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



Triatoma Laporte. 



Conorhinus Laporte. 



T. sanguisuga (LeConte). lateralis Stal. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 404, 1855. 



The so-called "big bed-bug" of the Southern States is here 

 inserted to draw attention to the possibility of its being found in 

 Connecticut. 



Subfamily Piratinae. 



Key to Genera. 



1. Middle tibiae with spongy fossae; neck with a small tubercle on 



each side 2 



Middle tibiae without spongy fossae ; head long ; no lateral tuber- 

 cles on neck Sirthenea, p. 684 



2. Apical portion of anterior tibiae angularly dilated beneath ; spongy- 



fossae short Melanolestes, p. 682 



Tibiae not dilated; spongy fossae elongate Rasahus, p. 684 



Fig. 158. Melanolestes abdominalis Herrich-Schaeffer, — lateral view of 

 head. Greatly enlarged. Drawing by Dr. Philip Garman. 



Melanolestes Stal. 



The two species of this genus are active, bloodthirsty insects. 

 M. picipes is not uncommon under stones in fields ; M. abdominalis 

 comes to light. 



Key to Species. 



Generally apterous ; entirely black, with piceous legs and antennae 



picipes 



Winged ; connexivum and sometimes entire dorsum coral red 



abdominalis 



M. picipes (Herrich-Schaeffer). 



Wanz. Ins., viii, 62, 1848. 



West Haven, 11 May, 1905 (B. H. W.) ; Lyme, 20 Aug., 1910 (A. B. C.) ; 

 Durham, 16 Sept., 1910; Middlebury, 26 May, 1911 (W. E. B.) ; So. 

 Meriden, 27 Sept., 1914 (H. L. J.) ; Cornwall, 9 May, 1920, 17 March, 1921 

 (K. F. C.) ; New Haven, 30 Apr., 1916 (M. P. Z.). 



