I40 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BulL 



C. tergatus (Fitch). Bythoscopus tergatus Fitch. 



Homop. N. Y. St. Cab., 58, 1851. 



Size and form of unicolor but with a dark sordid green color, 

 elytra smoky. Head broadly rounded on anterior margin. 

 Female segment with a broad V-shaped notch extending half way 

 to the base, lateral lobes rounded. Length 7 mm. 



Common on grasses in moist areas during July, August and 

 September. 



Salisbury, 30 Aug., 1904 (W. E. B.) ; Cornwall, 10 Aug., 1918 

 (B. H. W.) ; Kent, 10 Aug., 1918 (M. P. Z.) ; New Haven, 22 Sept., 1918 

 (F. H. L.) ; 16, 27 July, 3 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Durham, 10 Aug., 1922 

 (M. P. Z.); East Hartford, 13 Aug., 1906 (B. H. W.) ; North Haven, 

 4 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.) ; also from Branford without specific date. 



C. viridius Van Duzee. 



Psyche, vi, 309, 1892. 



With rounded vertex, but smaller than allied round-headed 

 species, and with a uniform apple-green color. Female segment 

 broadly excavated almost to base, each side of incisure bearing a 

 short obtuse tooth at middle. Male plates triangular and trans- 

 verse. Length 6-y mm. 



A common pasture species throughout the southern states and 

 often occurs in small numbers in the north. 



Guilford, 24 July, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Madison, 24 Sept., 1922 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Milford (George Dimmock). 



C. galbanatus Van Duzee. 



Psyche, vi, 310, 1892. 



Yellowish green with obtusely angled vertex, a half longer at 

 middle than next the eyes. Female segment long, a rather broad 

 lingulate incisure reaches nearly to base forming a broad, rounded 

 lobe either side. Length 6-6.5 "^i^- 



A common pasture and meadow species throughout New Eng- 

 land, June to September. 



West Haven, 27 June, New Haven, 4 July, 1905 (H. L. V.) ; 27 June, 

 1908 (W. E. B.) ; 22 Sept., 1918 (F. H. L.) ; 31 July, 8 Aug., 22 Sept., 

 1920 (B. H. W.) ; New Canaan, 22 Sept., 1910 (W. E. B.) ; Bridgeport, 

 20 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Guilford, 13 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; North 

 Branford, 13 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 5 July, 1920 (P. G.) ; Marl- 

 borough, 15 July, 1922 (B. H. W.) ; North Haven, 4 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Windham, 3 Aug., 1922 (B. H. W.). 



C. balli Osborn. 



Proc. la. Acad. Sci., v, 246, 1898. 



Easily distinguished from all others by the obtusely angled head 

 and the female spatulate process. Vertex one-half longer on 

 middle than next eyes. Uniform yellowish green without mark- 

 ings. Female segment notched and bearing a spatulate process. 

 Length 7-7.25 mm. 



Usually occurs in more abundance in sheltered areas on grasses, 

 but has frequently been taken in open fields. 



Winnipauk, 4 Aug., 1908 (C. W. J.). 



