September, 1941 KNIGHT: 
brownish, this color spotted with yellow; in 
dark specimens, hind femora developing a 
brownish patch on basal half. 
Foop PLant.—Collected on gooseberry 
(Ribes sp.) in Illinois. 
Known 1 DistrinuTIon.—District of Co- 
lumbia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New 
Jersey, New York. 
Illinois Records.—Eleven males and § 
females, taken May 29 to July 14, are from 
Anna, Forest City, Hardin, Havana, Keiths- 
burg, Manito, Palos Park, Quincy, White 
Heath, White Pines Forest State Park. 
Garganus Stal 
Garganus fusiformis (Say) 
Capsus fusiformis Say (1832, p. 24). 
Mare.—Fig. 171. Length 5.10, width 
1.60. Head width 0.86, vertex 0.30. Rostrum, 
length 1.86, slightly exceeding posterior mar- 
gins of hind coxae. Antennae, first segment, 
length 0.95, orange colored and with short, 
fuscous pubescence; second, 1.86, fusiform, 
thickness 0.13, black, thickly clothed with 
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Fig. 171.—Garganus fusiformis, o. 
PLANT Bucs, or MiripAg, or ILLINOIS 
181 
slightly flattened, black hairs; third, 0.99, 
slender, black, yellowish at base; fourth, 
1.00, black. Pronotum, length 0.78, width 
at base 1.22. General color black; collar, 
broad area on median line of scutellum, 
inner margin of clavus, embolium, and 
outer margin of cuneus, yellowish to white; 
legs and venter, except genital segment, 
orange colored. 
FEMALE.—Length 5.40, width 1.81. Head 
width 0.91, vertex 0.36. Antennae, first seg- 
ment, length 0.86, yellow to orange; second, 
1.77, fusiform, greatest thickness 0.17; third, 
1.00; fourth, 1.08. Pronotum, length 0.86, 
width at base 1.35. More robust than male, 
but very similar in pubescence and colora- 
tion. 
Host PLants. — Coltsfoot (Tussilago 
farfara); Illinois specimens were taken also 
on smartweed (Polygonum sp.). 
Known DistrisutTion.—Alabama, Con- 
necticut, District of Columbia, Florida, 
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Mary- 
land, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Caro- 
lina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, 
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
Virginia. 
Illinois Records.—Sixty-six males, 46 fe- 
males and 1 nymph, taken June 14 to Oct. 
6, are from Algonquin, Alto Pass, Browns, 
Cairo, Carbondale, Carmi, De Soto, Dixon 
Springs, Dolson, East St. Louis, Elizabeth, 
Elizabethtown, Galesburg, Grand Tower, 
Grandview, Herod, Karnak, Metropolis, 
Milo, Mount Carmel, Normal, Pulaski, 
Temple Hill, Urbana, West Pullman. 
Neurccolpus Reuter 
KEY TOeSPEGIES 
1. Length of first antennal segment three- 
fifths or more length of second seg- 
Length of first antennal segment not, 
or only slightly, exceeding one-half 
9 
length of second segment. ...... 2. 8) 
2. Length of first antennal segment nearly 
three-fourths length of second seg- 
ment; tip of rostrum surpassing pos- 
terior margins of hind coxae........ 
tee STE RS I tiliae, p. 182 
Length of first antennal segment not 
more than two-thirds length of 
second segment; tip of rostrum 
reaching posterior margins of hind 
COXAEO gy ny AOE. nubilus, p. 182 
