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; 
September, 1941 
co-brownish, opaque anterior to posterior 
silvery line, basal half with a silvery sheen 
apparent in certain lights; beset with erect, 
short, black bristles; posterior silvery line 
nearly straight, slender, behind this distinct- 
ly polished, apex of clavus included. Mem- 
brane uniformly darkened with fuscous, an 
opaque black cloud bordering apex of larger 
areole. Legs uniformly brownish black, a 
pale spot on anterior aspect of front coxae 
near base; hind tibiae strongly flattened and 
distinctly curved. Venter with a patch ot 
silvery, scalelike pubescence laterally on 
third segment. 
FEMALE.—Length 5.30, width 1.80; very 
similar to the male, but third antennal seg- 
ment perceptibly thicker (0.10 thick), nearly 
equal to thickness of first segment. 
Hasits.—Occurs on pines (Pinus syl- 
vestris and P. resinosa). 
Known DistripuTion. — Alabama, Illi- 
nois, lowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Min- 
nesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl- 
vania. 
Illinois Records——AntTiocH: July 5-7, 
eee ie Ht. Frison, ef al.. 19. GRAND 
Detour: July 2, 1932, Castle Rock, Dozier 
& Mohr, 1 ¢@. Srarvep Rock STATE Park: 
July 14, 1932, on Scotch pine, Dozier & 
mews o. URBANA: June 20, 1932, IT. H. 
Frison, 19. 
Pilophorus laetus Van Duzee 
Pilophorus laetus Van Duzee (1918, p. 294). 
Not taken in Illinois; breeds on scrub 
pine (Pinus virginiana). Known from Ala- 
bama, District of Columbia, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Vir- 
ginia. 
Pilophorus perplexus Douglas & Scott 
he perplexus Douglas & Scott (1875, 
p.101). 
Not taken in Illinois; known from Con- 
necticut, New York, Nova Scotia, Ontario. 
Pilophorus taxodii new species 
This species is allied to juniperi Knight, 
but is distinguished by the dark third anten- 
nal segment and pale fourth segment. 
Mare—Fig. 141. Length 3.70, width 
1.30. Head width 1.03, vertex 0.52. Ros- 
trum, length 1.56, dark brown, reaching to 
posterior margin of middle coxae. Antennae, 
KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs, or MiIrRIDAE, OF ILLINOIS 
Wt 
first segment, length 0.30, yellowish brown; 
second, 1.25, yellowish brown, darker on 
apex, clothed with fine, short, black pubes- 
cence; third, 0.47, uniformly brown; fourth, 
0.52, pale. Pronotum, length 0.74, width at 
base 1.12, very dark brown, paler on anterior 
half; finely rugulose. Mesoscutum and 
scutellum very dark brown, disk of scutel- 
lum strongly convex; bordered with silvery, 
scalelike pubescence. Hemelytra fulvous 
to brown, but black behind posterior sil- 
Fig. 141.—Pilophorus taxodi1. 
very line; clothed with fine, short, recum- 
bent, black pubescence; posterior silvery line 
transverse, nearly straight, not interrupted; 
basal silvery line restricted to corium and 
embolium; surface behind posterior silvery 
line polished, black; pubescence fine, black, 
cuneus very similar; membrane pale fuscous, 
an opaque, dull, very dark brown spot coy- 
ering larger areole and an equal area ex- 
tending toward middle of membrane. Legs 
yellowish brown; hind tibiae dark brown, 
strongly compressed, edges carinate, spines 
rather short; tarsi fuscous. Venter very 
dark brown, polished, fulvous brown at base 
and with a patch of silvery scales on either 
side at margin of dark color. 
