimes cuneus, red; head yellowish 
to red; tylus usually darker. 
FEMALE.—Fig. 159. Length 5.60, width 
2.80. More robust than male and usually 
with red areas broader; pronotum, scutel- 
lum, cuneus, femora and ventral surface of 
body orange to red; basal area of corium us- 
ually pale; tibiae and second antennal seg- 
ment largely pale. 
Foop PLANT.—Post oak (Quercus stel. 
lata), according to Dr. H. G. Johnston. 
KNown DistripuTIon. — Arizona, IIli- 
nois, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, 
Oklahoma, Texas; Mexico. 
Illinois Records.—Dusois: May 15, 
19 oe eViayac2 1OL/ lesa Viay< 23, 
LOL 2g oO eV Lay, 245191 (4.4 390). 
Platylygus Van Duzee 
Platylygus luridus (Reuter) 
Lygidea rubecula var. lurida Reuter (1909, 
p. 46). 
Mace.—Fig. 160. Length 6.50, width 
2.40. Minutely pubescent; dorsum practt- 
Fig. 160.— Platy/ygus luridus, o. 
