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



4. Posterior disk unarmed; posterior angles with a sharp spine 



[Zelus subg. Diplodus] 

 Posterior disk armed with two spines Zelus subg. Pindus, p. 687 



5. First joint of rostrum in length equalling or exceeding second 



joint 6 



First joint of rostrum shorter than second; anterior femora 

 slightly shorter than hind femora; first joint of rostrum dis- 

 tinctly longer than that part of the head in front of the eyes . . 



Pselliopus, p. 686 



6. Pronotum armed with spines on disk . . 7 



Pronotum unarmed on the disk; ocelligerous part of head not 



elevated ; lobes of pronotum indistinctly separated 



Fitchia (in part), p. 688 



7. Head as seen from side suddenly constricted at base 



Fitchia (in part), p. 688 



Head as seen from side gradually narrowed behind the eyes 



Rocconota, p. 688 



8. Anterior femora thickened, spinous, densely granulated; hind 



femora unarmed 9 



Anterior femora unarmed, a little thickened and granulated; pro- 

 notum posteriorly produced over scutellum with a high, dentate, 

 longitudinal median keel Arilus, p. 689 



9. Anterior tibiae armed ventrally with three long spines ; anterior 



femora with a long spine above, apically Sinea, p. 689 



Anterior tibiae unarmed ; anterior femora without a spine above . . 



Acholla, p. 689 



Pselliopus Bergroth. 

 Milyas Stal. 



Key to Species. 



Scutellum with a well-defined apical keel ; last genital segment of 



male armed with a long sharp spine barberi 



Scutellum not keeled; last genital segment of male bluntly spined 



cinctus 



P. barberi Davis. 



Psyche, xix, 21, 1912. 



This newly-described species has been recorded from Long 

 Island, and should be found across the Sound. 

 P. cinctus (Fabricius). Milyas cinctus. (PL xvi, 39.) 



Gen. Ins., 302, 1776. 



This is the Eastern species found in shrubbery and in corners of 

 clearings in small numbers. It extends from Massachusetts to 

 Texas. 



Westville, New Haven, 7 Sept., 1905 (B. H. W.) ; Poquonock, Windsor, 

 27 June, 1905 (B. H. W.) ; Manchester, 12 Sept., 1910 (W. E. B.) ; 30 

 Aug., 1912 (D. J. C.) ; 21 Sept. (B. H. W.) ; Lyme, 14 May, 1911; Orange, 

 21 May, 191 1 (A. B. C.) ; New Canaan, 20 Sept., 1912 (H. B. K.) ; Port- 

 land, 15 Aug., 1913; 15, 22 May, 1914 (B. H. W.) ; New Haven, 9 June, 

 1914 (Q- S. L.) ; Stonington, 1 July, 1914 (I. W. D.) ; S. Meriden, 31 

 May, 1914 (H. L. J.) ; Plainville, 2 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.). 



