No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT I REDUVIIDAE. 



685 



A. spissipes (Say). 



Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 328, 1825. 



Another reputed Western form which should be sought for in 

 Connecticut. 



Fig. 160. Apiomerus ventralis Say, — (a) lateral view of head and front 

 leg, (b) wing. Greatly enlarged. Drawing by Dr. Philip Garman. 



A. ventralis Say. (Fig. 160.) 



Het. New Harm., 31, 1832. 



This western species has been recorded from Massachusetts and 

 should in consequence be found in Connecticut. 



Subfamily Zelinae. 



Key to Genera. 



Sides of mesosternum without a tubercle or fold in front 2 



Sides of mesosternum with a tubercle or fold in front at the hind 

 angles of the prosternum; first joint of rostrum longer than the 



anterior part of the head 8 



Anterior femora as long as, or longer than, hind femora; first 



joint of rostrum much shorter than second 3 



Anterior femora shorter than, rarely equalling, hind femora, in 

 which case first joint of rostrum is as long as, or longer liian 



second 5 



Lateral angles of pronotum armed 4 



Lateral angles of pronotum unarmed Zelus subg. typ. p. 687 



