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



Pronotum brown, elytra of a uniform testaceous color, smoky at 

 tips. Length 4 mm. 



Occurs under similar conditions as preceding in early spring and 

 late summer. 

 E. slossoni Van Duzee. 



Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., v, 210, 1894. 



Creamy yellow, a broad black band on base of front, extending 

 a little upon vertex, bisected at middle. A faint brownish trans- 

 verse band on posterior portion of pronotum. Elytra mottled with 

 brown. Length 5.5 mm. 



A southern form which may be taken in the state. 

 E. johnsoni Van Duzee. (Fig. 9, 12.) 



Can. Ent, xxvi, 137, 1894. 



General appearance of Mesamia vitellina but smaller with shorter 

 vertex and marked with black. Orange-yellow, an interrupted 

 line below margin and six dashes above, black, three stripes on 

 pronotum and oval spots on elytra milky white. Length 5 mm. 



Apparently two brooded ; occurs in rather open woods on under- 

 growth. 



New Haven, 23 Oct., 1903 (H. L. V.) ; 22 Sept., 1918 (D. M. D.) ; 8 

 July, 1912 (at light) ; 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 31 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; East 

 River, 2 Aug., 1910 (C. R. E.) ; Bridgeport, 20 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) 

 Guilford, 26 July, 1920 (M. P. Z.) ; Orange, 17 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) 

 New Canaan, 3 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Norwalk, 8 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) 

 Stratford, 9 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Cornwall, 18 July, 1921 (B. H. W.) 

 Milford, 13 July, 1920 (M. P. Z.) ; North Branford, 13 July, 1920, 16 June, 

 1921 (B. H. W.). 



E. seminudus (Say). Jassus seminudus Say. (PI. ii, 5; Fig, 

 10, 9.) 



Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 307, 1831. 



Creamy white, scutellum irregularly marked with brown. 

 Elytra milky white crossed on posterior half of clavus by a broad 

 testaceous brown saddle narrowed at costa. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



This form apparently has more than one food plant, often taken 

 on shrubs or by sweeping in open fields. 



New Haven, 27 June, 1908; 30 Aug., 1909 (W. E. B.) ; 4 Aug., 1909 

 (B. H. W..) ; 26 June, 8 July, 1912 (at light) ; 8 July, 1914 (M. P. Z.) ; 

 16, 29 July, 8 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Cromwell, 27, 30 Aug., 1920 

 (B. H. W.) ; New Canaan, 3 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 11 June, 

 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Marlborough, 15 July, 1922 (B. H. W.). 



E. cinctus Osborn and Ball. E. Jucunda Van Duzee. (PL ii, 4.) 



Proc. Dav. Acad. Sci., vii, 97, 1898. 



Vertex with apex bluntly conical, dirty greenish with saffron 

 tint, pronotum brownish irrorate. Elytra pale, nervures reddish. 

 A broad brown band across posterior half of clavus and extending 

 obliquely back to costa. Length 5.3-6 mm. 



Not abundant in northern states, occurring in wooded pasture 

 areas on grasses and associated herbaceous plants. 



