66 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST.* SURVEY. [Bull. 



Selandria Leach. 

 *S. flavipes Norton. 

 Black, with tegulae, collar, and legs beyond the apices of 

 coxae yellowish-white; third segment of antennae longer than 

 fourth ; ocellar basin and median fovea distinct and not connected ; 

 tergum of abdomen sometimes reddish; wings yellowish hyaline. 

 Length 5-7 mm. Larva feeds on Pteris aquilina. 



Connecticut (E. N.) ; New Haven, 27 July, 1904 (P. L. B.), 

 4 July, 1905 (H. L. v.), 31 July, 1910 (B. H. W.) ; Branford, 28 

 July, 1905, Thompson, 11 July 1905 (H. L. V.); Orange, 21 

 May, 191 1 (A. B. C). 



Polyselandria MacGillivray. 

 °P. decolorata (Cresson). 



Pleurae wholly shining black ; body black, with tegulae, collar, 

 labrum, and legs beyond apices of the coxae yellowish white ; third 

 segment of the antennae a little longer than the fourth ; wings 

 usually strongly infuscated on the basal two-thirds; ocellar basin 

 and median fovea distinct ; tergum of the abdomen usually rufous, 

 sometimes entirely black. Length 5-7 mm. 



°P. floridana (MacGillivray). 



Pleurae shining black with a large, round, yellowish white 

 spot at middle; body black, with clypeus, labrum, tegulae, collar, 

 and legs beyond the coxae yellowish white; posterior tarsi infus- 

 cated at apex ; third segment of the antennae very slightly longer 

 than the fourth ; wings strongly infuscated. Length 5 mm. 



Pseudoselandria MacGillivray. 

 °P. oxalata MacGillivray. 



Black, with the following parts whitish: two basal segments 

 of the antennae, the labrum, the clypeus, the collar broadly, the 

 tegulae, the upper half or more of the pleurae, the legs, the wings 

 at base, and the abdomen except the saw-guides ; median fovea 

 deep, ovate, transverse; ocellar basin distinct; third segment of 

 the antennae as long as the fourth and fifth together; wings hya- 

 line, with the apex of the radius strongly dilated and black. 

 Length 7 mm. 



