No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT I LYGAEIDAE. 721 



front is almost vertical. The basal segment of antenna does not 

 reach beyond apex of head. The much swollen anterior femora 

 are armed with a number of unequal-sized sharp teeth. The gen- 

 eral color is pale tawny-brown, with the head, pronotal callosities, 

 middle of scutellum, posterior margin of corium, alternate bands 

 on connexivum, piceous or verging into castaneous frequently. 

 Parts of the head, pronotum, scutellum and ventrally, clothed with 

 very fine short silver-white hairs. The apex of the femora and 

 the tibiae are banded with pale yellow. Size 4.5 mm. 



New Haven, 6 July, 1904, 4 July, 1905 (H. L. V.), 17 July, 1908, 1 June, 

 1911 (B. H. W.) ; Middlebury, 16 June, 1911 (B. H. W.) ; Portland, 9 

 Aug., 1913 (B. H. W.), 14 July, 1914 (M. P. Z.) ; Salisbury, 27 Aug., 1904 

 (W. E. B.) ; Westville, 4 July, 1904 (W. E. B.) ; Branford, 28 July, 1905 

 (H. L. V.) ; Scotland, 8 Aug., 1905 (B. H. W.) ; Brookfield, 27 July, 1910 

 (E. L. D.) ; Litchfield, 1 July, 1916 (L. B. W.) ; South Meriden, 25 May, 

 1914 (H. L. J., H. M. P.) ; Norfolk, 5 June, 1919, Cheshire, 23 June, 1919 

 (M. P. Z.) ; Orange, 2 June, 1920 (W. E. B.). 



Oedancala Amyot and Serville. 



O. dorsalis (Say). (PL xvi, 27.) 



Het. New Harm., 17, 1832. 



As there is only this one species in New England, the generic 

 characters given in the key will serve to distinguish it. Measures 

 about 6 mm. long. It is yellow-ochraceous with ferrugineous 

 punctures. The scutellum is piceous with a raised, smooth, yellow 

 stripe on each side. The first segment of the antenna is very long, 

 the anterior femora very swollen and armed beneath with numerous 

 unequal teeth. 



Branford, 28 July, 1905 (H. L. V.) ; New Haven, 9 June, 1905 

 (B. H. W.), 26 May, 191 1 (A. B. C.) ; Milldale, 21 May, 1906 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Lyme, 20 Aug., 1910 (B. H. W.), (A. B. C.) ; Wallingford, 8 June, 1911 

 (B H. W.) ; Danbury, 15 June, 1909 (C. W. J., H. M. P.) ; No. Branford, 

 8 June, 1912 (B. H. W.) ; Darien, 27 May, 1915 (C. W. J., H. M. P.) ; 

 South Meriden, 7 June, 1914 (H. L. J.) (H. M. P.) ; Woodmont, 6 Sept., 

 1916 (M. P. Z.) ; Cromwell, 23 June, 1920 (K. F. C). 



Subfamily Oxycareninae. 

 Crophius Say. 



C. disconotus (Say). 



Het. New Harm., 14, 1832. 



This is a small species measuring not more than 3.5 mm. long. 

 The closely punctate head and pronotum varying from dark casta- 

 neous to piceous ; the much expanded and more sparsely punctate 

 hemelytra pale testaceous ; the membrane with a large dark brown 

 spot on the disk, basally. The legs and the first two segments of 

 antenna are reddish-ochraceous, with the last two segments of the 

 latter infuscated. 



New Haven, 25 March, 191 1 (A. B. C). 



