By 
Mave.—Length 3.20, width 1.30. Anten- 
nae with all segments nearly equal in thick- 
ness; all but fourth yellow; the fourth seg- 
ment reddish. Pronotum impunctate, alu- 
taceous. Dorsum clothed with fine, simple, 
yellowish pubescence, intermixed on scutel- 
lum, clavus and inner half of corium with 
closely appressed, silvery, scalelike pubes- 
cence. General color light reddish; hemely- 
tra more or less translucent, old specimens 
may become brownish red; membrane pale 
fuscous, becoming gradually paler toward 
base. Genital claspers distinctive, fig. 134. 
Frma_Le.—Length 3.10, width 1.30. Very 
similar to male in pubescence and colora- 
tion. 
Foop PLANt.—Cypress (T'axodium dis- 
tichum). 
Known DistrisuTion. — Florida, 
nois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee. 
Illincis Records.—Catro: July 27, 1930, 
on Taxodium distichum, Knight & Ross, 
44,29. ELIZABETHTOWN: July 25, 1930, 
on Taxodium distichum, Knight & Ross, 
14,89. HorsesHoe Lake: July 11, 1935, 
DeLong & Ross, 11 ¢, 229. JONESBORO: 
Aug. 2, 1932, on Taxodium distichum, H. L. 
Dozier, 26,69. Karnak: July 26, 1930, 
on Taxodium distichum, Knight & Ross, 
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Park les 
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Ceratocapsus pumilus (Uhler) 
Melinna pumila Uhler (1887c, p. 69). 
Mate.—Length 3.70, width 1.50. Anten- 
nae with first segment yellowish, a red mark 
present near base; second yellowish, third 
yellowish, apical half reddish brown; fourth 
brownish. Dorsum with fine, black punc- 
tures; thickly clothed with prominent, sim- 
ple, yellowish pubescence intermixed with 
shorter, closely appressed, silvery yellow, 
sericeous pubescence. General color yellow- 
ish brown to dark brown, calli and anterior 
third of pronotum almost black; dark speci- 
mens with the whole dorsum very dark 
brown, almost black; membrane _ fuscous, 
paler on basal half. Genital claspers dis- 
tinctive, fig. 134. 
Fremace.—Fig. 135. Length 3.90, width 
1.70. More robust than male, but very 
similar in color, pubescence and punctura- 
tion. 
Foop PLants.—Occurs most frequently 
on grape (Vitis sp.) and willow (Salix sp.) ; 
also taken on red birch (Betula nigra). 
ILLINOIS NATURAL-HISTORY SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 22; Art 
KNown  DIstrRIBUTION.—Extensive over 
the eastern United States and Canada. 
Illinois Records.— One hundred one 
males and 81 females, taken June 10 to Sept. 
20, are from Algonquin, Alton, Antioch, 
Apple River Canyon State Park, Beards- 
town, Browns, Carbondale, Des Plaines, ’ 
Dolson, Eichorn, Elizabethtown, Galesburg, 
Golconda, Hardin, Harrisburg, Herod, Ho- 
mer Park, Kampsville, Kankakee, Kansas, 
Fig. 135.—Ceratocapsus pumilus, 9. 
Metropolis, Monticello, Muncie, Pike, Put- 
nam, Savanna, Seymour, Starved Rock State 
Park, Topeka, Vienna, Walnut) Prag: 
West Union, White Heath, York. 
Ceratocapsus vicinus Knight 
Ceratocapsus vicinus Knight (1923d, p. 529) 
Mave.—Length 3.40, width 1.40. An- 
tennae with first segment yellowish, fre- 
quently a red mark on ventral surfaces 
second yellowish, brownish at apex; third 
reddish brown; fourth reddish brown. Pro- 
notum impunctate, alutaceous, sparsely 
clothed with fine, yellowish pubescence. Scu- 
tellum, clavus and basal half of corium 
covered with closely appressed, silvery, 
scalelike pubescence. General color fulvous 
to reddish; scutellum and apical half of 
hemelytra dark brownish to blackish; legs 
yellowish; membrane pale, apical half fus- 
