43 2 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



hemelytra brownish black, somewhat translucent, pubescence 

 yellowish to dusky; length 4mm (p. 452) laricicola n. sp. 



13. Length of antenna! segment ii greater than width of head plus 



width of vertex ; larger, length 4.2-4.5 mm 14 



Length of antennal segment ii not equal to width of head plus width 

 of vertex; deep black, strongly shining, pubescence white; 

 smaller, length 3 mm (p. 435) riigronitens n. sp. 



14. Rostrum reaching upon hind coxae; brownish black, sometimes 



slightly translucent at cuneal fracture 



(p. 443) annulatus var. nigrofemoratus n. var. 

 Rostrum only reaching to middle of intermediate coxae; black, 

 cuneus uniformly black like the corium (p. 441) nigritus n. sp. 



15. (3) Cuneus, and whole dorsum as well, chiefly fulvous, sometimes 



the scutellum and clavus slightly darker ; tylus and lora black . . 16 

 Cuneus and dorsum not distinctly fulvous, or with cuneus fulvous 

 but apical half of corium black 17 



16. Antennal segment ii exceeding width of pronotum at base 



(p. 446) rosicola n. sp. 



Antennal segment ii not equal to width of pronotum at base 



(p. 447) fulvidus n. sp. 



17. Scutellum fuscous to blackish, or with a blackish median line . . 18 

 Scutellum uniformly pale or green (p. 444) blatchleyi 



(a) Pronotum and hemelytra uniformly yellowish testaceous or 

 greenish variety blatchleyi typical 



(b) Basal half of pronotal disk, apical half of corium, and disk 

 of clavus, darkened with fusco-brownish or blackish 



variety nubilus n. var. 



18. Rostrum extending beyond middle coxae, usually attaining hind 



margins of posterior coxae 19 



Rostrum not extending beyond middle coxae ; hemelytra black, 

 basal one-third to one-half of embolium and corium, pale ; 

 cuneus pale to fulvous, apex frequently dusky; length 4.3- 

 4.7 mm (p. 441 ) brevirostris n. sp. 



19. Corium with pale area finding its distal limit along the claval 



suture ; smaller forms, length 3.7-4.6 mm 



(p. 438) obscurus var. albocuneatus n. var. 



Corium with pale area finding its distal limit along the radial 



vein ; females with fuscous area on apical half of corium 



divided into two spots by the pale color which extends along 



radius and joins that of cuneus, larger forms, length 4.5-4.9 mm. 



(p- 439) alboradialis n. sp. 



20. (2) Scutellum, and usually the whole dorsum as well, black 21 



Scutellum pale or fulvous, sometimes dark brownish, frequently 



the median line blackish but the basal angles distinctly paler; 

 hemelytra more or less pale, in darkest' forms brownish black 

 but always somewhat translucent 26 



21. Hemelytra uniformly black, or blackish with pale 22 



Hemelytra uniformly brownish translucent; thorax and scutellum 



black (p. 454) suffuscipennis n. sp. 



22. Cuneus chiefly black, basal angle of corium not or scarcely pale 23 

 Cuneus pale or reddish (p. 437) albonotatus n. sp. 



(a) Cuneus, and basal one-third or more of corium, pale; 



femora clouded with blackish, spots rarely visible 



variety albonotatus typical 



(b) Cuneus reddish, basal area of corium tinged with reddish; 



hind femora with two rows of distinct spots, scarcely 

 clouded with fuscous variety tinctus n. var. 



23. Femora black, pale only at the apices 25 



Femora pale or fulvous, usually spotted with black 24 



24. Hind femora with two rows of prominent black spots on anterior 



face; antennal segment i black, slenderly pale at apex, segment 



