September, 1941 KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs 
orbiculatus) and bedstraw (Galium apa- 
rine). 
KNown DIstriBUTION.—lowa and Min- 
nesota to Connecticut and southward to 
North Carolina. 
Illinois Records.—Eighty-two males and 
121 females, taken May 6 to July 3, are 
from Aldridge, Carlinville, Charleston, Dol- 
son, Dongola, Dubois, Elizabethtown, Foun- 
tain Bluff, Galesburg, Golconda, Goreville, 
Grayslake, Hardin, Harvard, Herod, Ho- 
mer, Jacksonville, Jonesboro, Kampsville, 
Keithsburg, Makanda, Muncie, Murphys- 
boro, Oakwood, Ozark, Palos Park, Pulaski, 
Rock Island, St. Joseph, Seymour, Shawnee- 
town, Urbana, Vienna, West Union, Zeig- 
ler. 
Lopidea cuneata Van Duzee 
Lopidea cuneata Van Duzee (1910, p. 79). 
Matce.—Length 5.80, width 2.00. Dor- 
sum dark fuscous on a background of orange 
red; cuneus, embolium and base of radial 
vein more strongly reddish; pronotum dark 
fuscous, lateral margin of disk pale to red- 
dish; antennae, head and legs chiefly black; 
mark along front margin of eyes, juga, 
genae, trochanters, and apices of coxae, pale; 
propleura, except area surrounding coxal 
cleft, pale reddish; venter reddish, darkened 
with fuscous; genital segment blackish; geni- 
tal claspers, fig. 121, distinctive for species. 
FEMALE.—Length 6.00, width 2.10; simi- 
lar to male, but reddish coloration replaced 
chiefly by pale, frequently inner margin and 
apical angles of corium becoming pale. 
Foop PLants.—Poplars (Populus 
toides, P. balsamifera). 
Known DistripuTion.—New York, IIli- 
nois, Minnesota. 
Ilinois Records.—GaLesBurc: Sept. 2, 
1892, Stromberg, 19. Harvarp: July 17, 
fone. (). Mohr, 19. PIKE: June 28, 
1934, DeLong & Ross, 1¢. 
del- 
Lopidea robiniae (Uhler) 
Capsus robiniae Uhler (1861, p. 24). 
Mave.—Length 6.30, width 2.10. Gen- 
eral color usually orange yellow, rarely red- 
dish; scutellum, apical area of clavus, inner 
half of corium, broad central area on pro- 
notal disk, inner halves of calli, and mem- 
brane, fuscous to black; antennae, tylus, 
rostrum, tibiae, and tarsi, black; femora 
fuscous, coxae partly yellowish. Clothed 
, OR MirIpAgE, oF ILLINOIS 89 
with closely appressed, silvery, sericeous pu- 
bescence intermixed with simple, erect hairs; 
setae on pronotal disk stiff and prominent; 
dark-colored areas provided with dark pu- 
bescence. Structures of male genital claspers 
distinctive for species, fig. 121. 
FEMALE.—Length 6.40, width 2.10; slight- 
ly more robust than male, but very similar 
in pubescence and coloration. 
Foop PLANT.— Black locust (Robinia 
pseudoacacia). Also, two Illinois specimens 
were collected on peach (Prunus persica). 
KNowN DIsTRIBUTION.—Commonly dis- 
tributed in the eastern United States nearly 
everywhere the black locust grows. 
Illinois Records.—Eighty-four males and 
105 females, taken June 10 to Aug. 30, are 
from Algonquin, Alton, Anna, Antioch, 
Bishop, Bluff Springs, Bridgewater, Browns, 
Carbondale, Effingham, Elizabethtown, Ga- 
lena, Galesburg, Havana, McClure, Monti- 
cello, Mound City, Normal, Rosiclare, 
Shawneetown, Springfield, Stonefort, Union 
Grove, Villa Ridge, West Union. 
Lopidea salicis Knight 
Lopidea salicis Knight (1917d, p. 457). 
Mare.—Length 5.70, width 2.00. Mostly 
black; propleura and basal angles of pro- 
notal disk orange; embolium and cuneus, 
except inner apical margin, yellowish to 
orange. Genital claspers, fig. 121, distinc- 
tive for species. 
FEMALE.—Length 6.20, width 2.10. Very 
similar to male in size and coloration, some- 
times slightly more robust. 
Foop PLANT.—Black willow (Salix nig- 
ra); a single specimen was taken in I\linois 
on elm (Ulmus), but it probably had not 
fed there. 
Known DistrispuTtion. — Illinois, Lowa, 
Kansas, Minnesota, New York. 
Illinois Records.—ILLrNots: Stromberg, 
3 CPs HLIZABETHTOW NeaeVLay 27-31 1952: 
Ho Dozier. | @.GALENA: June) 30, 1932, 
on elm, Dozier & Mohr, 19. Oquawka: 
runes el 932 alia le Dozer 1.9. 
Lopidea media (Say) 
Capsuss medius soaye( 1532. pa l2se loo, 
p. 341). 
Mate.—Length 5.60, width 1.70. Orange 
red to bright red, scutellum and rather 
broad area either side of commissure more 
or less darkened with fuscous, reddish color 
