54 Ittinois NATurRAL History SuRvEY BULLETIN 
second, 0.91, yellowish, apical one-fourth 
black. Pronotum, length 0.58, width at base 
0.95, basal margin deeply concave. General 
color pale, shaded with fuscous, scutellum 
black, basal angles pale; ventral surface 
black, shining. Legs pale, femora with small 
fuscous points. 
Known DistriputTion.—Colorado, Illi- 
nois, lowa, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota. 
Illinois Records.—ALGONQUIN: Nov. 4, 
1895, 19; May 8, 1897, 19. AppLe River 
CANYON. STATE PARK: June 2, 1933, Ross 
& Townsend, 1 ?. BLoomINGToN: July 18, 
1932 le OE irisoneleteao om CARY. mV Lay, 
14, 1936, Ross & Mohr, 19. FouNTAIN 
BLUSE: Auge 10; 169 Pel art Qaohica, oO] 
Ursana: Nov. 2, 1887, sweeping from grass 
and evergreens in arboretum, C. A. Hart, 
eo April 630 1892, "ine woodssurlart |x 
Marten, 19. WILLOw Sprincs: July 16, 
19LIS ABs Wolcott.2 35 21000, eM 
Dicyphus famelicus (Uhler) 
Idolocoris famelicus Uhler (1878, p. 413). 
Aputts.—Length 4.80, width 1.20. Ros- 
trum extending to second abdominal sternite. 
First antennal segment, length 0.47; second, 
1.43, yellowish, apical one-third dark red- 
dish. Pronotum, length 0.62, width at base 
0.86, strongly sulcate on base. General color 
pale yellowish; head and thorax dull red- 
dish; hemelytra and scutellum with dull 
reddish markings; membrane _ infuscated; 
veins and tip of cuneus reddish. 
Foop PLANT.—Raspberry (Rubus odora- 
tus). 
KNown DistriBpuTIon.—lIllinois, Massa- 
chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 
New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, 
Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin. 
Illinois Record.— Savanna: July 11, 
19) 7 eae, 
Dicyphus minimus Uhler 
Dicyphus minimus Uhler (1899, p. 59). 
Not taken in Illinois; known from Cali- 
fornia, Colorado, District of Columbia, 
New Mexico. 
Dicyphus discrepans Knight 
Dicyphus discrepans Knight (1923d, p. 477). 
Not yet collected in Illinois; known to 
occur in British Columbia, Michigan, Min- 
nesota, New Hampshire, New York, North 
V ol 22; Ae 
Dakota, Oregon, Washington. Feeds on 
aster (Aster sp.). 
Dicyphus gracilentus Parshley 
Dicyphus gracilentus Parshley (1922, p. 21). 
Dicyphus vestitus Blatchley (19264, p. 910) 
not Uhler. Misidentification. 
Aputts.—Fig. 97. Length 4.50, width 
1.25. Head width 0.60, vertex 0.21. Ros- 
trum reaching to second abdominal sternite. 
4) 
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Fig. 97.— Dicyphus gracilentus. 
First antennal segment, 0.43; second, 1.25, 
black. Pronotum, length 0.65, width at base 
0.99, basal margin deeply concave. General 
color pale to yellowish, shaded with fuscous; 
scutellum and mesoscutum dull black, basal 
angles of scutellum yellowish; sternum and 
propleura dark brown, strongly shining. 
