September, 1941 
dar Lake, Dug Hill, Homer Park, Oak- 
wood, Urbana, Volo, West Union. 
Collaria oculata (Reuter) 
Trachelomiris oculatus Reuter (1876, p. 61). 
Mave.—Length 6.00, width 1.50. Head 
width 0.93, vertex 0.39. Antennae, first seg- 
ment, length 0.95; second, 2.84; third, 1.94; 
clothed with long, pilose hairs. Pronotum, 
length 0.99, width at base 1.30; disk brown- 
ish, a large opaque, black spot each side 
near basal angle; calli only moderately con- 
vex. General color brownish with fuscous; 
hemelytra chiefly brown; legs pale to brown- 
ish yellow; hind femora with seriate fus- 
cous spots on anterior aspect. 
FEMALE.—Length 6.75, width 1.75. More 
robust than the male but very similar in 
general form and color. 
Host PLants.—Occurs on grasses in dry 
sandy meadows; this species found breeding 
on panic grass (Panicum huachucae) in 
Virginia. 
Known DistrinuTION.—Common in the 
southern United States and known from as 
far north as Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, 
Iowa, New York, Ohio. 
Illinois Records.—Thirty-two males and 
54 females, taken May 15 to Sept. 30, are 
from Ashley, Carbondale, Chautauqua 
Bluff, Clay City, Dixon Springs, Dolson, 
Dongola, Dubois, Elizabethtown, Fulton, 
Herod, Mahomet, Meredosia, Murphys- 
boro, Norris City, Odin, Palos Park, Pulas- 
ki, St. Anne, Saratoga, Shawneetown, 
Thebes, Waukegan. 
Miris Fabricius 
Miris dolabratus (Linnaeus) 
Meadow Plant Bug 
Cimex dolabratus Linnaeus (1758, p. 449). 
Avutts.—Fig. 144. Length 7.30-8.50, 
width 2.40. General color pale greenish 
with fuscous and black markings; pronotum 
with two black stripes that run over the 
scutellum; clothed with fine, long, erect pu- 
bescence. Brachypterous females common. 
Females have the second antennal segment 
uniformly slender, which distinguishes them 
from ferrugatus Fallen. 
Darker males of this species, in which the 
hemelytra are tawny brown, are referable 
to the variety aurantiacus Reuter (1875, 
KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs, or MirIpAz, oF ILLINOIS 
127 
p. 16). These and the lighter specimens 
occur together in Illinois. 
Foop PLants.—Bluegrass (Poa praten- 
sis), timothy (Phleum pratense) and fre- 
quently other grasses. A series of specimens 
was taken in this state on spiderwort (T'ra- 
descantia sp.). These bugs puncture grass 
stems, causing the tops of the plants to 
wilt. 
Known DistripuTIon.—This is a com- 
mon European species which is now widely 
distributed in the eastern United States and 
Fig. 144.— Miris dolabratus, o. 
Canada. The fact that this bug is not 
evenly distributed through the states where 
it occurs lends evidence to the view that it 
may have arrived here after the advent 
of white men. 
Illinois Records.—One hundred forty- 
nine males, 122 females and 2 nymphs, 
taken May 18 to July 11, are from Algon- 
quin, Amboy, Antioch, Aurora, Custer Park, 
Danvers, Dixon, East Dubuque, Erie, Free- 
port, Galena, Glendon Park, Grand Detour, 
Grandview, Hamilton, Hardin, Harvard, 
