September, 1941 
ation. Head width 0.86, vertex 0.36. An- 
tennae, first segment, length 1.04; second, 
24/7; third, 1.38; fourth, 1.17. Pronotum, 
length 0.74, width at base 1.38. More robust 
than male, but very similar in color and 
pubescence. 
Known DistrinutTion.—Alabama, Con- 
necticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, 
Maryland, New York. 
Illinois Record.—Gaceszurc: July 24, 
m72,1 3,69. 
Phytocoris caryae Knight 
Phytocoris caryae Knight (1923d, p. 652). 
Mave.—Length 5.30, width 1.74. Head 
yellow, width 0.93, vertex 0.28; small spot 
at dorsal margin of each eye, irregular 
large spot on either side of front, and spot 
on dorsal margin of lora, orange colored; 
front and vertex bearing prominent, pale 
hairs. Rostrum, length 2.20, reaching fifth 
abdominal segment; pale yellowish, very 
dark brown at apex. Antennae, first seg- 
ment, length 1.14, yellow, anterior aspect 
with small orange spots, largest one located 
near apex, setae pale to dusky; second, 2.46, 
uniformly pale yellow; third, 1.50, yellow; 
fourth, 1.16, yellow, dusky at apex. Prono- 
tum, length 0.81, width at base 1.44; green- 
ish yellow, with four orange stripes on disk, 
these sometimes joining at base; calli pallid, 
collar with broad orange spot located on 
either side of median line, these spots ex- 
tending posteriorly to calli; propleura with 
small orange ray behind lower half of coxal 
cleft ; clothed with pale yellowish pubescence, 
a few dusky hairs at basal margin. Scutellum 
greenish yellow, an oblique orange mark on 
either side of median line. Sternum and 
pleura pale yellowish. Hemelytra pale to 
greenish yellow, mottled with brown orange; 
_ darker on clavus, with many large, irregu- 
lar greenish yellow spots; apical one-fifth 
of corium nearly uniformly greenish yel- 
low; embolium with a few scattering red 
_ orange spots; tip of clavus with a dusky spot 
and beset with prominent black hairs; cu- 
meus yellowish and translucent, apex and 
margins flecked with reddish; a prominent, 
dull reddish spot at margin between corium 
and membrane; clothed with yellow pu- 
_ bescence, this darker near apex of corium; 
emboliar margins very slightly arcuate. 
Membrane nearly colorless, with pale fus- 
_ cous marbling, coloring darkest within are- 
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oles and at middle; veins dusky yellow at 
KNIGHT: PLANT Bucs, or MirIpAgE, oF ILLINOIS 
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apices of areoles. Legs almost white:to yel- 
lowish; apical halves of femora flecked with 
bright red, larger spots on posterior pair; 
tibial spines fuscous, hind pair with a small, 
reddish spot at base of each spine, although 
these spots obscure apically; tips of tarsi 
dusky. Venter pale greenish yellow; genital 
claspers and flagellum distinctive for spe- 
cies, fig. 179. 
FEMALE.—Length 5.20, width 1.90. Head 
width 0.91, vertex 0.36. Antennae, first seg- 
ment, length 1.21; second, 2.68; third, 1.51; 
fourth, 1.12. Pronotum, length 0.82, width 
at base 1.47. More robust than male, but 
very similar in color and pubescence. 
Host Pitant.—Hickory (Carya sp.). 
Known DIstriBguTION. — Illinois and 
New York. 
Illinois Records.— Dusors: Aug. 8, 
1917, 1 @. Gaxespurec: June 24, 1892, 19 ; 
July 29, 1892, 132,49. MonrTIcELLo: June 
Zor l4 woancamon River. lia ei Oe oA] 
VANNA: July 23, 1892, McElfresh, 19. 
Phytocoris puella Reuter 
Phytocoris puella Reuter (1876, p. 69). 
FEMALE.—Length 4.90, width 1.90. Head 
width 0.86, vertex 0.36; head pale, with 
mark on either side of collum extending upon 
collar; irregular arc either side of front, 
base of lora and dorsal half of bucculae, 
orange colored. Rostrum, length 2.26, ex- 
tending to fifth ventral segment, pale, black 
at apex. Antennae, first segment, length 
1.26, pallid, indistinctly dotted with orange 
on anterior aspect; second, 2.80, pale yel- 
lowish; third, 1.49, yellowish; fourth, 1.28, 
yellowish to dusky. Pronotum, length 0.78, 
width at base 1.40; pale, disk with four 
orange stripes, paler forms with stripes 
broken at middle; anterior angles with 
orange stripe which extends upon collar; 
propleura with orange ray crossing lower 
half of coxal cleft and extending nearly to 
posterior margin. Scutellum. pale, with an 
oblique orange vitta on either side of apical 
half. Hemelytra pale, with rather uniform 
orange, netlike markings; cuneus partly 
red; hemelytra clothed with pale yellowish 
pubescence intermixed with prominent, 
white, silky pubescence. Membrane pale, 
areoles infuscated and marbled within apical 
half, veins yellowish, pale at apex of areoles. 
Legs pallid, front tibiae with two nearly 
obsolete, orange yellow bands; hind femora 
with red, netlike marks on apical half, di- 
