September, 1941 
row area at base black, bordered by a pale 
annulus, then yellowish brown to middle, 
where a slightly paler annulus separates this 
from the black on apical half; third, 0.97, 
pale, distal half black; fourth, 1.12, black- 
ish, paler at base. Pronotum, length 1.38, 
width at base 2.12; dark brown; disk with a 
tew pale spots; median line pale although it 
may be indistinct near basal margin, basal 
edge yellowish; discal spots black, inner and 
outer margins bordered by yellow. Scutel- 
lum dark brown, median line with a slender 
pale mark; small spot near each basal angle, 
and a few even smaller dots near middle 
and apex, yellow. Hemelytra dark brown 
to black; area at inner half of clavus bor- 
dering scutellum black; corium with a few 
vague, yellowish spots; radial vein yellow 
on basal half. Cuneus mostly dark brown, 
with outer edge and area extending across 
middle yellowish; light-colored area on disk 
appearing more as spots than as uniform 
color. Membrane dark fuscous to black; a 
rather large, yellowish spot on margin near 
apex of cuneus and a smaller one on middle 
of larger areole; vein at apex of larger 
areole yellowish. Legs tan, with bases of 
coxae more or less fuscous and apical halves 
of femora spotted with brown, this colora- 
tion on apical third of hind femora inter- 
rupted by a few minute, yellow spots; tibiae 
each with two brown bands, apices only 
slightly darkened; tarsi pale, apices black. 
Venter of thorax dark brown, darker at 
sides; ventral surface of abdomen yellowish 
on basal half, sides rather uniformly very 
dark brown, except on second, or first visible, 
segment, where two more or less indistinct 
pale marks occur. Dorsum clothed with yel- 
lowish to golden, recumbent, sericeous pu- 
bescence intermixed with a few obscure, 
simple hairs. 
_ Femare.—Length 5.80, width 2.80. Head 
width 1.16, vertex 0.56. Antennae, first seg- 
ment, length 1.21; second, 2.20; third, 1.00; 
fourth, 1.12. Pronotum, length 1.35, width 
at base 2.16. Slightly more robust than 
male, but very similar in pubescence and 
coloration. 
Host PLant.—Waahoo or burning bush 
(Evonymus atropurpureus) ; a single speci- 
_men was taken in this state on box elder 
(Acer negundo) ; others were taken on red- 
bud (Cercis canadensis). 
_ Known Distrisution.—lIllinois, Iowa, 
Ohio, western New York. 
KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs, or Miripae, oF ILLINOIS 
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Illinois Records. — EvizapeTHtTown: 
May 27-31, 1932, on redbud, H. L. Dozier, 
36. OQuawKA: June 13, 1932, on Acer 
negundo, H. L. Dozier, 19. 
Paracalocoris celtidis Knight 
Paracalocorts celtidis Knight (1930d, p. 810). 
Mave.—Length 5.70, width 2.60. Head 
width 1.14, vertex 0.56. Rostrum, length 
2.70, extending to fifth abdominal segment, 
tan to yellowish with last two segments 
black. Antennae, first segment, length 1.00, 
dark brown to black, with several small, 
white, glabrous spots and set with several 
erect, black setae; second, 2.25, black, with 
pale annulus at middle; third, 0.91, fuscous 
to black, yellowish at base; fourth, 0.95, 
black, with a narrow yellowish area at base. 
Pronotum, length 1.30, width at base 2.00; 
disk dark brown to black, with pale spots; 
calli and areas surrounding discal spots yel- 
low to yellowish brown; area between calli 
white, this color extending back along me- 
dian line to base as a white line, basal half 
of line apparently produced by the joining 
of several spots. Scutellum brown, with 
yellowish, more or less confluent spots; 
median line yellowish, except at apex, but 
this line joined by so many spots that 
its outline is largely obscured. Hem- 
elytra black and brown, with minute yel- 
lowish spots, these more prominent along 
radial vein and near apex of embolium. 
Cuneus largely white due to the numerous 
and confluent white spots; apex and para- 
cuneus black. Membrane dark fuscous or 
black, with disk of larger areole, apical half 
of membrane except large spot bordering 
apex of larger areole, and spot at middle of 
outer margin, yellowish. Legs _ yellow, 
marked with brown; distal half of femora 
with black ground color, which is cut into 
small areas by numerous white spots; hind 
femora with one much larger white spot 
on middle of dorsal aspect; tibiae with apex, 
band at middle, and a broader band at base, 
brown, the last somewhat broken by white 
spots; tarsi pale, apices black. Venter dark 
brown, varied with white and yellowish 
marks; sides tending toward black, with 
three rows of obliquely placed, yellow 
dashes. Dorsum clothed with recumbent, 
pale to golden yellow, sericeous pubescence, 
intermixed with less prominent, simple, fus- 
