(4 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OP 



Tinoitidab. The Lace-bugs 



DlCTYONOTA Curtis 



I), tricornis (Schrank). var. Americana Parsh. Mt.Desert, 

 Aug. 2I>. There are many varieties of this species and as far 



;i^ I can make out this form has been found in Maine only. 



CORYTHUCHA Stal 



('. juglandis (Fitch). Common, Juno 7-Sept. 2. 



C. marmorata (Uhler). Narrows; Sea Cove Brook, .Inly 14- 



Sept. 8. Frequents Solidago and ragweed. 

 ('. contracta Osborn & Drake. Seal Harbor (Br.), Aug. 28 



on Sorbus americana. Said to i'wd also on Amelanchier in 



this State. 

 ('. pallida (). & D. Sal. Cove, July (Olsen). It is a common 



form farther west but scarce in New England. A uniform 



yellow-brown color. 

 C. KEiDEMANNi Drake. July-Aug. On alder which is its 



food plant. 

 C. mollicula O. & 1). Swept from willow, which is the food 



plant, in Sept. (Br.). 



Galeatus Curtis 



G. peckham] Ashm. Salisbury Cove, July 15 (Olsen). This 

 is the only species of this genus that is found in North 

 America. 



STEPHANITIS Stal 



S. rhododendri Horvath. Rhododendron Lace-bug. "Witch 

 Bole Pond; liar Harbor; S. \Y. Harbor, July 30-Sept. 3. 

 Feeds on K alalia and rhododendron as the name indicates. 



LEPTOSTYLA Stal 



L. CLITORAE Heid. July-Aug. (Br.). On alder, which is its 

 food plant. 



