62 - Jrttinois NATuRAL History SuRvVEY BULLETIN 
Known DistripuTion.—Described from 
Indiana and since reported from Alabama, 
Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, 
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, ‘Tennessee. 
Illinois Records.—BeEverty HI ts: Aug. 
27, 1908, We J. Gerhard; lve Careon- 
DALE: “Aug: eal, clo9le Harta celica! 
nymphs .UBOISs une mel OU eee teOe 
GALESBURG: Sept., Stromberg, 1¢, 19. 
Havana: Aug. 16, 1883, 1 nymph. Mount 
CARMEL: June 30, 1906, 2¢. OLIVE 
BRANCH: Sept. 29, 1909, W. J. Gerhard, 
19, FM. URBANA: June 16, 1887, electric 
light; CovAS Elart. 3 OF a VWVitITE SLIEATH : 
June>2)5,01916 less 
Peritropis Uhler 
KENSLOPSEE CIES 
Coxae brown; clavus and corium thickly 
dotted with pale flecks... . .husseyi, p. 62 
Coxae pallid; clavus and corium brown to 
fuscous, without pallid flecks........ 
ee Bat Se eae ae saldaeformis, p. 62 
Peritropis saldaeformis Uhler 
Peritropis saldaeformis Uhler (1891, p. 122). 
Peritroptis saldiformis Bergroth (1920, p. 74). 
Emended name. 
Diagnostic color characters: general color 
brownish black, alutaceous, head and pro- 
notum thickly dotted with pale yellowish, 
clavus and corium unspotted, coxae pallid. 
FEMALE.—Length 2.90, width 1.51. Head 
width 0.65, vertex 0.32, length from front 
margin of eyes to tip of tylus 0.28. Ros- 
trum, length 1.51, reaching to base of sixth 
ventral segment. Antennae, first segment, 
length 0.22, brown, a white annulus. on 
basal half, a pallid dot on dorsal aspect of 
apical half; second, 0.88, dark brown, a 
white spot at middle on dorsal side, some- 
what paler near base. Pronotum, length 
along median line 0.49, width at base 1.29, 
anterior width 0.45; lateral margins nearly 
straight, shelflike, very slightly reflexed; 
basal margin with small tubercle at median 
line, each side of this a distinct scallop, then 
sinuate to basal angle, the basal edge whit- 
ish; calli strongly convex, separated at 
median line by a foveate depression. Scu- 
tellum moderately convex, dark brown, 
apex white; mesoscutum broadly exposed 
for a longitudinal space equal to three- 
fourths the length of scutellum. Sternum 
Vol. 227Arrae 
and pleura dark brown, a white spot on 
mesepimeron. Hemelytra dark brown to 
blackish, a few white dots on costal edge 
of embolium; width 1.50; emboliar mar- 
gins very slightly arcuate, moderately re- 
flexed ; cuneus triangular, narrow white area 
at apex and at inner basal angle. Membrane 
and veins uniformly pale brown. Legs 
brownish black; coxae pallid to white; 
tibiae with three white spots on basal half, 
apical one-third pallid; tarsi pale fuscous. 
Venter dark brown. 
Matce.—Length 3.20, width 1.47; some- 
what more slender than the female but 
very similar in color. Head width 0.60, 
vertex 0.29. Rostrum, length 1.60, reach- 
ing upon seventh abdominal sternite. Anten- 
nae, first segment, length 0.19; second, 1.12. 
Pronotum, length 0.47, width at base 1.21. 
Known DIstriBuTION.—Described from 
the District of Columbia and IIlinois. Uhler 
states: “Others have been captured near 
Chicago and in other parts of northern 
Illinois.” Known from District of Colum- 
bia, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Oklahoma, 
Pennsylvania and Texas. The only record 
for Illinois is that in the original description. 
Peritropis husseyi Knight 
Peritropis husseyi Knight (19232, p. 50). 
FEMALE.—Fig. 102. Length 3.20. Head 
width 0.62, vertex 0.31, length from front 
margin of eyes to tip of tylus 0.31; front 
Lay sna eS 
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Fig. 102.— Peritropis husseyt. 
