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AA. Lorae contiguous — concluded. 



CC. Outer claval strongly hooked at distal end, usually with 

 distinct cross nervure from outer claval to claval suture. 



D. No distinct cross veins between claval veins. 



immisUis. 



DD. A distinct cross vein between claval veins. 



E. Outer claval approximating claval suture pos- 

 teriorly, face black. melanotics. 



EE. Outer claval remote from claval suture pos- 

 teriorly, elytra entirely gray. 



cinerosiis. 



Scaphoidetis sanchis (Say). 



Jassus sanctus Say, Jl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, p. 307, 1831; Compl. Writ., ii, p. 383. 



Scaphoidett.1 picttiraUis Osb., Proc. la. Acad. Sci., v, p. 243, 1898. 



Scaphoideits picturatus Osb., Jl. Cine. Soc. Nat. Hist., xix, p. 193, 1900. 



Scaphoideus sanctus Osb., Ohio Nat., xi, p. 251, 1910. 



Scaphoideus sanctus DeL., Tenn. St. Bd. Ent., Bui. 17, p. 55, 1916. 



Scaphoideus sanctus Van D., Cat. Hemip. N. A., p. 629, 1917. 



Form: Length, 4 to 5 mm. Vertex slightly shorter than width be- 

 tween the eyes, quite angulate. Pronotum about twice as wide as long, 

 anterior margin convex, posterior margin truncate or slightly concave, 

 lateral margins very short, humeral margins long. Elytra long, much 

 exceeding the abdomen. 



Coloi': Vertex whitish or yellowish with two small brown spots near 

 apex, one back of each ocellus, and with a brown median line. Pronotum 

 yellowish-brown except for white rectangular spot on disc, the posterior 

 half darker. Scutellum yellow. Elytra white, with large brown cruci- 

 form mark on middle, the arms enclosing a white spot and extending to 

 the costal margin ; apical third irregularly marked with brown spots. 



External genitalia: Female, last ventral segment twice as long as 

 preceding, posterior margin with large, long, lateral lobes between which 

 is a pair of shorter lobes separated by a median notch ; pygofers long 

 and narrow, widest at the middle, with spines on posterior two-thirds, 

 slightly exceeded by ovipositor. Male, valve large, posterior margin 

 roundingly produced; plates wide and long, exceeding pygofers, spined 

 laterally and tapering to obtuse apices, each with a black disc basally; 

 pygofers spiny and short. 



Distrihution: Not yet reported from the state, but should 

 be taken in the eastern part. 



Hosts: De Long reports taking specimens from wild rose. 

 Scaphoideus auronitens Prov. 



Jassus areatus (Harris MS.) in Hitchcock, Geol. Mass., edn. 2, p. 580, 1835. 



Scaphoideus auronitens Prov., Pet. Faune Ent. Can., iii, p. 277, 1889. 



Scaphoideus auronitens Osb., Jl. Cine. Soc. Nat. Hist., xix, p. 194, 1900. 



Scaphoideus auronitens Osb., 20th Rept. N. Y. St. Ent., p. 524, 1905. 



Scaphoideus auronitens Osb., Ohio Nat., xi, p. 254, 1910. 



Scaphoideus auronitens Osb., Me. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 238, p. 115, 1915. 



Scaphoideus auronitens DeL., Tenn. St. Bd. Ent., Bui. 17, p. 56, 1916. 



Scaphoideus auronitens Van D., Hemip. N. A., p. 630, 1917. 



Scaphoideus auronitens Lathr., S. C. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 199, p. 66, 1919. 



