182 
3. Hind femora pale with apical one- 
fourth blackye nee jessiae, p. 183 
Hind femora fuscous or reddish on 
basalshaltie eae rubidus, p. 183 
Neurocolpus nubilus (Say) 
Capsus nubilus Say (1832, p. 22). 
Mate.—Length 6.50, width 2.50. Head 
width 1.12, vertex 0.52. Rostrum, length 
2.70, just attaining posterior margins of 
hind coxae. Antennae, first segment, length 
1.34, moderately compressed, width 0.28, 
pale, with irregular brown marks, clothed 
with prominent, flattened black hairs inter- 
mixed with erect, white bristles; second, 
2.42, yellowish brown, reddish brown to 
black on slightly thickened apical one-third; 
third, 0.88, black, pale at base; fourth, 0.86, 
blackish. Pronotum, length 1.43, width at 
base 2.12; pale greenish yellow; disk with 
irregular brownish marks; basal half clothed 
with erect, slightly flattened black hairs, in- 
termixed with pale, simple and a few more 
recumbent, sericeous hairs. Scutellum yel- 
lowish, irregularly marked with brown. 
Hemelytra brownish to fuscous, the darker 
color broken by minute yellowish dots and 
irregular spots; cuneus darker at base and 
apex; membrane fuscous with a pale mar- 
ginal spot behind cuneus; veins brown, yel- 
lowish apically. Legs tan; femora showing 
brownish markings; hind pair with brownish 
band at middle of apical half; space before 
band and at apex, yellowish or white; ir- 
regular brownish markings usually breaking 
paler color; tibiae with band at middle and 
at apex dark brown or fuscous and with an- 
other irregular one of same color near base. 
FEMALE.—Length 7.00, width 2.60. More 
robust than male, but very similar in pu- 
bescence and coloration. 
Host Priant.—Buttonbush (Cephalan- 
thus occidentalis); Illinois specimens also 
were collected on cottonwood (Populus del- 
toides), Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnoclad- 
us dioica) and willow (Salix sp.). 
KNown DIstTrIBUTION.—Common in all 
the eastern states and southeastern Canada. 
Illinois Records.—One hundred twenty- 
six males and 119 females, taken May 24 to 
Sept. 2, are from Algonquin, Alton, Antioch, 
Ashley, Browns, Champaign, Chicago, De- 
catur, Dolson, Dubois, Duncan Mills, East 
St. Louis, Elizabethtown, Frankfort, Ga- 
lena, Grand ‘Tower, Havana, Herod, 
Horseshoe Lake, Karnak, Keithsburg, Lilly, 
ILLINOIS NATURAL History SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 22,477 
Monticello, Mound City, Mount Carmel, 
‘Muncie, Oakwood, Oregon, Palos Park, 
Parker, Quincy, Savanna, Seymour, Shaw- 
neetown, Urbana, Volo, Wauconda, West 
Union, Winchester, York. 
Neurocolpus tiliae Knight 
Neurocolpus tiliae Knight (1934, p. 162). 
Mave.—Fig. 172. Length 5.70, width 
2.30. Head width 1.00, vertex 0.48. Ros- 
trum, length 2.55, exceeding posterior mar- 
gins of hind coxae, extending to fourth ven- 
tral segment. Antennae, first segment, 
length 1.43, slightly compressed, greatest 
width 0.24 near middle, clothed with erect, 
flattened, black hairs, intermixed with erect, 
slightly longer, simple, yellowish hairs, 
orange yellow, irregularly marked with red- 
dish or fuscous dots; second, 2.03, slender, 
becoming clavate on apical third (width 
0.15), pale, thickened part dark red to black- 
ish; third, 0.78, yellowish, apical third black 
with a reddish cast; fourth, 0.74, fuscous. 
Pronotum, length 1.25, width at base 1.82, 
basal margin distinctly sinuate at middle. 
Dorsal aspect yellowish to orange red, hem- 
elytra with a considerable number of yel- 
lowish spots which are larger and, in part, 
Fig. 172.— Neurocolpus tiliae, &. 
