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



G. scarlatina var. pectoralis Spangberg. G. hullensis Provancher. 

 G. bimacidata Woodworth. G. woodworthi Van Duzee. 

 (Fig. 5, 2, a, b.) 



Spec. Gyponae, 46, 1878. 



Dull greenish shading to brown. An indefinite smoky band 

 arising on posterior margin of pronotum and extending to apex of 

 elytra, costal margins yellowish. Usually four black spots, often 

 very small on elytra. Vertex and pronotum pale, often a pair of 

 pale spots behind eyes on vertex. Length 8-9 mm. 



Common in the eastern part of United States on trees and 

 shrubs. According to Ball it occurs on water sprouts and lower 

 limbs of Basswood. 



New Haven, 18 June, 1902 (E. J. S. M.) ; 8 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; 

 North Branford, 16 June, 1922 (B. H. W.). 



Xerophloea Germar. 

 Mesodicus Fieber. 

 Parapholis Uhler. 



Wedge-shaped in appearance. Vertex broad, flat, anterior 

 margin thin. Elytra long, angularly pointed and perpendicular 

 at tips. Dorsal surface coarsely and rather densely pitted. 



These species live in dry habitats and are more abundant in arid 

 regions. They are common on the prairie grasses of the west, 

 and are found in dry, restricted areas in the south and eastern 

 United States. 



Key to Species. 



1. Vertex with margin broadly rounded, length less than 7mm. ..viridis 

 Vertex with margin more angulate, size large, more than 7 mm. major 



X. viridis (Fabricius). Cercopis viridis Fabricius. X. grisea 

 Germar. X. virescens Stal. Parapholis pelt at a Uhler. 



Ent. Syst, iv, 50, 1794. 



Vertex broadly rounded and flattened, often with shallow longi- 

 tudinal depressions. Greenish to dirty yellow, often a median 

 stripe on vertex and posterior portion of pronotum dark brown. 

 Vertex, pronotum and scutellum deeply and heavily pitted. Elytra 

 perpendicular at apices, clavus and costal areas pitted, otherwise 

 hyaline, nervures distinct. Length 6-7 mm. 



Often found in dry upland grassy areas, and occurs on Aristida 

 gracilis society. A widely distributed form. 

 X. major Baker. 



Psyche, viii, 285, 1898. 



General appearance of viridis, but larger with vertex more angu- 

 late and more strongly produced. Dorsal surface pitted as in 

 preceding. Bright green to dull yellow often marked with brown. 

 Elytra hyaline on central and apical portion. Length 7-8 mm. 



Found in same habitat as preceding. 



New Haven, 5 July, 1920 (B. H. W.). 



