No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: LYGAEIDAE. 713 



the head, red with a broad band across the middle of the wings and 

 the membrane, black. 



This species is fairly common upon milk-weed throughout the 

 United States. 



Stonington, July, 1909 (G. H. H.) ; South Meriden, 11 Sept., 1913 

 (H. L. J.) ; Stamford, 13 Aug., 1891 (A. P. M.). 



Lygaeus Fabricius. 

 L. kalmii Stal. (PI, xvi, 30.) 



Enum. Hemip., iv, 107, 1874. 



Black, with the red markings of the hemelytra forming a cross ; 

 a spot on the vertex of the head and a transverse fascia on the 

 pronotum, red ; the latter may be broken up into three large spots. 

 Clavus and membrane black, the latter narrowly margined with 

 white. Sizeii-i2mm. 



Another common milk-weed species occurring throughout the 

 United States. 



Stamford, 13 Aug., 1891 (A. P. M.) ; New Haven, 15 July, 1898, 2 July, 

 1900 (W. E. B.), 13 June, 1902 (E. J. S. M.), 28 Aug., 1913 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Montowese, 8 July, 1901 (W. E. B.) ; East Hartford, 2 Aug., 1905 

 (B. H. W.) ; North Haven, 3 Aug., 1905 (B. H. W.) ; New Canaan, 26 

 Sept., 1906, 16 Sept., 1913 (W. E. B.), 26 Sept., 1913 (I. W. D.), 21 Sept., 

 1909 (B. H. W.) ; Prospect, 15 Aug., 1906 (W. E. B.) ; Hartford, 12 

 Sept., 1907 (W. E. B.) ; Stonington, July, 1909 (G. H. H.) ; Wallingford, 



4 Aug., 1910, 8 June, 1912 (D. J. C.) ; Glastonbury, 12 Sept., 1913 

 (L. B. R.) ; Farmington, 21 May, 1914 (W. Marchand) ; Meriden, 16 

 Apr., 1915 (H. L. J.) ; Bridgeport, 20 Oct., 1918 (M. P. Z.) ; Cornwall, 



5 July, 1919 (M. P. Z.) ; Goshen, 6 July, 1919, Cheshire, 8 Aug., 1919 

 CK. F. C.) ; Southington, 6 July, 1921 (W. E. B.). 



L. turcicus Fabricius. 



Syst. Rhyng., 218, 1803. 



A much more uncommon and narrower form than the preceding 

 but rather closely resembling it in size and markings. The ante- 

 rior half of the clavus and a Y-shaped mark on the head always red. 

 The membrane is always entirely black. About Washington, D. C. 

 Mr. Nathan Banks has taken this frequently on the flower clusters 

 of Ceanothus in June. 



Reported from the state in Van Duzee's catalogue of Hemiptera. 

 L. tripunctatus (Dallas), {albulns of var. auctt. nee Distant). 



List of Hemip., ii, 559, 1852. 



The smallest and probably rarest member of the genus in the 

 New England states, measuring only some 4 mm. long. This 

 species is quite pilose, with the pronotum paler in front and behind. 

 The brownish membrane is variegated with white, with a large 

 whitish premedian spot continuous transversely to the base of the 

 membrane. 



No records for the state are available but as it has been taken in 



