514 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Color deep green, slightly tinged with orange but without definite 

 orange or red stripes ; ocelli and eyes bright red, beneath uniformly 

 green, tarsal claws embrowned. 



Genital segment of female narrowed to apex, slightly longer 

 laterally than preceding segment, posterior border concave, sim- 

 ple. Male valve not visible, plates slender, bluntly pointed, 

 extending to tip of pygofer. 



Specimens of this species were beaten from pinetrees at Oyster 

 Bay, Long Island. They differ distinctly from octolineata and 

 I have been unable to refer them to any described species and 

 have therefore stated the distinctive characteristics under above 

 name. 



Genus penthimia Germ 



Penthimia americana Fitch 



Penthimia americana Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. 1851, 



p. 57; reprinted in Lintner. 9th Rep't. 1893. p. 397 

 Penthimia vicaria Walk. Homop. 185 1. 3: 841 ( 5 ) 

 Penthimia picta Prov. Nat. Can. 1872. 4:352 

 Penthimia americana Van Duzee. Buf . Soc. Nat. Sci. Bui. 

 5, P- 197 

 This insect is noteworthy on accoiuit of its strong resemblance 



to species of the family Cercopidae. The color varies from red 

 to black. It is seldom found in abtmdance but probably occurs 

 in all parts of the State. Hickory, maple and other trees or shrubs 

 are its food plants. 



Family Jassldee 



Genus strongylocephalus Flor. 



Strongylocephalus agrestis Fall. 



Cicada agrestis Fallen. Acta. Holm. 1806. 27:23 

 Selenocephalus agrestis Burm. Gen. Ins. i. 1840. pi. 12 

 Strongylocephalus agrestis Flor. Rhynch. Livl. 1861. 



2:210 



Strongylocephalus agrestis Van Duzee. Buf. Soc. Nat. 



Hist. Bui. 5, p. 197 (1894). 



This is evidently very rare in New York as the only record of 



its occurrence is based on a single specimen collected by Mr Van 



Duzee "from a swampy meadow at East Concord, May 18, 1889." 



Genus acocephalus Germ. 



Acocephalus striatus Linn. 



Acocephalus striatus Linn. See Walker, Homop. 3 : 848 

 for synonymy; Edwards, Lond. Ent. Soc. Trans. 1888. p. 19; Puton, 

 Cat. Hemip. Palae. 1886. p. 79. 



Acocephalus nervosus Schrank. Uhler. Stand. Nat. Hist. 

 1884. 2: 247 

 This is an Old World species and is credited to New York by 



Mr Van Duzee but without specific locality. I have specimens 



from Maine and it is recorded also for Canada. 



