September, 1941 
Illinois Records.—Eighty-nine males and 
106 females, taken May 22 to Aug. 1, are 
from Alton, Antioch, Beardstown, Bureau, 
Danville, Decatur, Elizabethtown, Freeport, 
Galena, Galesburg, Golconda, Grand De- 
tour, Grand ‘Tower, Hardin, Havana, 
Herod, Homer, Keithsburg, Mahomet, 
Marshall, Monticello, Mount Carmel, 
Oquawka, Oregon, Quincy, Quiver Lake, 
Rockford, St. Joseph, Savanna, Seymour, 
Springfield, Urbana, Warsaw, White Heath. 
Orthotylus neglectus Knight 
Orthotylus neglectus Knight (1923d, p. 515). 
Mave.—Length 5.40, width 1.75. In color 
pattern similar to dorsalis (Provancher), but 
genital claspers, fig. 128, indicate it is more 
closely related to basicornis Knight and 
knighti Van Duzee. Color black, rostrum 
except apex, slender lateral margin of pro- 
notal disk, cuneus, embolium, and outer 
margin of corium, greenish; legs greenish, 
darkened at bases of coxae and tips of tarsi; 
membrane and veins uniformly blackish. 
Rarely, pale forms may occur having median 
line of pronotum and scutellum pale. 
FEMALE.—Length 5.80, width 1.90; more 
robust than the male, usually pale areas 
more extensive. 
Foop PLantT.—Black willow (Salix ni- 
gra). 
Known DIstrRIBUTION.—Connecticut, 
Illinois, New York, Nova Scotia. 
Illinois Record. — ANTIOCH: 
1936, Ross & Burks, 1 ¢. 
June 12, 
Noctuocoris Knight 
No Illinois species; Noctuocoris fumidus 
(Van Duzee) occurs from Colorado east- 
ward to New York and Massachusetts. It 
will likely be found in Illinois eventually. 
Labopidea Uhler 
Deere VO MSPECIES 
1. Pubescence very short, recumbent, 
with just a few odd, erect, fuscous 
hairs scattered over pronotum and 
Miesoscutum..... 6) .. ainsliei, p. 105 
Pubescence prominent, dorsum clothed 
Seemetcct, pale hairs... «0. 2 
2. Anterior margin of pronotum not 
raised above flat surface of the disk. 
BE oi Se planifrons, p. 105 
KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs, or MirIpDAE, oF ILLINOIS 
105 
Anterior margin of pronotum and calli 
slightly arched, raised above flat, 
central area of disk..... .allii, p. 105 
Labopidea planifrons Knight 
Labopidea planifrons Knight (19284, p. 234). 
Not taken in Illinois; known from Iowa 
and South Dakota. 
Labopidea ainsliei Knight 
Labopidea ainsliet Knight (19284, p. 235). 
This species is allied to allii Knight, but 
differs in having a wider vertex, shorter 
pubescence and pale yellowish green color; 
ainsliei is also distinguished by the form of 
the male genital claspers. 
Mave.—Length 3.50, width 1.15. Anten- 
nae, greenish yellow, last two segments 
brownish. Body clothed with very short, 
fine, pale pubescence; a few silvery, silky 
hairs also evident on pronotum. General 
color greenish yellow, hemelytra more green, 
but not blue green as in perfect specimens 
of allii; membrane and veins evenly shaded 
with pale fumate. Genital claspers distinc- 
tive, left clasper more slender than in alli, 
basal lobe produced above to form an acu- 
minate spine; right clasper slender, widened 
at base to form a dorsal, subtriangular 
lobe; apical half slender, incurved and acu- 
minate. 
FEMALE.—Length 3.50, width 1.34. More 
robust than male, but very similar in color 
and pubescence. 
Host PLants.—Wild onion (Allium cer- 
nuum) and cultivated onions in Iowa. 
Known  DIstrRiBUTION. — Illinois and 
lowa. 
Illinois Records. — FoUNTAIN BLUFF: 
May 15, 1932, Frison, Ross & Mohr, 1 2. 
Gianr City STATE PARK: May 21; 1932, 
HL Dozier, 1 oe Muncie June 10; 
OME Nee 
Labopidea allii Knight 
Onion Plant Bug 
Labopidea alliti Knight (19234, p. 31). 
This is a small, blue green species with 
fine, erect, simple, pale pubescence, figs. 130, 
SE 
Mave.—Length 4.00, width 1.28. Head 
width 0.86, vertex 0.49. Rostrum, length 
0.75, scarcely reaching to middle of sternum. 
