No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: PENTATOMIDAE. 773 



scarcely sulcata above, cylindrical in basal half ; metasternal orifices 

 with a slightly curved canal ; abdomen with a short basal spine 

 and sericeous patches in the male. 

 M. strigipes (Herrich-Schaeffer). 



Wanz. Ins., ix, 338, 1853. 



Bluish black, anterior and lateral margins and median line of 

 pronotum, lateral margin of corium toward base, connexivum, and 

 border of scutellum, red ; membrane black. Length 8-9 mm. 



Occasionally taken in sweeping vegetation. The markings are 

 moderately variable in shade and extent. 



New Canaan, 4 Sept., 1918 (M. P. Z.). 



Apateticus Dallas. 



Rather large species, having the frena extending beyond middle 

 of scutellum; bucculae but slightly elevated, evanescent poste- 

 riorly ; juga generally longer than tylus, their inner apical angles 

 sometimes acute ; orificial canal long and slightly curved forward ; 

 apical angles of sixth ventral abdominal segment rounded, not 

 prominent; and disk of abdomen in the male with sparsely 

 pubescent stridulatory areas. 



Key to Species. 



Superior lateral process of male genitalia short and flat; ventral 



plate of female genitalia triangular cynicus 



Superior process long and slender ; ventral plate quadrangular . . . 



bracteatus 



A. cynicus (Say). (PL xviii, 23.) (Figs. 168 and 169.) 



Het. New Harm., 3, 1831. 



Pale brown, with dark punctures and irregular reddish suffu- 

 sion ; pronotal calli more or less greenish ; connexivum spotted. 



Lateral margins of pronotum curved, feebly crenulate ante- 

 riorly; lateral angles acutely spinose. Ventral spine of abdomen 

 large, extending between hind coxae. 



This and the following species are very similar in most respects, 

 but are easily distinguished by the genital characters mentioned in 

 the table of species. 



Durham, i Sept., 1909 (B. H. W.) ; New Canaan, 29 Sept., 1909 

 (A. I. B.), 26 Sept., 1913 (B. H. W.) ; Brookfield, 27 June, 1910 

 (E. L. D.) ; Portland, 15 Aug., 1913 (B. H. W.) ; Meriden, 13 July, 1913 

 (H. L J.). 



A. bracteatus (Fitch). 



Third Rept, Trans. N. Y. St. Agr. Soc, xvi, 336, 1856. 



Generally darker in color than the preceding, and otherwise 

 distinguished by the less acute pronotal spines, the somewhat 

 broader form, and the widely different genital characters men- 

 tioned in the key. Length 13-18 mm. 



Sometimes taken in sweeping rank vegetation. 



