No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: LYGAEIDAE. 717 



C. angustatus Stal. 



Enum. Hemip., iv, 126, 1874. 



This is the commonest member of the genus, colored pale 

 ochraceous verging into castaneous on the head, pronotum and 

 scutellum, with a piceous spot at the apex of the clavus and the 

 apical angles of the corium. The basal segment of the antenna 

 does not reach to the apex of the head. 



New Haven, 8 June, 1904 (W. E. B.), 15 May, 1905, 17 May, 1906, 26 

 June, 1910 (B. H. W.), 4 July, 1905 (H. L. V.), 7 May, 26 Feb., 1911 

 (A. B. C.) ; Branford, 27 June, 1904, 28 July 1905 (H. L. V.) ; Thompson, 

 11 July, 1905 (H. L. V.) ; Milldale, 21 May, 1906 (B. H. W.) ; Brookfield, 

 27 July, 1910 (E. L. D.) ; Danbury, 15 June, 1909 (C. W. J., H. M. P.) ; 

 Milford, 12 June, 1917 (M. P. Z.) ; Orange, 17 June, 1920 (M. P. Z.). 



C. discors Horvath. 



Ann. Mus. Natl. Hung., vi, 559, 1908. 



Smallest of the three species occurring in the eastern states ; 

 pale yellow testaceous usually with traces of castaneous markings 

 on the corium. 



No actual record of this species for the state is at hand, but it 

 undoubtedly should be recorded as Parshley lists it from all of the 

 other New England states and it occurs in New York State and 

 further south. It is commonly collected on sedges and grasses 

 along the edges of ponds or in swampy areas. 

 C. luridus Stal. 



Enum. Hemip., iv, 126, 1874. 



Closely resembles the preceding but is more elongated. Pale 

 yellow-testaceous, quite frequently conspicuously tinged with red. 

 The terminal segment of the antenna is fully one-third shorter than 

 the third. 



This species is more northerly in its distribution and I know 

 of no record below New Jersey. 



Stony Creek, 27 July, 1904 (H. L. V.) ; Branford, 28 June, 1905 

 (H. L. V.) ; New Haven, 17 May, 1906, 13 May, 191 1 (B. H. W.) ; Orange, 

 21 May, 1911 (B. H. W.). 



Subfamily Blissinae. 



Key to Genera. 



1. Body elongate; abdomen over twice as long as head and thorax 



together. Apical margin of corium straight. Anterior coxal 

 cavities closed behind, along the posterior margin of prosternum. 

 Antennae longer than head, thorax and scutellum together. 

 Rostrum short, its apex not reaching past the middle coxae. 

 Scutellum sub-equilateral Ischnodemus, p. 718 



2. Body shorter ; abdomen less than twice as long as head and thorax 



together. Apical margin of corium sinuate before apex of 

 clavus. Coxal cavities open along posterior margin of pros- 

 ternum. Width of head across eyes about one-half the diameter 

 of posterior margin of prothorax. Antennae about as long as 

 head, thorax and scutellum together. Rostrum longer, reaching 

 past middle coxae. Scutellum wider than long Blissus, p. 718 



