96 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Female segment usually produced with a definite tooth at center, 

 band on vertex broad, very dark brown or blackish, rather robust, 

 about 6-6.5 mm 14 



13. Vertex pointedly angled, usually about as long as width between 



eyes, face rather pale with black arcs, elytra brownish immistus 



Vertex more bluntly and obtusely angled, usually about two-thirds 

 as long on middle as width between eyes, face black with pale arcs, 

 elytra very dark brown appearing blackish melanotus 



14. Length 6 mm., female segment with a small median tooth on pos- 



terior margin productus 



Slightly larger 6.5 mm., female segment bearing a distinct median 

 carina and tooth carinatus 



S. cruciatus Osborn. 



Ohio Nat, xi, 253, 1910. 



Ivory white or yellowish, vertex with two transverse brown 

 spots before middle. Front with two arcs at base, a bar below 

 antennae, and a broader one across clypeus and lower portion of 

 lorae. Elytra with a cruciate brown mark bordered with darker 

 brown. Anteapical cells and first and second apicals dark. 

 Length 4.5 mm. 



Described from Long Island, and no doubt occurs in Connecticut. 

 A rather rare species occurring throughout the summer. 

 S. auronitens Provancher. Jassus areatus Harris (MS). (Fig. 

 9, iia, b.) 



Pet. Faune Ent. Can., iii, 277, 1889. 



Pale brown, iridescent, vertex with a rather broad transverse 

 orange-red band, anteriorly margined with black between the eyes. 

 A black band on margin and another just above margin. Prono- 

 tum marked with reddish. Elytra with three recurved costal veins, 

 and three pairs of black spots along claval suture. Length 6 mm. 



A common form on undergrowth in wooded areas, especially in 

 open woods where it was swept from Solidago. 



East River, 5 Aug., 1008 (C. R. E.) ; New Haven, 20 Aug., 1909 

 (B. H. W.) ; 22 Sept,, 1918 (F. H. L.) ; 22 Aug., 13 Sept., 3 Oct., 1920 

 (B. H. W.) ; Portland, 12 Aug., 1913 (B. H. W.) ; New Canaan, 3 Sept., 

 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Bridgeport, 20 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Cromwell, 30 

 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 6 Aug., 1922, 25 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Cornwall, 18 July, 1921 (B. H. W.). 



S. jucundus Uhler. 



Trans. Md. Acad. Sci., i, 34, 1889. 



Bright orange fulvous, vertex, pronotum and elytra with milky 

 white spots. Disc of vertex reddish, a dark line above margin. 

 Elytra with veins and costal reflexed nervures broadly fuscous. 

 Length 5-6 mm. 



Often found on oak shrubs during July, August and September. 



Plainville, 2 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 25 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.). 

 S. unicolor Osborn. 



Jour. Cinn. Soc. Nat. Hist, xix, 196, 1900. 



Rather broad, robust, almost uniform dark brown in color, with 

 few markings. Vertex and elytra uniform brown. Elytra brown- 



