78 ' CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Vertex yellow to orange, black margined, pronotum reddish, pos- 

 terior margin with a central tooth and one next either side greenish. 

 Elytra red, costal and sutural margins, a broad stripe along claval 

 suture, and another on disc almost to apex, green or bluish green. 

 Length 8-9 mm. 



An abundant and widely distributed form occurring on a number 

 of plants. Especially found on undergrowth in wooded areas. 

 Blackberry apparently is a choice food plant. 



New Haven, 18, 27, 28 June, 1902 (E. J. S. M.) ; 6 Oct., 1902, 23 Oct., 

 1903, 4 July, 1905. 29 June, 1910 (B. H. W. and H. L. V.) ; 6 Aug., 1904 

 (P. L. B.) ; 3 July, 1913 (L. E. R.) ; 2.2. Sept., 3 Oct., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Yalesville, 19 Oct., 1903 (H. L. V.) ; West Haven, 29 June, 1905 

 (W. E. 'B) ; Portland, 10 July, 1913 (A. E. Moss) ; Stonington, 2 July, 

 1914 (I. W. D.) ; Stratford, 1 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Danbury, 29 Aug., 

 1920 (B. H. W.) ; North Branford, 6 July, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; North Haven, 

 6 Aug., 1922 (B. H. W.) ; Greenwich, 24 June, 1921 (W. E. B.) ; Westport, 

 24 June, 1921 (W. E. B.) ; Hamden, 12 July, 1922 (W. E. B.) ; Stratford, 

 1 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.). 



G. coccinea var. teliformis (Walker). Tettigonia coccinea var. 

 teliformis Walker. 



List. Homop., iii, 764, 1851. 



Differs from preceding only slightly in coloration. 



Danbury, 29 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Branford, 3, 24 Aug., 1904 

 (H. W. W.) ; Durham, 10 Aug., 1922 (M. P. Z.) ; Easton, 6 July, 1922 

 (M. P. Z.) ; Hamden, 12 July, 1922 (W. E. B.) ; 16 Aug., 1922 

 (B. H. W.) ; Kent, 10 Aug., 1918 (B. H. W.) ; Cornwall, 19 July, 1920 

 (K. F. C.) ; North Branford, 5 July, North Haven, 4 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.). 



Draeculacephala Ball. 



Vertex usually long and angled, face as seen from side usually 

 straight, front angled with the vertex. Elytra long, greenish, 

 venation distinct, apical and anteapical cells reticulate veined. 



The members of this genus are found especially abundant in 

 low swampy land, and feed upon coarse grasses and sedges. 



Key to Species. 



1. Vertex long, acute, in female decidedly acutely angled 2 



Vertex shorter, obtuse, slightly more than right angled 4 



2. Vertex one-half longer than pronotum, males usually light be- 



neath, length 7 mm. or more 3 



Vertex as long as pronotum, male black beneath ; length 6 mm. minor 



3. Vertex distinctly marked, pronotum with three distinct pale longi- 



tudinal lines, length 7 mm. (Fig. 5, 1.) mollipes 



Vertex poorly marked, pale longitudinal lines on pronotum want- 

 ing, length 9-10 mm •• angulifera 



4. Anterior margin of pronotum with vermiculate dark markings, 



length 7 mm inscripta 



Anterior margin of pronotum without vermiculate dark markings, 

 vertex with dark markings, length 8 mm noveboracensis 



D. angulifera (Walker). Tettigonia angulifera Walker. 

 List. Homop., iii, 771, 1851. 



