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



T. simplex (Germar). 



Thon's Ent. Archiv., ii, 51, 1830. 



Distinct by its narrow form, greenish-testaceous color with 

 darker venation, and the transverse black line on the apex of the 

 head. New Jersey southward and westward. May occur in 

 Connecticut. 

 T. eliiptica (Germar). 



Thon's Ent. Archiv., ii, 51, 1830. 



Larger, broader and darker brown than simplex with the elytra 

 closely dotted with brown and a transverse pale band on the face. 

 Occurs from New Jersey southward and might occur in southern 

 Connecticut. 

 T. bullata (Say). 



Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 240, 1830. 



A more maculated species with three distinct. discal carinae on 

 the front. It is distributed from Ontario southward and west- 

 ward and must occur in Connecticut. 



Subfamily Acanaloniinae. 



Distinguished by having the broad vertical elytra closely reticu- 

 lated all over, without a series of marginal parallel veins. But one 

 genus occurs in our fauna. All are pretty, green insects. 



Acanalonia Spinola. 



Amphiscepa Uhler. 



Key to Species. 



Dorsum concolorous ; vertex subconically produced conica 



Dorsum marked with a double fuscous vitta, vertex short, truncate 



bivittata 

 A. bivittata (Say). (PI. iv, 3.) 



Jour, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 335, 1825. 



Clear green marked with two approximate dark brown dorsal 

 vittae which converge to the tip of the clavus. United States and 

 Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. 



New Haven, 1 Aug., 1904 (P. L. B.), 16 Aug., 12 Sept., 1904 (B. H. W.), 

 27 Aug., 1914 (I. W. D.), 18 Aug., 1904 (W. E. B.) ; New Canaan, 1 Oct., 

 1903 (B. H. W.), 2 Oct., 1907 (W. E. B.), 5 Sept., 1914 (M. P. Z.) ; East 

 Hartford, 9 Aug., 1904 (P. L. B.) ; Scotland, 8 Aug., 1905 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Prospect, 15 Aug., 1906 (W. E. B.) ; East River, 29 Aug., 1908 (C. R. E.) ; 

 Aliddletown, 23 Aug., 1912 (D. J. C.) ; Yalesville, 24 Sept., 1912 (H. B. K.). 

 A. conica (Say). 



Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 238, 1830. 



A larger, uniformly pale green species well distinguished by 

 having the vertex conically produced but flattened above. 

 Recorded from Ohio to Virginia and Texas and may occur in 

 southern Connecticut. 



