No. 34.] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT! CICADELLIDAE. 121 



bands ; form slender, elytra long and narrow, dark with light 

 nervures, especially the cross nervures. Female last ventral seg- 

 ment with posterior margin nearly truncate, median third slightly 

 produced. Male valve semicircular, plates triangular, three times 

 as long as valve. Length 4- 2 5 _ 5 mm - 



Perhaps very rare in the state, occurring normally on the plains 

 in the west. 



Definitelv reported from Connecticut. 

 E. uhleri (Ball). Athysanus uhleri Ball. Athysanus plutonius 

 Provancher. 



Can. Ent, xliii, 200, 191 1. 



Vertex obtusely angled, sides straight, black, a pale transverse 

 band on base of vertex, and pale spots near apex. Pronotum and 

 scutellum mottled. Elytra exceeding abdomen, almost truncate at 

 apex, nervures usually yellow. Length 4-4.5 mm. 



Often collected in company with anthracinus in high pastures, 

 frequently on poor land where only very short rather dry grasses 

 are found. 



New Haven, 26 June, 1912 (at light) ; 5 Aug., 1920, 4 July, 1921 

 (B. H. W.) ; Cornwall, 18 July, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Guilford, 24 July, 1921 

 (B. H. W.) ; Huntington, 9 July, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; New Haven, 12 June, 

 1921; 4 July, 1921 (B. H. W.). 



E. anthracinus (Van Duzee) . Athysanus anthracinus Van Duzee. 



Can. Ent., xxvi, 136, 1894. 



Black shining, vertex more rounded than in uhleri, tibia of first 

 and second legs yellow. Traces of pale arcs on face. Elytra 

 black, veins indistinct. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Collected in rather high and dry meadows where it feeds in 

 abundance on very short grasses. 



Thompson, 11 July, 1905 (H. L. V.) ; Orange, 21 July, 1905 (W. E. B.) ; 

 New Haven, 4, 5 July, 1920, 3, 9 July, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Cornwall, 5 June, 

 1921 (B. H. W.) ; North Branford, 16 June, 1922 (B. H. W.). 



E. symphoricarpae (Ball). Athysanus symphoricarpae Ball. 



Can. Ent, xxxiii, 5, 1901. 



Vertex broadly rounded, apex blunt and conical. Pale testa- 

 ceous, vertex usually reddish. Elytra with pale nervures. Length 

 4.5 mm. 



Reported for Massachusetts and undoubtedly has a wider distri- 

 bution throughout New England. 

 E. arctostaphyli (Ball). Athysanus arctostaphyli Ball. 



Ent. News, x, 172, 1899. 



Vertex slightly, obtusely angulate, apex conically produced, 

 yellowish with two and often three rather definite transverse bands. 

 Elytral nervures pale, margined with fuscous. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Occurs on bearberry (Arctostaphylus) , and usually found in a 

 heath habitat on high ground, and in mountainous regions, July 

 and August. 



