September, 1941 
(usually), all but base of clavus and large 
spot on inner apical angles of corium, dark 
fuscous to black; pale area of corium ex- 
tending along claval suture and thus tending 
to separate dark apical area from that of 
Fig. 129.—Orthotylus dorsalts, 2. 
clavus; membrane infuscated, veins distinct- 
ly paler. Legs green, femora yellowish; tip 
of rostrum and apices of tarsi blackish. 
Host PLrant.—Willow (Salix sp.). 
Known DIstrRIBUTION.—Connecticut, 
Illinois, lowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, 
New York, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec. 
Illinois Records.—NorTHERN ILLINOIS: 
moe ANTIOCH: July 5-/, 1932, Frison 
preal | @, 29..FreerorT: July 2, 1917, 
19. Granoview: June 24, 1932, Frison 
& Mohr, 1¢. 
Orthotylus taxodii new species 
This species is allied to robiniae Johnston, 
but is distinguished by the longer second 
antennal segment. 
Mace.—Length 3.30, width 1.10. Head 
width 0.62, vertex 0.30. Rostrum reaching 
to bases of hind coxae. Antennae yellowish 
green, with pale pubescence; last two seg- 
ments fuscous; length of first segment 0.26; 
second, 1.00, cylindrical, nearly equal to 
KnicHt: PLant Bucs, or MiriIpAg, oF ILLINOIS 101 
thickness of first; third, 0.54; fourth, 0.30. 
General color green; with mesoscutum, calli 
and vertex yellowish; hemelytra_ slightly 
translucent; cuneus uniformly green like co- 
rium; membrane pale fumate, veins green. 
Clothed with simple, pale yellowish pubes- 
cence. Legs yellowish green; tibial spines 
dark. Genital claspers distinctive for spe- 
Clesmicmel 25: 
FEMALE.—Length 3.40, width 1.20. Slight- 
ly more robust than male, but very similar 
in color and pubescence. Head width 0.64, 
vertex 0.34. Antennae, first segment, length 
0.27; second, maximum width, 1.14, taper- 
ing to become more slender on basal half; 
third, length 0.56; fourth, length 0.37. Pro- 
notum, length 0.48, width at base 1.00. 
Host PLant.—Bald cypress (Taxodium 
distichum). 
Holotype, male. —Grantsburg, IIL, 
June 22, 1932, on-cypress, Ross, Dozier & 
ad's. 
Allotype, female.—Same data as for ho- 
lotype. 
Paratypes. — ILLINo1s.— Same data as 
for holotype, 72, 369. ELIzABETHTOWN: 
June 22-24, 1932, Ross, Dozier & Park, 
ZQO= GOLCONDAs, June 22) 1932 Ross, 
Dozier & Park, 69. Karnak: June 14, 
1934, on cypress, DeLong & Ross, 124, 
269. SHAWNEETOWN: June 14, 1934, De- 
Long & Ross, 1¢. 
Orthotylus viridis Van Duzee 
Orthotylus viridis Van Duzee (19164, p. 103). 
Mave.—Length 4.60, width 1.50. Ros- 
trum reaching to middle of intermediate 
coxae. Antennae dusky yellow, last two seg- 
ments pale fuscous. General color green; 
head, pronotum anteriorly, embolium, and 
femora, yellowish; base of tylus with a 
small fuscous spot; membrane pale to fu- 
mate. Clothed with simple, recumbent, pale 
pubescence. Genital claspers as in fig. 128. 
FEMALE.—Length 4.80, width 1.55. Slight- 
ly more robust than male, but very similar 
in color and pubescence. 
Host PLant.—Black willow (Salix ni- 
gra) and perhaps other willows. 
Known DistriBUTION.—Connecticut, 
District of Columbia, Illinois, lowa, Mary- 
land, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, 
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Que- 
bec, Tennessee, Virginia. 
Illinois Records.—Sixty-three males and 
60 females, taken June 14 to Aug. 1, are 
