. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. September, 1941 Knight: Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois 117 frequently collected at light. In New York, Dr. C. P. Alexander in letter reports this species as flying up in large numbers from the grass after sundown. In Iowa I found this species abundant in closely cropped pasture land where the little brown ants Lasius alienus var. americanus Emery were abundant. Known Distribution. — Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsyl- vania, South Dakota, Utah, Wa
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. September, 1941 Knight: Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois 117 frequently collected at light. In New York, Dr. C. P. Alexander in letter reports this species as flying up in large numbers from the grass after sundown. In Iowa I found this species abundant in closely cropped pasture land where the little brown ants Lasius alienus var. americanus Emery were abundant. Known Distribution. — Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsyl- vania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. Illinois Records.—Seventeen males, tak- en May 10 to Aug. 22, are from Algonquin, Chicago, Oak Lawn, Palos Park, Urbana, Willow Springs. Cyrtopeltccoris Renter Cyrtopeltocoris illini new species This species is to be distinguished from allied species by the pointed, conical develop- ment of the scutellum, fig. 137. Male.—Fig. 137. Length , width Head width , vertex ; eyes scarcely raised above contour of frons, a sharp carina at base of vertex. Rostrum, length , reaching to middle of hind coxae. Antennae, first segment, length , pale to white; second, , nearly cylindrical, fus- cous brown, with fine, pale pubescence; third. , equal in thickness to second seg- ment, dark brown; fourth, , thickness equal to that of preceding segments, dark brown. Pronotum, length , width at base , disk strongly convex on basal half, collar distinctly narrowed, not equal to width of vertex. Scutellum remarkably de- veloped into a vertical cone with an acumi- nate point, mesoscutum broadly exposed and sloping downward to base of scutellum. General color medium brown to dark brown, smooth or only very minutely punctate, mod-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the or
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