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



by a transverse fascia behind middle and apex dark brown in com- 

 mon with the inner field of the corium. Membrane dark brown 

 with some of the veins in part pale. Legs and antennae colored 

 much the same as in the preceding but their pilosity is quite dis- 

 tinctive. The basal segment of the hind tarsus is relatively shorter 

 about twice the length of second and third together and the fore 

 femora are not so strongly armed. 



Wallingford, 11 July, 1910 (D. J. C.) ; Salem, 12 July, 1914 (H. W. 

 Foote). 



Ptochiomera Say. 

 P. nodosa Say. 



Het. New Harm., 18, 1832. 



A small species, about 3 mm. long, which is easily identified by 

 the incrassate character of the last two segments of the antennae, 

 especially noticeable in the females. The piceous anterior lobe of 

 the pronotum is strikingly contrasted with the pale anterior margin 

 and posterior lobe of the pronotum as well as the scutellum and 

 hemelytra. The head, scutellum except on the carinae and three 

 or four longitudinal fascia on the hemelytra pale, castaneous or 

 ferrugineous. The legs and first two segments of the antennae 

 are pale yellow, the swollen third segment of the latter is piceous 

 while the fourth is mainly ferrugineous. While in most of the 

 other species of this tribe the scutellum is nearly plain, here it is 

 strongly keeled behind a sub-basal, crescentic, transverse ridge. 



This is another ground species often brachypterous, commonly 

 sheltering under objects. No record of this has been found for 

 the State as yet, but it undoubtedly should occur there as it occurs 

 in neighboring states. 

 P. clavigera Uhler. 



Hemip. Col., 24, 1895. 



A little smaller than nodosa, with the last two segments of the 

 antennae likewise much swollen. Color dull castaneous brown, 

 closely and coarsely punctate with fuscous, with few strongly 

 contrasting colors. The transverse constriction between the two 

 lobes of the pronotum much more shallow than in the preceding. 



Cornwall, 28 Nov., 1919 (K. F. C). 



Another species of the genus — P. ferruginea Stal, occurs in the 

 east but has not been reported from the State. 



Kolenetrus Barber. 



K. plenus (Distant). Rhyparochromus plenus Distant. 



Biol. Centr. Am., Heterop., i, 216, 1882. 



This is apparently a rare species in the State as only one record 

 is at hand. The head, pronotum and scutellum are shining piceous 

 and rather closely and evenly punctate. The hemelytra are 

 shining grayish with some piceous markings posteriorly. The 



