September, 1941 
ment, length 0.17, width 0.06; second, length 
0.49, width 0.06, more slender on basal half, 
no sensory pit evident; third, length 0.43; 
fourth, length 0.35, black. Form slightly 
more robust than that of male, but very 
similar in pubescence and coloration. 
KNown DiIstriBpuTION.—This species is 
widely distributed in the southern and south- 
western United States. It has been reported 
as injurious to grass on golf greens at St. 
Louis, Mo., and about New York, N. Y. 
Illinois Records. — ALTON: June 26, 
1934, DeLong & Ross, 1 ¢. CARBONDALE: 
Aug. 17, 1891, sweepings from grape, G. H. 
French, 19. Cave-IN-Rock: Oct. 2, 1934, 
Frison’ & Ross, 1 @. FouNTAIN BLUFF: 
Aug. 10, 1891, Hart & Shiga, 1 @. Merrop- 
otis: Aug. 18, 1891, sweepings from Core- 
Posies. etc, ©. A. Hart, 19. 
Lopus Hahn 
No Illinois species; Lopus decolor (Fal- 
len) occurs in Connecticut, District of Co- 
lumbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 
New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Quebec, 
Virginia. It breeds on sedges (Juncus 
dudleyi and other species). 
Amblytylus Fieber 
No Illinois species; Amblytylus nasutus 
(Kirschbaum) occurs in Indiana, Massa- 
chusetts, Michigan; Europe. 
Atractotomus Fieber 
No Illinois species; Atractotomus crataegi 
Knight is known from Iowa. 
Macrotylus Fieber 
INE Ye LO sSPECIRS 
Chiefly green, ventral surface yellowish, 
femora black along dorsal margin, fig. 
Pecoeth2.30,.......-.amoenus, p. 51 
Uniformly black, membrane with four 
mumiceeepotssength 3.00... .....vc02.. 
.......$exguttatus, p. 51 
Macrotylus amoenus Reuter 
Macrotylus amoenus Reuter (1909, p. 75). 
Aputts.—Fig. 93. Length 2.30, width 
0.80; yellowish green, hemelytra darker 
green; first and second antennal segments 
KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs, or’ MiripAz, oF ILLINOIS 51 
black, apices white; tibiae black; femora 
with black bar on dorsal margin; cuneus 
opaque white with greenish tint, an oblique 
Fig. 93.—Macrotylus amoenus, @. 
black bar across middle; membrane fuscous, 
a clear spot on either side near margin. 
Host PLant.—New England aster (4s- 
ter novae-angliae). 
Known DistripuTIoN.—Originally de- 
scribed from Connecticut and later found 
in Rhode Island and the Delaware Water 
Gap. 
Illinois Records. — EvercrEEN Park: 
July 1, 1935, Ross & DeLong, 1 9 ; Aug. 23, 
1934, Ross & DeLong, 19. GraysLaKE: 
June 10, 1936, breeding on Aster novae- 
angliae, Ross & Burks, 594 519. Oax 
Lawn: July 1, 1936, DeLong & Ross, 3 ¢ 
40. 
Macrotylus sexguttatus (Provancher) 
Amblytylus sexguttatus Provancher (1887, 
p. 150). 
Not taken in Illinois; known from Con- 
necticut, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, 
Ontario, Pennsylvania. Host plant, aster 
(Aster undulatus). 
U. OF iLL. LIB. 
