September, 1941 
Mave.—Length 2.90, width 1.50. Anten- 
nae yellowish; first segment with red mark 
near base; fourth segment reddish. Dorsum 
with irregular, fine, black punctations; 
clothed with prominent, erect, pale hairs 
intermixed with appressed, silvery, sericeous 
pubescence that appears to arise from punc- 
tures on hemelytra and scutellum. General 
color dark reddish brown, more blackish on 
scutellum and on anterior portion of pro- 
notum; punctures black; legs uniformly yel- 
lowish; membrane and veins uniformly pale 
dusky. 
FeMALE.—Length 3.20, width 1.50. More 
robust than male, but very similar in pubes- 
cence and coloration. 
Foop PLant. — Collected on hornbeam 
(Carpinus caroliniana). 
Known DistriBpuTion.—lllinois, Louisi- 
ana, Texas. 
Illinois Records. — Doncoia: July 2, 
1916, 1 6. Herop: July 24, 1930, on Car- 
pinus sp., Knight & Ross, 24,39. 
Ceratocapsus digitulus Knight 
Ceratocapsus digitulus Knight (1923d, p. 
Mare.—Length 3.40, width 1.60. An- 
tennae with first segment yellowish; second 
yellowish, thickened on apical half, but not 
attaining thickness of first segment; third 
scarcely equal in thickness to second seg- 
ment, yellowish, apical half brownish; fourth 
brownish. Pronotum punctate, dark brown- 
ish, almost black on calli. Dorsum rather 
densely clothed with erect, somewhat bristly 
pubescence, intermixed on scutellum and 
hemelytra with closely appressed, silvery, 
scalelike pubescence. General color dark 
brown with a reddish tinge; cuneus reddish 
brown, embolium translucent yellowish; 
legs greenish or yellowish; membrane uni- 
formly fusco-brownish, scarcely paler on 
areas bordering cuneus. Genital claspers 
distinctive, fig. 134. 
FEMALE.—Length 3.50, width 1.70. An- 
tennae with second segment slender, grad- 
ually thickened apically; third nearly equal 
in thickness to that of apex of second seg- 
ment, yellowish to brownish; fourth brown- 
ish. Hemelytra more arcuate than in male, 
but pubescence, punctation and coloration 
very similar. 
Known Disrrisution.—lIllinois, Mary- 
land, Massachusetts, New York, North 
Carolina, Ontario, Virginia. 
KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs, or Miripag, oF ILLINOIS 
115 
Illinois Records.—Dvusors: July 2, 1909, 
beating from trees, 19. VIENNA: June 14, 
1934, DeLong & Ross, 2 ¢. 
Ceratocapsus setosus Reuter 
Ceratocapsus setosus Reuter (1909, p. 70). 
Mave.—Length 2.80, width 1.10. Anten- 
nae with first segment yellowish, a red mark 
near base; second yellowish; third fuscous, 
paler at base; fourth fuscous. Pronotum 
with disk finely punctate. Dorsum clothed 
with sparsely set, erect, pilose hairs, inter- 
mixed on hemelytra and scutellum with 
closely appressed, silvery, sericeous pubes- 
cence. General color dark brownish, shin- 
ing; head paler; legs yellowish. Genital 
claspers distinctive, fig. 134. 
FEMALE.—Length 2.60, width 1.43; bra- 
chypterous, ovate. Hemelytra rounded at 
apex, membrane absent or only a mere trace 
of it remaining at anal angle. Color, punc- 
turation and pubescence similar to those of 
male. Macropterous females occur in south- 
ern states, but appear rarer farther north. 
Foop PLants.— Occurs frequently on 
ferns. 
Known DIstTrIBUTION.—District of Co- 
lumbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, 
Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, Virginia. 
Illinois Records.—Eleven males and two 
females, taken May 19 to Aug. 23, are from 
Anna, Bluff Springs, Danville, Dongola, 
Elizabeth, Hardin, Herod, Muncie, Rock- 
ton, Union County State Forest, Urbana. 
Ceratocapsus fuscinus Knight 
Ceratocapsus fuscinus Knight (1923d, p. 531). 
Mave.—Length 3.70, width 1.61. Anten- 
nae with first segment yellow, a red spot on 
inner side at base; second slender at base 
and becoming gradually thicker apically, at- 
taining thickness of first segment, yellowish; 
third yellowish, becoming fuscous on apical 
half; fourth equal in thickness to third seg- 
ment, fusco-brownish. Dorsum_ punctate, 
clothed with suberect, yellowish pubescence, 
this pubescence longer and more prominent 
than in pumilus (Uhler) and intermixed 
with closely appressed, silvery, sericeous pu- 
bescence. General color yellowish brown to 
very dark brown, almost black; calli and 
anterior portion of pronotum usually black- 
ish; hemelytra yellowish brown, often in- 
fuscated; cuneus reddish. Legs yellowish; 
