. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 48 Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin Vol. 22, Art. 1 width , vertex Antennae pale yel- lowish; first segment, ; second, Pronotum, length , width at base, Color more reddish than in male, sometimes pronotum and scutellum more fuscous than red. Clothed with silvery white, scalelike pubescence intermixed with simple, yellow- ish to fuscous pubescence. Food Plant.—Post oak {Quercus stel- lata). Known Distribution.—Described from Florida, and now known from Illinois, Mis- sissippi, Texas. Illinois Records.—Dongola: M
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 48 Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin Vol. 22, Art. 1 width , vertex Antennae pale yel- lowish; first segment, ; second, Pronotum, length , width at base, Color more reddish than in male, sometimes pronotum and scutellum more fuscous than red. Clothed with silvery white, scalelike pubescence intermixed with simple, yellow- ish to fuscous pubescence. Food Plant.—Post oak {Quercus stel- lata). Known Distribution.—Described from Florida, and now known from Illinois, Mis- sissippi, Texas. Illinois Records.—Dongola: May 10- 12, 1917, \$, 19. Dubois: May 21-24, 1917, 2^,6$. Meredosia: May 29, 1917, 2$. Lepidopsallus nyssae Johnston Lepidopsallus nyssae Johnston (1930, p. 299). This is allied to miniatus Knight, but is distinguished by its pale brownish color and the relative lengths of the first and second antennal segments. Male.—Length , width Head width , vertex Rostrum just at- taining posterior margins of middle coxae. Antennae pale yellowish, last two segments dusky; first segment, length ; second, ; third, ; fourth, Pronotum, length , width at base General color pale brown to fuscous, never reddish as in miniatus; head, pronotum and scutel- lum dark fuscous to black; hemelytra pale brownish, sometimes darker; cuneus uni- formly translucent like the corium. Clothed with silvery, scalelike pubescence intermixed with pale yellowish to fuscous simple pubes- cence. Legs dark brown; tibiae pale with black spines arising from brown spots. Female.—Length , width Head width , vertex Antennae uniform- ly pale yellowish; first segment, length ; second, Pronotum, length , width at base Color much paler than in male, dorsum uniformly pale brownish except an- terior half of pronotum and head, which are fuscous to blackish. Legs uniformly pale. Food Plant.—Black gum {Nyssa sylva- tica). Known Distribu
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