a4 
FEMALE.—Length 3.90, width 1.30. Slight- 
ly more robust than male, but very similar 
in color and pubescence. 
Host Pirant.—Cypress (T'axodium dis- 
tichum). 
Holotype, male.—Karnak, Ill.: June 23, 
1932, on cypress, Ross, Dozier & Park. 
Allotype, female.—Same data as for 
holotype. 
Paratypes.—ILLINoIs.—Same data as for 
holotype, 72,29. HorstsHokr Lake: July 
11, 1935, on cypress, DeLong & Ross, 3 2, 
4¢Q. 
Pilophorus geminus Knight 
Pilophorus geminus Knight (1926d, p. 22). 
Not taken in Illinois; known only from 
Minnesota and Wisconsin. 
Pilophorus strobicola Knight 
Pilophorus strobicola Knight (1926d, p. 19). 
Mave.—Length 5.10. Head width 1.06, 
vertex 0.50. Antennae, first segment, length 
0.39; second, 1.94, gradually thickened 
apically (0.13 thick), dark fusco-brownish, 
apical half black; third, 0.66, pale fuscous 
at apex; fourth, 0.61, pale fuscous. Front 
of head and pronotum clothed with fine, 
silvery pubescence, that on hemelytra more 
nearly golden; scutellum clothed with sil- 
very, scalelike pubescence, this pubescence 
denser at basal angles and apex; hemelytra 
polished behind posterior silvery line, but 
rather thickly clothed with recumbent golden 
pubescence; posterior tibiae distinctly com- 
pressed; venter with an oblique patch of 
silvery, scalelike pubescence on either side 
of third to sixth sternites. 
FEMALE. — Length 5.00, width 1.61. 
Length of second antennal segment, 2.19, 
greatest thickness 0.17, more distinctly thick- 
ened on apical one-third than in male. 
Host PLants.—White pine (Pinus stro- 
bus) and Scotch pine (P. sylvestris), but 
may be in part predacious. 
KNown  DistripuTtion. — Illinois, Iowa, 
Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, 
North Carolina, Ohio. .- 
Illinois Records.—BeEacu: Aug. 7, 1935, 
DeLong & Ross, 14, 19. GaALESBURG: 
July 523; 918935. on ocotchepine mal) 23. O-, 
Quincy; Aug, 13,, 1889, in ‘street,a.h¢ ; 
URBANA: July 20, 1889, sweepings, Hart 
& Terrill, 19 ; June 20, 1892, swept from 
bluegrass, F. McElfresh, 1¢. WHITE 
Ittino1is NATURAL History SURVEY BULLETIN 
V ol. 22, Area 
Pines Forest STATE Park: July 4, 1932, 
on Pinus strobus, Dozier & Mohr, 294, 
159; July 12, 1934, DeLong & Ross, 5¢, 
SLM 
Pilophorus amoenus Uhler 
Pilophorus amoenus Uhler (18874, p. 30). - 
Mate.—Length 5.00, width 1.64. Anten- 
nae, first segment, length 0.39, fuscous; 
second, 1.83, greatest thickness 0.12, gradu- 
ally thickened from base to apex, black, 
fusco-brownish on basal half; third, length 
0.72, slender, pale; fourth, length 0.64, pale, 
dusky on apical half. Hemelytra anterior 
to posterior silvery line cinnamon fulvous 
in color; distad of this, polished and piceous; 
posterior silvery line nearly straight, not 
interrupted on corium. Hind tibiae distinctly 
compressed. 
FEMALE.—Length 4.80, width 1.70; very 
similar to male in structure and coloration. 
Host PLant.—Scrub pine 
giniana). 
Known DistrisputTion.—District of Co- 
lumbia, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Mas- 
sachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North 
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia. 
Illinois Record.—ILuINots: 19. 
(Pinus vir- 
Pilophorus uhleri Knight 
Pilophorus uhleri Knight (1923d, p. 541). 
Mate.—Length 5.00, width 1.90. Head 
width 1.14, vertex 0.53. Rostrum, length 
1.80, nearly attaining hind margins of mid- 
dle coxae. Antennae, first segment, length 
0.38; second, 1.86, gradually thickened api- 
cally (0.14 thick), brownish to black; third, 
0.66, thickness 0.06, pale, apical half infus- 
cated, sometimes tinged with pink; fourth, 
0.61, pale, apex dusky. Pronotum, length 
0.83, width at base 1.44, uniformly black, 
bearing a few short, erect bristles. Scutel- 
lum covered with silvery, scalelike pubes- 
cence on sides and base. Hemelytra dark 
brown; black and polished behind posterior 
silvery line; beset with erect, short, black 
bristles, posterior silvery line transverse, 
broader than in vanduzeei Knight; mem- 
brane fusco-brownish, a darker, cloudlike 
spot covering larger areole and surrounding 
area. 
FEMALE.—Length 4.80, width 1.77; very 
similar to male in color and pubescence. 
Hasirs.—Occurs on larch (Larix lari- 
cina) and Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris). 
