September, 1941 
Scutellum yellowish brown, scarcely darker 
at sides. Hemelytra translucent, yellowish, 
with clavus evenly shaded with brownish; 
apical area of corium dark brown; cuneus 
uniformly translucent, scarcely tinged with 
yellow; membrane and veins rather uni- 
formly fuscous brown. Venter of body pale 
to yellowish, a fuscous band along lateral 
margins. Fuscous band also extending 
across pleura of thorax. Legs yellowish to 
brown; femora uniformly brownish, with- 
out bands, apices paler; tibiae pale yellowish, 
spines brown; tarsi brownish, apices fuscous. 
FEemMALE.—Length 5.00, width 2.16. More 
robust than male but very similar in color 
and pubescence. 
Host PLtant. — Hornbeam (Carpinus 
caroliniana). 
Known DistrIBUTION.—Illinois, Iowa, 
Minnesota. 
Illinois Record. — Dotson: June 14, 
1933, Frison & Ross, 1 ¢. 
Dichrooscytus Fieber 
Rie elo moPECIES 
Mupeetotituess: tian. 4.000; 6:51 sone. Z 
Meantitro0 or preaters+ se 8  e 3 
2. Width of vertex greater than length of 
first antennal segment; hemelytra 
fedcism- dength 3:50=3./02. faiac..: - 
2 re tinctipennis, p. 165 
Vertex narrower, its width less than 
length of first antennal segment; dor- 
sum uniformly green; length 3.20- 
LED Sisal SA ea viridicans, p. 165 
3. Paracuneus pale to white; length of 
first antennal segment less than 
width of vertex; length 4.80—5.30... 
ee Suspectus, p. 166 
Paracuneus reddish; length of first an- 
tennal segment equal to or greater 
than width of vertex; length 5.50- 
UO el rufipennis, p. 166 
Dichrooscytus tinctipennis Knight 
Dichrooscytus elegans Knight (1923d, p. 597), 
not Uhler. 
Dichrooscytus tinctipennis 
p. 15). 
Matce.—Length 3.70, width 1.50. Head 
width 0.83, vertex 0.36. Rostrum, length 
1.18, scarcely attaining posterior margins 
of hind coxae. Antennae, first segment, 
length 0.33, less than width of vertex; second 
Knight (19274, 
KniIcHT: PLANT Buss, or Miripagz, or ILLINOIS 
165 
1.36; third, 0.50; fourth, 0.42. Pronotum, 
length 0.64, width at base, 1.18. Body 
clothed with soft, brownish, simple pubes- 
cence; on embolium and legs pubescence pale 
brown or yellowish. General coloration yel- 
lowish green, more distinctly green on pro- 
notum and tibiae; corium, clavus, and inner 
apical half of cuneus, reddish; base and out- 
er margin of cuneus paler. Membrane uni- 
formly light fuscous, veins reddish; an 
opaque, white, callous mark bordering api- 
cal angle of larger areole. 
FEMALE.—Length 3.60, width 1.60. Slight- 
ly more robust than male, but very similar 
in pubescence and coloration. 
Host PLants.—Red cedar (Juniperus 
virginiana) and arbor vitae (Thuja occi- 
dentalis ). 
Known DistriputTion.—District of Co- 
lumbia, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, 
Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New 
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia. 
Illinois Records.—Cave-1In-Rock: Oct. 
2, 1934, Frison & Ross, 1 ¢@,39. MUNCIE: 
Sept. 20, 1935, Frison & Mohr, 19. 
Dichrooscytus viridicans Knight 
Knight (19184, 
Dichrooscytus  viridicans 
pelt4): 
Mace.—Length 3.20, width 1.25. Head 
width 0.75, vertex 0.26. Rostrum, length 
0.95, just attaining posterior margins of hind 
Fig. 166.— Dichrooscytus viridicans, 9. 
