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



P. tullahomi DeLong. 



Tenn. St. Bd. Ent, Bull. 17, 73, 1916. 



A banded species, closely related to franconianus but with a 

 sharp-edged vertex, usually angularly produced as viewed from 

 above. Vertex somewhat variable in length, from one-fourth to 

 two-fifths as long at middle as width between the eyes. Face, 

 vertex and pronotum pale, irregularly mottled with brownish. 

 Elytra pale, the anterior half rather sparsely and the posterior half 

 rather heavily inscribed with fine brownish lines and dots, giving 

 the appearance of a pale anterior and a dark posterior portion. 

 The coloration on posterior portion often broken into a more or 

 less distinct narrow anterior, and a broader posterior, band. 



Female last ventral segment almost twice as long as preceding; 

 lateral angles prominent, posterior margin shallowly concavely 

 rounded to two rather blunt, produced teeth at the middle between 

 which is a shallow concave notch. Male valve triangular, as long 

 as, and as wide at base as, last ventral segment, almost twice as 

 wide as long. Plates twice longer than valve, rather narrow at 

 base and gradually narrowed to very acutely pointed tips. These 

 structures were incorrectly figured by the author in the Tennessee 

 bulletin and the female has not previously been described. 



The group of banded Phlepsius species is somewhat confusing 

 but recent study has seemed to prove the specific rank of this form. 



It is a meadow species and can easily be separated from fran- 

 conianus which lives on pine. 



New Haven, 7 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Windsor, 27 Sept., 1922 (P. G.). 

 P. fulvidorsum (Fitch). Jassus fulvidorsum Fitch. (PL II, 6.) 



Homop. N. Y. St. Cab., 62, 1851. 



Resembling collitus but larger, vertex more angulate and elytra 

 without white areas. Vertex well angled, edge sharp. Vertex, 

 pronotum and scutellum yellow, elytra appearing dark brown, 

 closely and heavily inscribed with pigment lines. Female segment 

 broadly and deeply excavated, then slightly produced at middle 

 and incised. Length 6-7 mm. 



Rather abundant on short grasses and other low plants in dry 

 and well shaded areas. This apparently is its optimum habitat. 



New Haven, 17 July, 1908, 1, 22 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Lyme, 20 Aug., 

 1910 (B. H. W.). 



P. nebulosus Van Duzee. 



Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., xix, 77, 1892. 



Large, robust, vertex scarcely angled almost rounded, edge 

 thin. Vertex and pronotum rather evenly irrorate with fulvous 

 brown. Elytra rather closely and evenly inscribed, often with 

 fulvous markings appearing in form of bands. Female segment 

 broadly, shallowly excavated, slightly notched at middle. Length 

 8.5 mm. 



