No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: LYGAEIDAE. 733 



Occurs oftenly in cultivated fields along with such species as 

 Peritrechus f rat emus, Emhlethis vicarius and Nysius ericae, etc. 

 Windsor, i8 July, 1904 (B. H. W.) ; Orange, 21 May, 191 1 (B. H. W.). 



Aphanus Laporte. 



A. umbrosus (Distant). 



Biol. Centr. Am., Heterop., i, 409, 1893. 



A rather scarce but easily distinguished species by reason of its 

 all black color and non-pilosity. 6-7 mm. long. 



Wallingford, 5 June, 1912 (D. J. C.) ; Orange, 21 May, 1911 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Windsor, 18 July, 1904 (B. H. W.). 



Tribe GONIANOTINI. 

 Emblethis Fieber. 



E. vicarius Horvath. (PI. xvi, 31.) 



Ann. Mus. Natl. Hung., vi, 563, 1908. 



This is the only representative of the tribe in the United States. 

 The widely laminate margins of the pronotum and hemelytra are 

 concolorous with the general pale cinereous field and like it pro- 

 fusely punctate with fuscous. The rounded anterior angles of the 

 pronotum extend well beyond the line of the eyes. Clavus not 

 punctate in regular series. Anterior femora almost throughout 

 armed with short teeth. Length 6 mm. 



A common species in cultivated fields. 



Lyme, i May, 1910 (A. B. C.) ; Waterford, 18 July, 1914 (I- W. D.) ; 

 North Windham, 14 July, 1894 (A. P. M.) (H. M. P.) ; South Meriden, 

 5 March, 1915 (H. L. J.) (H. M. P.) ; Cornwall, 28 Nov., 1914 (K. F. C). 



Tribe LETHAEINI. 



Key to Genera. 



1. Anterior lobe of pronotum impunctate or obscurely punctate. 



Anterior tibia of males nearly straight and not abruptly expanded 



at apex. Antennae not decisely pilose, nearly nude 2 



Both lobes of the pronotum distinctly and closely punctate. Ante- 

 rior tibia of males either strongly curved or abruptly bent and 

 apically strongly expanded within. Antennae densely and finely 

 pilose Drymus, p. 734 



2. Dorsal parts not distinctly shining. Two lobes of pronotum 



demarked by a well pronounced groove. Anterior lobe of prono- 

 tum, head and scutellum black. Anterior margin of pronotum 

 depressed and commonly pale, limited behind by a row of punc- 

 tures ; lateral lamellar expansion noticeably wider between the 

 two lobes and there most commonly pale ; unprovided with a seta 



near each anterior angle 3 



Dorsal parts distinctly shining. Pronotum not clearly separated 

 into two lobes. Anterior disk of pronotum head and scutellum 

 ferrugineous or castaneous. Anterior margin of pronotum not 

 depressed ; lateral edge of pronotum not widely expanded ; pro- 

 vided with a long seta near each anterior angle 4 



