No. 34.] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: CICADELLIDAE. 131 



Not abundant, usually taken from low grasses on dry or sandy 

 areas. 



Short Beach, 14 July, 1904; New Haven, 9 July, 1912 (B. H. W.). 

 P. solidaginis (Walker). , Acocephalus solidaginis Walker. 

 Phlepsius humidus Van Duzee. (Fig. 12, 3a, b.) 



List. Homop., iii, 847, 1851. 



Large, broad, vertex produced, obtusely angled, anterior edge 

 thin. Vertex and scutellum usually pale, yellowish. Elytra with 

 three indistinct pale transverse bands. A fuscous spot on suture 

 at middle and apex of clavus. Female segment with central half 

 produced beyond lateral angles and notched at center. Length 

 7-7.5 mm. 



Common on coarse grasses or sedges in moist areas or swamps, 

 often abundant in low pastures and meadows. 



New Haven, 20 July, 1908; 27 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 24 July, 

 1910; Lyme, 20 Aug., 1910 (B. H. W.) ; East Haven, 29 July, 1921 

 (B. H. W.). 

 P. ramosus (Baker). Paraphlepsius ramosus Baker. 



Can. Ent., xxix, 158, 1897. 



Similar to solidaginis, vertex strongly produced, apex angled, 

 edge broadly thin. Elytra with dark and paler areas. Usually a 

 dark transverse band across middle and often ramose brown lines 

 forming an oval pale area including almost entire clavus. Female 

 segment sinuated and notched at middle. Length 7 mm. 



More abundant in boggy areas, occurring on grass clumps in a 

 mixed Sphagnum-Tamarack habitat. It should occur under these 

 conditions in the state. 

 *P. atropunctatus DeLong, n. sp. (Fig. 13, 1-5.) (PL ii, 8.) 



Vertex, pronotum, scutellum and elytra dull yellow, irrorate with 

 small black spots. Length 7-7.2 mm. 



Broad, very robust, vertex flat, one-half to two-thirds wider 

 between eyes than median length, a little shorter than pronotum, 

 anterior edge sharp. Face almost as broad as long, suddenly con- 

 stricted to clypeus. Elytra rather broad, opaque, flaring at tips, 

 veins rather obscure, appendix wanting. 



Color: Vertex, pronotum, scutellum and elytra dull yellow, 

 rather densely and finely irrorate with round black dots. Venation 

 slightly brown, apical veins broadly margined with dark fuscous. 

 Face yellowish, with two heavy black bands, sometimes fused, just 

 below margin of vertex. Clypeus dusky at apex. Coxae of legs, 

 and venter, black, male plates yellow, irrorate with black. Female 

 venter milky white, last ventral segment and py gofers brownish, 

 marked with black spots. 



Genitalia : Female last ventral segment three and one-half times 

 the length of preceding, side margins strongly curved, covering 

 lateral plates. Lateral angles rounded and prominent; posterior 

 margin sinuately concave a very shallow central notch. Ovipositor 



