. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. September, 1941 KxiGHT: Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois 197 basal annulus white; third, , black, pallid at base; fourth, Pronotum, length width at base General coloration dusky to brownish; spots on base of pronotal disk, tip of clavus, apex of em- bolium and of cuneus, black; fuscous color-. Fig. 177.— Phytocoris salicis, cf. ation of hemelytra interspersed with pallid and brownish marks and dots; membrane clear, marked with patches of fuscous; cubi- tus white around apex of larger areole. Legs pallid; apical half of femo
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. September, 1941 KxiGHT: Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois 197 basal annulus white; third, , black, pallid at base; fourth, Pronotum, length width at base General coloration dusky to brownish; spots on base of pronotal disk, tip of clavus, apex of em- bolium and of cuneus, black; fuscous color-. Fig. 177.— Phytocoris salicis, cf. ation of hemelytra interspersed with pallid and brownish marks and dots; membrane clear, marked with patches of fuscous; cubi- tus white around apex of larger areole. Legs pallid; apical half of femora marked with reddish brown; hind pair chiefly dark brown, with numerous white spots, a larger white spot forming an incomplete subapical band; tibiae banded with fuscous; apices of middle pair pallid; hind pair chiefly dark fuscous. Dorsum clothed with pale to brownish, sim- ple pubescence thickly intermixed with sil- very to golden yellow, silky hairs. Genital claspers and flagellum distinctive for species, fig. 176. Female.—Length , width An- tennae, first segment, length , chiefly white, irregularly marked with reddish brown; second, , yellowish brown, more fuscous at apex and next to pallid base; third, , black, pallid at base; fourth, black. More robust than male and usually lighter in color. Habits.—Breeds on willow (chiefly Sa- lix nigra) where the species appears to be predacious on soft-bodied insects. Known Distribution.—Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Min- nesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota. Illinois Records.—Seventeen males and 15 females, taken June 11 to July 9, are from Alton, Antioch, Elizabeth, Galena. Galesburg, Golconda, Monticello, Savanna. Seymour, Waukegan. Phytocoris lacunosus Knight Phytocoris lacunosus Knight (1920, p. 56). Not taken in Illinois; known from Minne- sota and New
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