No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: NABIDAE. 673 



Anterior femora not reaching apex of head ; copulatory hooks with 

 small elongated blade and broad arcuate stem; length 6-6.5 mm. 



(recently introduced from Europe) brevis 



ID, Posterior tibiae dotted; color dark brown; membrane in short- 

 winged form with closed cells ; hooks with small triangular blade 



and long, broad, undulated stem; length 6.5-8.5 mm roseipennis 



Posterior tibiae immaculate; color pale reddish brown; membrane 

 in short-winged form without closed cells; hooks with large, 

 semicircular long-pointed blade and short stem ; length 5.6-7 mm. 



rufusculus 

 N. (Nabicula) subcoleoptratus Kirby. 

 Richardson's Fauna Bor. Am., iv, 281, 1837. 



Readily distinguished by its shining- black coloration. Taken in 

 sweeping vegetation. The long-winged form is very rare. 



Salisbury, 29 Aug., 1904 (W. E. B.) ; Litchfield, 29 Jtme, 1913 

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



N. (Hoplistoscelis) sordidus Renter. 



Ofv. Vet. Akad. Forh., xxix, 85, 1872. 



A rather rare species of wide distribution. 



Middlebury, 16 June, 191 1 (B. H. W.) ; New Haven, 24 June, 191 1 

 (A. B. C.) ; Guilford, 3 July, 1921 (B. H. W.). 

 N. (Lasiomerus) annulatus Renter. 



Ofv. Vet. Akad. Forh., xxix, 86, 1872. 



A rare species taken in sweeping and beating, especially on trees 

 and bushes. 



Portland, 7, 14 Aug., 1913, 24 July, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 25 Sept., 

 1921 (B. H. W.). 



N. (Dolichonabis) propinquus Renter. 



Ofv. Vet. Akad. Forh., xxix, 87, 1872. 



A very elongate species found on carices and other plants grow- 

 ing in very damp situations. The long-winged form is extremely 

 rare. It has been found in Maine and Massachusetts, but not as 

 yet in Connecticut. 

 N. (D.) limbatus Dahlbom. 



Kong. Vet. Akad. Handl., 227, 1850. 



This palaearctic species has been found in northern New Eng- 

 land. It is rare and local and occurs in both long- and short- 

 winged forms. 

 N. (Nabis) flavomarginatus Scholtz. 



Arb. Schles. Ges. Vat. Kultur, 114, 1846. 



Another palaearctic species found in the north. 

 N. (N.) ferus Linnaeus. (PI. xvi, 33.) (Fig. 153.) 



Syst. Nat, Edn. 10, i, 449, 1758. 



The commonest species of the genus, found everywhere through- 

 out the season. 



N. Windham, 14 July, 1894 (A. P. M.) ; New Haven, 20 and 28 June, 

 1902 (E. J. S. M.), 31 Oct., 1903 (E. J. S. M.), 21 Oct, 1903 (H. L. V.), 

 20 July, 1904 (B. H. W.), 14 Sept, 1912 (H. B. K.) ; Woodmont, 9 July, 



