200 
Pronotal disk without black spots.... 6 
6. Light-colored dots and spots on hind 
femora uniting to form a subapical 
band or transverse pale mark...... i 
Dots on hind femora not forming a dis- 
tinct light-colored band or large 
mar kee Gen eee cree ae ea ae a 8 
7. Cuneus with a narrow white area along 
outer margin and two black dots on 
this white edge. .angustifrons, p. 201 
Cuneus with outer margin reddish 
brown and marked with three or four 
whiterdots as = aye pinicola, p. 201 
8. Length of second antennal segment 
twice as great as width of head..... 
BES Nay te es See diversus, p. 200 
Length of second antennal segment less 
than twice width of head.......... 
Phytocoris diversus Knight 
Phytocoris diversus Knight (1920, p. 60). 
The general aspect of this species is sug- 
gestive of fulvus Knight, but the light, yel- 
low brown coloration on the inner apical 
half of the corium and the cuneus is more 
distinct. 
a. & 
ANGUS T/IFRONS Aa C Ree 
dug 
CONSPERS/IPES 
FULVUS 
<I 
MUNDUS | 
F Fig. 178.—Male genital claspers of Phytocoris, Group III. 
B, right clasper, lateral aspect; C, flagellum. 
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Mavr.—Length 5.00, width 1.70. Head 
width 0.97, vertex 0.37. Rostrum, length 
2.03, reaching fifth abdominal sternite. An- 
tennae, first segment, length 0.71, greenish 
yellow, darkened with deep brownish, with 
five or six smooth, white spots on dorsal side, 
and beset with 9 or 10 dark setae; second,. 
2.05, dark fuscous, paler on basal half; third, 
1.05, black; fourth, 0.85, black. Pronotum, 
length 0.78, width at base 1.36. Clothed with 
brownish, simple hairs intermixed with sil- 
very, silky pubescence. Head, pronotum and 
ventral parts greenish to yellowish; base of 
pronotum, sides of tylus, dorsal margins of 
juga and lora, base of head, indistinct striae 
on front, sternum, and sides of venter, tinged 
with reddish brown; femora, except at bases, 
and tibiae, deep brownish, with many light 
to white spots; hind femora with rather 
large spots on dorsal aspect. Genital clasp- 
ers and flagellum distinctive for species, fig. 
178. 
FEMALE.—Length 4.80, width 1.73. Very 
similar to male in color and pubescence. 
Host PrLrant. — White pine (Pinus 
strobus). 
Known DistrisuTion.—lIllinois, Maine, 
Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York. 
Illinois Records.—StTarvep Rock STATE 
PINICOLA 
AA, \eft clasper, dorsal aspect; 
