53^ CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



Antennae: Segment i, length .26mm., with two or three 

 bristles on anterior aspect, testaceous ; ii, i mm., more slender at 

 base and gradually enlarged apically (.11 mm. thick) to equal 

 thickness of segment i, yellov/ish brown, darker brown apically; 

 iii, .61 mm., exceeding thickness (.13 mm. thick) of segment ii, 

 more slender on basal one-fourth, dark brown ; iv, .61 mm., equal 

 in thickness to segment iii, fusiform, dark brown ; closely covered 

 with very fine, short, golden pubescence. 



Pronotum: Length .86 mm., width at base i.ii mm., anterior 

 angles .^2 mm., sides sulcate, anterior half approaching cylindrical 

 form, rather abruptly flaring to basal angles ; basal half of disk 

 strongly convex, declivitous behind, basal margin regularly arcuate 

 and fitting far down over mesonotum ; collar very fine and narrov/, 

 nearly covered by sharp basal margin of head ; calli not apparent, 

 disk finely alutaceous, minutely and sparsely pubescent, a few 

 prominent hairs near anterior angles. Scutellum flattened, dark 

 brown, transversely rugose except apical one-third which is 

 opaque; not distinctly separated from the strongly arched and 

 shining mesonotum. Sternum reddish brown, shining, meta- 

 episterna pruinose as viewed in certain lights ; ostiolar peritreme 

 pale, projecting slightly at dorsal extremity of the prominent 

 ostiole. 



Hemel3rtra: Greatest width 1.5 mm., embolar margins parallel 

 on basal half (width 1.14 mm.) then abruptly flaring but rounding 

 to base of cuneus ; embolium and apical one-third of corium 

 glabrous, convex and strongly shining, dark brown to piceous, 

 basal half of embolium amber brown and translucent ; corium, just 

 before glabrous area and apically on clavus, blackish, opaque, a 

 paler brownish, pruinose, transverse band across middle; basal 

 half of clavus reddish to cinnamon brown, opaque; sparsely set 

 with erect short black bristles. Cuneus sharply deflected, strongly 

 shining, practically glabrous, fracture deep, broader at base than 

 long, outer margin arcuate. Membrane dark brownish black, paler 

 at apex, veins inconspicuous ; larger areole slender, paralleling 

 inner margin of cuneus, smaller areole scarcely discernible. 



Legs : Reddish brown, trochanters and tips of coxae paler, tarsi 

 infuscated, pale basally ; pubescent, tibiae with three rows of dis- 

 tinct spines; hind femora slightly flattened and bent as if to fit 

 against sides of venter ; aroHa free and converging apically. 



Venter : Dark brownish to piceous, strongly shining, third seg- 

 ment pruinose on ventral surface; distinctly broader on apical 

 half, finely and rather sparsely yellowish pubescent. 



Holotype: Female, 4 Sept., Lakehurst, N. J. (Wm. T. Davis) ; author's 

 collection. Paratype : Female, 15 Sept., 1902, Manumuskin, N. J. 



Named in honor of the collector, Mr. Wm. T. Davis, who had 

 favored the author with several rare and interesting Miridae. 



