I3 8 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



has been taken on cultivated grasses and grains in upland areas 

 and frequents pastures and meadows. 



New Haven, 16, 21, 31 Oct., 4, 9 Nov., 1903 (H. L. V.) ; 22 June, 1912 

 (at light) ; 3 Oct., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; West Haven, 27 June, 1905 

 (H. L. V.) ; Wethersfield, 24 June, 1913 (L. B. R.) ; Bridgeport, 20 Sept., 

 1920 (B. H. W.) ; New Canaan, 3 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Wilton, 19 

 Oct., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; North Haven, 24 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Madison, 

 24 Sept., 1922 (B. H. W.). 



T. inornatus Van Duzee. 



Trans.. Am. Ent. Soc, xix, 303, 1892. 



Pale green to yellow, unmarked. Vertex strongly angled in 

 front. Ocelli black, elytra greenish, hyaline. Female segment 

 with posterior margin slightly waved or truncated. Length 5- 

 5.5 mm. 



Taken in large numbers from wild rye from June to September. 

 A common Calamagrostis meadow species. 



New Haven, 22 Sept., 1920, 9 July, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Madison, 24 Sept., 

 1922 (B. H. W.). 



T. placidus Osborn. 



Rept. N. Y. St. Ent, xx, 536, 1905. 



Orange-yellow, rather short and broad, head very blunt, scarcely 

 angled, without definite markings. Female segment rather deeply 

 and broadly excavated, a very broad short tooth at its apex. 

 Length 5 mm. 



A northern form feeding on coarse grasses in moist areas during 

 August. 

 T. cypraceus Osborn. 



Proc. la. Acad. Sci., v, 245, 1898. 



Pale yellowish brown with reddish fuscous stripes. Vertex with 

 four black transverse dashes on margin, a broad longitudinal 

 fuscous band on vertex next either eye extending across pronotum 

 to basal angles of scutellum, and a narrow one often more reddish 

 from apex of vertex to disc of scutellum. Elytra fuscous with 

 white veins. Length 5-5.5 mm. 



Common in swamps on tall coarse sedges. Swept from Scirpus- 

 Cyperus association, July, August and September. 



Madison, 24 Sept., 1922 (B. H. W.). 



Chlorotettix Van Duzee. 



Vertex broad, usually broadly rounded or obtusely angled, a 

 little longer at middle than next the eyes, vertex rounding to front 

 without a definite margin. Elytra long, appendix well developed, 

 venation obscure. Usually of a uniform green or yellowish green 

 with few markings. 



Key to Species. 



I. Vertex with anterior margin rounded, usually broadly curved, the 

 length at middle equaling or slightly exceeding length next the 

 eyes 2 



