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



Very common on herbaceous vegetation in pastures, meadows 

 and undergrowth in woodland areas. 



New Haven, 16 Oct., 1903 (H. L. V.) ; 1 June, 1911 (B. H. W.) ; 22 

 Sept., 1918 (D. M. D.) ; 20 May, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Yalesville, 19 Oct., 

 1903 (H. L. V.) ; Bridgeport, 20 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 20 

 June, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Huntington, 9 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Killing- 

 worth, 31 May, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; North Branford, 30 May, 1920 

 (B. H. W.) ; Cornwall, 5 June, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; Milford, 2 May, 1921 

 (B. H. W.) ; Plainville, 2 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.). 



B. osborni Van Duzee. Gnathodus viridis Osborn. 



Check List Hemip., 75, 1916; N. Y. St. Ent., xx, 541, 1905. 



A moderately large green species resembling closely green speci- 

 mens of punctatus but without dark markings. Vertex a little pro- 

 duced and obtuse. Deep green, vertex and scutellum often 

 yellowish, elytra pale hyaline, nervures dark green to clavus, apex 

 smoky. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Common on grasses in pastures and meadows. Apparently 

 prefers moist areas. 



New Haven, 18, 29, 31 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 6 Aug., 1922 

 (B. H. W.). 



B. impicta (Van Duzee). Gnathodus impictus Van Duzee. 

 (Fig. 9, 9; Fig. 10, 11.) 



Can. Ent, xxiv, 113, 1892. 



Dull green to gray, often with a smoky tint. Head and prono- 

 tum usually tinted with green or fuscous, elytra whitish or smoky, 

 subhyaline, nervures indistinct. Head very blunt and rounded, 

 narrower than pronotum. Length 3.5 mm. 



Common in pastures and meadows throughout the summer and 

 occurs abundantly in New England. 



Reported from Connecticut without specific data. n 



Eugnathodus Baker. 



Vertex not produced, almost transverse and parallel margined, 

 wider than pronotum which is truncated or slightly convex pos- 

 teriorly and broadly gently curved in front. Elytra with appendix 

 distinct, and outer branch of first sector wanting. 

 E. abdominalis (Van Duzee). Gnathodus abdominalis Van 

 Duzee. (Fig. 10, 12.) 



Can. Ent., xxiv, 113, 1892. 



Vertex rounded, parallel margined, scarcely produced before 

 eyes. Greenish white, pronotum and scutellum often tinged with 

 fuscous or marked with longitudinal lines. Elytra whitish, sub- 

 hyaline often smoky at apex. Length 3 mm. 



A pasture and meadow' form, sometimes swept from shrubs. 

 Common and abundant over large areas and easily confused with 

 the Typhlocybini because of its fragile character. 



Hamden, 23 Oct., 1921 (B. H. W.) ; North Haven, 24 Sept., 1921 

 (B. H. W.). 



