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



A common pasture form on grasses during July and August in 

 shaded areas, or in open woods. Often taken with irroratus which 

 it resembles superficially. 



Scotland, 17 July, Hartford, 9 Aug., 1904 (B. H. W.) : Cornwall, 17 

 July, 1922 (B. H. W.). 



P. fuscipennis Van Duzee. (Fig. 12, 2a, b.) 



Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xix, 70, 1892. 



Vertex short, blunt, rounded in front without sharp edge. Pro- 

 notum strongly wrinkled. Male darker in color. Fulvous brown, 

 elytra closely inscribed with fine brown lines. In female clouded 

 with fulvous brown, a rather indefinite pale saddle on suture. 

 Length 6-7 mm. 



In great abundance in marshy areas on Juncus-Eleocharis 

 especially during August and September. 



Branford, 28 June, 1905 (H. W. W.) ; Stratford, 21 July, 1908 

 (B. H. W.) ; Westport, 24 June, 1921 (W. E. B.). 



P. collitus Ball. 



Can. Ent., xxxv, 227, 1903. 



Vertex, pronotum and scutellum yellow, elytra brown with con- 

 spicuous irregular white areas. Vertex slightly angled, female 

 segment deeply excavated either side of a prominent median tooth 

 which is incised at center. Length 5-6 mm. 



A common form occurring in open field and wooded areas on 

 grasses during July, August and September. 



Thompson, 11 July, 1906 (H. L. V.) ; New Haven, 21 Aug., 1909 

 (A. I. B.) ; 22 Sept, 1918 (D. M. D.) ; 8 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Cromwell, 

 30 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Cornwall, 5 June, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 

 20 Aug., 1922 (B. H. W.) ; New Haven, 16 July, 1920 (M. P. Z.). 



P. irroratus (Say). Jassus irroratus Say. Jassus testudinarius 

 Burmeister. Irrorate Leaf hopper. (Fig. 10, 5.) 



Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila, vi, 308, 1831. 



A common small slender species, almost uniformly inscribed and 

 irrorate with brown. Vertex angled, elytra long, narrowed pos- 

 teriorly. Female segment squarely abruptly excavated with a 

 broad median tooth. Length 5.5-6.5 mm. 



In abundance over large areas occurring on many types of vege- 

 tation, and under various conditions, but especially found on 

 grasses in pastures and meadows. 



New Haven, 24 June, 1902 (E. J. S. M.) ; 3 Oct., 1902 (B. H. W.) ; 

 16 Oct., 1903 (H. L. V.) ; 27 June, 1908 (W. E. B.) ; 12, 17, 26 June, 1912; 

 8, 9 July, 1912 (at light) ; 4, 11, 14, 16, 29 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Yales- 

 ville, 19 Oct., 1903 (H. L. V.) ; New Canaan, 14 Sept., 1906 (W. E. B.) ; 

 3 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; East Haven, 21 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Hamden, 18 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Guilford, 13 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; 

 East Hartford, 16 Sept., 1920, Cornwall, 22 Oct., 1920, Bridgeport, 20 Sept., 

 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Milford, 13 June, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; North Branford, 25 

 June, 1922 (B. H. W.) ; North Haven, 4 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Norwalk, 

 8 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Waterbury, 15 Oct., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Plain- 

 ville, 2 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.). 



