September, 1941 
confluent on cuneus; scutellum paler, irre- 
gularly marked with dark granulate reticu- 
lations; pronotum yellowish, usually dark- 
ened by hypodermal reddish granulations; 
propleura pale; coxal cleft crossed by two 
irregular dark rays. Membrane fuscous, a 
rounded spot on either side touching margin; 
discal spot, and areas bordering cuneus 
within areoles, less dark. Hemelytra clothed 
with golden, slightly sericeous, recumbent 
pubescence, intermixed with some simple, 
pale to fuscous hairs; pronotum with much 
longer hairs. Body beneath tan to yellow- 
ish; sides of thorax and abdomen darkened 
with reddish and fuscous; two paler longi- 
tudinal lines running through dark color. 
Legs tan to yellowish; hind femora darkened 
on apical half with reddish and fuscous and 
provided with a few flattened, black hairs; 
tibiae pale to reddish, not distinctly banded. 
FEMALE.—Length 5.60, width 2.30. Very 
similar to male in form and coloration. 
Host PLrant.—Basswood (Tilia ameri- 
cana). 
Known DistTrispuTion.—Illinois, 
Minnesota, New York, Ontario. | 
Illinois Records.—NortTHERN ILLINOIS: 
2. ALGONQUIN: July 17, 1896, 19. 
FRANKFORT: June 8, 1933, Mohr & Town- 
send, 19. GALESBURG: July 24, 1892, 49. 
Ursana: July 4, 1915, on tree trunk, 19. 
Iowa, 
Neurocolpus jessiae Knight 
Neurocolpus jessiae Knight (1934, p. 163). 
Mave.—Length 6.30, width 2.34. Head 
width 1.08, vertex 0.43. Rostrum, length 
2.50, extending nearly to hind margins of 
posterior coxae. Antennae, first segment, 
length 1.25, slightly compressed, greatest 
width (0.22) near middle, the black scale- 
like hairs only moderately conspicuous, these 
hairs intermixed with a few more nearly 
erect, black bristles, this segment very dark 
brown, closely and irregularly spotted with 
yellowish; second, 2.64, slender, distal half 
gradually tapering to become thicker api- 
cally, part black, basal half yellowish; third, 
1.08, black, yellowish at base; fourth, 1.11, 
black. Pronotum, length 1.34, width at base 
1.95. Dorsum chiefly black, with basal half 
of cuneus, spots on embolium and scutellum, 
and more or less broad area on anterior 
half of pronotum, tan to yellowish; body be- 
neath pallid to yellowish, sides of thorax 
and venter more or less infuscated. Legs 
pallid ; apical one-fourth of hind femora 
KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs, or MiripDAg, oF ILLINOIS 
183 
black; front and middle femora with irre- 
gular fuscous areas at apices; tibiae pallid; 
front and middle pairs with bases, apices, 
and two narrow rings between, fuscous; 
hind tibiae with basal one-fourth and broad 
band just below middle, black; apices fus- 
cous; tarsi yellowish, apical segment largely 
black. 
FEMALE.—Length 6.50, width 2.30. Very 
similar to male in form and coloration. 
Hapsits.—Nymphs and adults were col- 
lected “from panicles of elder fruit” at Ur- 
bana, by. C.. Aa Farts 
KNown DistrIBUTION.—Illinois, Iowa, 
Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, New 
York, Ontario, Texas. 
Illinois Records.—NorTHeERN ILLINOIS: 
lime GrALESBURG? Lb oara|Ulyac/, 189201 4, 
19; July 24, 1892, 19. Ursana: July 20, 
1889, from panicles of elder fruit,.C. A. 
Hartel lies 16.025) uly Ziel Ss9 ein forest, 
C. A. Hart, 19; July 24, 1889, on elder 
USCMOUCUSSD:) yy Aeltlatt. 26" 9.0. 
Neurocolpus rubidus Knight 
Neurocolpus rubidus Knight (1934, p. 164). 
Mave.—Length 6.00, width 2.10. Head 
width 1.00, vertex 0.41. Rostrum, length 
2.30, just attaining posterior margins of hind 
coxae. Antennae, first segment, length 1.04, 
compressed, greatest width 0.22 near middle, 
reddish, irregularly and closely marked with 
yellowish, usually flattened, black hairs 
abundant, intermixed with somewhat longer, 
pale to fuscous, bristlelike hairs; second, 
2.16, slender, gradually thickened (width 
0.12) on apical half, yellowish, apical half 
reddish; third, 0.82, fuscous, pale at base; 
fourth, 0.83, black. Pronotum, length 1.12, 
width at base 1.73. General coloration red- 
dish, in dark specimens fuscous appearing on 
hemelytra. Embolium and scutellum with 
several yellowish spots; membrane dark 
fuscous, a pale spot on either side at mar- 
gin; veins dark; apical curve of cubitus red- 
dish. Dorsum clothed with golden, seri- 
ceous pubescence intermixed with simple 
yellowish to fuscous hairs; distinct black 
hairs on pronotum. Femora reddish; hind 
pair with a distinct yellowish spot above, 
slightly beyond middle; tibiae yellowish, two 
narrow reddish rings on front and middle 
pair; reddish areas on middle and basal one- 
fourth of hind pair. 
FEMALE.—Length 6.20, width 2.34. Very 
similar to male in form and coloration. 
