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forewing, three larger (the median decidedly so) on main body of 

 clavus and a long narrow one along whole claval suture ; between 

 second and third sectors, three, of which the anterior is largest; and 

 one just outside latter on costa. The veins of the apical cells are mar- 

 gined with brown clouds and there are two black spots near exterior 

 border of wing at a point two-thirds of the distance from base. 



Long triangular mark on cheeks below insertion of antennae, lower 

 surface of thorax and entire abdomen black, the segments of latter 

 margined posteriorly (sometimes very broadly) with yellow. Last 

 ventral segment yellow, genitalia chiefly yellow in male, mostly black 

 in female. Tarsi and apex of beak black. Length 3-3.25 mm. 



Specimens examined : North East, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10, 

 1912, F. Johnson (U. S. N. M.). Hagerstown, Maryland 

 (U. S. N. M.). 



Eupteryx vanduzei Gillette. 



Eupteryx vanduzci Gillette, C. P. American Leaf-hoppers of the 

 sub-family Typhlocybinae. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 20, No. 1138, April 

 20, 1898, pp. 748-9, Figs. 98-100 [Hamburg, New York]. 



Scutellum and anterior parts black or blackish shading into pale 

 yellow on anterior margin of vertex and upper part of face ; lower 

 part of face smoky. Legs, except tarsal claws, and abdomen pale yel- 

 low. Both pairs of wings milky white; apical cells of forewings 

 fumose. Length of vertex: interocular width:: 7:13. Length of in- 

 sect 3.5 mm. 



One specimen only, the female type, New York. Type No. 

 3439, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Prof. Gillette states that this and six other specimens (of 

 the same sex) used by him in original description were col- 

 lected by E. P. Van Duzee at Hamburg, New York, July 10. 



Variations mentioned by Gillette are whitish markings on 

 posterior margin and angles of pronotum, and on apex of scu- 

 tellum, and dark coloration of tarsal apices and of basal seg- 

 ments of abdominal tergum. 



Eupteryx flavoscuta Gillette. 



^Eupteryx flavoscuta Gillette. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 20, No. 1138, 

 April 20, 1808, pp. 749-50 f Hamburg, New York]. 



Eupteryx nigra Osborn, Herbert. Jassidae of New York State. 

 20th Rep. State Entomologist, 1904, in 58th Ann. Rep. N. Y. State 

 Museum, 1904, Vol. 5, Appendix 7, 1906, pp. 543-4 [Jamaica, New 

 York; Columbus, Ohio]. 



