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



Vertex very slightly transversely depressed, length at middle 

 equal to that at eyes, anterior margin carinately elevated, a dis- 

 tinct circular brownish yellow depression between ocellus and eye 

 on either side ; ocelli equidistant from eyes and each other ; front 

 moderately inflated, disc broad, flattened-convex, transverse rib- 

 bing interrupted in median line by slight longitudinal depression; 

 pronotum three-fourths wider than long, disc strongly convex, 

 distinctly transversely wrinkled, two distinct pits behind elevated 

 anterior margin near median line, lateral to which and directly 

 posterior to inner angles of eyes are two circular brownish yellow 

 spots ; scutellum darker ; hemelytra narrowly convex, lateral 

 margins scarcely expanded, apex acutely angulate, finely, densely 

 punctured, and clothed with a fine, thickly set pubescence ; under 

 surface straw-yellow, spurs and spines only of tibiae and tarsi 

 tipped with black. 



Distribution: Specimens have been examined from Colorado, 

 New Mexico, Wisconsin, and Ohio. It has been reported from 

 West Virginia and the District of Columbia (Ball). 

 C. delicata Uhler. (Fig. 20, 68-69.) 



Clastoptera binotata Uhler. Mss. 



Clastoptera delicata Uhler. List Hem. Reg. West Miss. River, Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 348-9, 1876. 



Clastoptera delicata Ball. Proc. la. Acad. Sci., vol. iii, 184-6, 1895. 

 Clastoptera delicata Ball. Subsp. i. lineata, var. a and var. b. 

 Clastoptera delicata Ball. Subsp. ii. binotata. 

 Clastoptera lineatocollis Stal. ? Eng. Resa. Omk. Jord., iv, 285-6, 1858. 



Color pale greenish-yellow varying to black ; closely resembling 

 proteus in form, but with the front more strongly inflated; two 

 circular yellow depressions on vertex near eyes ; pronotum yellow 

 marked with five transverse black bands (var. lineata), or uni- 

 colorous black (var. binotata) ; size variable. Length 3.5-4.5 mm. ; 

 width 2-2.5 "^^• 

 C. delicata var. (i) lineata Ball. 



Vertex slightly depressed transversely in median line, depres- 

 sions lateral to tylus reaching entirely across it, a distinct, circular, 

 yellow depression midway between ocellus and eye on either side, 

 anterior margin carinately elevated, bordered from eye to eye with 

 black; eyes margined behind with black; ocelh equidistant from 

 eyes and each other ; front strongly inflated, disc sharply, rounded 

 convex, rising abruptly from face at sides ; face entirely black 

 (subvar. b), yellow above, transversely marked with interrupted 

 black bands, dark below, lorae yellow, spotted with black below 

 eye and at antennal insertion (subvar. a) ; pronotum strongly, 

 transversely wrinkled, yellow, transversely marked with five, 

 slightly impressed, narrow black bands, interrupted before lateral 

 margins, anterior margin rather broadly black, posterior margin 

 very deeply emarginate; scutellum yellow, variably obscured by 

 irregular dark fuscous markings; hemelytra with claval margin 



