Il6 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Occurs on Spartina patens in swampy areas. 



Stratford, 21 July, 1912 (at light), 9 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; also 

 reported from Branford and Stony Creek without specific dates; New 

 Haven, i Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Fairfield, 26 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.). 

 D. osborni Van Duzee. 



Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xix, 304, 1892. 



Broad and robust, vertex one-third wider than long, very blunt, 

 almost rounded at tip, a pair of large black spots at apex, and 

 often a smaller one each side next ocellus. Sometimes with 

 fuscous blotches on disc. In pale specimens some or all of these 

 markings may be absent. Pronotum yellowish with longitudinal 

 white stripes. Elytra broad, dull yellow, subhyaline, nervures 

 white, broadly fuscous margined. Female segment slightly bisinu- 

 ated and dark margined at middle. Male plates broad at base, 

 concavely rounded to acute tips. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Found on tall grasses often in swampy places, but usually in 

 rather small numbers during July, August and September. 

 D. balli Van Duzee. nigrifrons Van Duzee. 



Check List Hemip., 71, 1916; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxi, 293, 1894. 



Vertex twice as long as wide, rounded anteriorly, yellow with 

 four large black spots above margin and a smaller one next either 

 eye. The outer spots are often fused with paler areas on the disc 

 almost forming a transverse band. Face black with a median 

 stripe and numerous arcs, yellow. Venter black. Elytra brownish 

 green, subhyaline, nervures paler. Female segment concave with 

 a slight median tooth and brownish portion at middle. Male 

 plates gradually narrowed to sharp acute tips. Length 4 mm. 



An important pest of cereal and forage crops and a very common 

 member of the meadow and pasture groups feeding on cultivated 

 and wild grasses. 



Kent, 31 Aug., 1904 (W. E. B.) ; New Haven, 22 Sept., 1918 (F. H. L.). 



Aconura Lethierry. 

 Athysanella Baker. 



Vertex broad, obtusely angled, rounding to front. Pronotum 

 usually shorter than vertex, transversely wrinkled posteriorly. 

 The elytra are usually short and with abbreviated venation. 

 Ovipositor very long comparatively. 



The species of this genus feed upon short grasses of the prairie 

 type which are found on dry uplands. Most of them occur 

 throughout the plains region of the west but one species is known 

 to occur in the New England states. 

 A. acuticauda (Baker). Athysanella acuticauda Baker. 



Psyche, viii, 186, 1898. 



Vertex blunt, angularly or roundingly produced, and broadly 

 rounding to front. Pronotum very short and broad. Elytra short 



