NO. 35S1 BALCLUTHA — BLOCKER 9 



bands; forewings hyaline to subhyaline commonly with an irregular 

 number of brown spots; abdominal dorsum dark. 



Fabricius' type material, according to Dr. S. L. Tuxen (in litt., 

 Universitets Zoologiske, Krystalgade, Copenhagen, Denmark) has 

 been lost. A neotype male from Alt. Reddewitz at Rugcn leg., 

 VIII-1930 (Korschefsk}^) , is hereby designated and deposited in the 

 Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Cicada •punctata Thunberg is 

 here regarded not only as a primary homonym, but also as a junior 

 synonym, but his type material has not been located. A paratype 

 male of B. California from the DeLong collection has been examined. 

 Holotype female of G. medius Baker and two cotypes (female) of 

 G. limngstoni Baker from the U.S. National Museum have been 

 examined. Cotypes (one male and one female) of G. occidentalis 

 Baker from the U.S. National Museum have also been examined; the 

 male specimen is hereby designated lectotype. Type material of 

 T. rosea Provancher, T. jocosa Provancher, G. confusus Gillette and 

 Baker, and G. manitou Gillette and Baker has not been examined. 

 These species have been listed as synonyms of B. punctata by Beirne 

 (1950), and he is followed here. Additional specimens examined 

 were from Alaska, Ai-izona, California, Colorado, Florida (one speci- 

 men), Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New 

 Mexico, New York, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, 

 Wyoming, Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec. 



B. punctata (F.) is holarctic in distribution and is commonly found 

 throughout its range. It is closely related to B. impicta (Van Duzee) , 

 but can be distinguished by the shape of the aedeagal shaft which is 

 much shorter than impicta (see key) . 



Balcliitha punctata patula, new subspecies 



Figure 2 



Length of male 4.0 to 4.7 mm, of female 4.0 to 4.3 mm; head width 

 of male .850 to .950 mm, of female .925 to .950 mm; pronotal width of 

 male .950 to 1.025 mm, of female .975 to 1.050 mm. 



As B. p. punctata but aedeagus wdth basal one-third broad, shaft 

 slender. 



Holotype male and paratype males from Moscow Mountain, 

 Idaho, June 4, 1936 (C. B. Philip), deposited in the collection at The 

 University of Kansas. Additional specimens examined from Ai-izona 

 (July), Idaho (June), Minnesota (Aug.), Maine (Aug.), New Hamp- 

 shire (July), New Mexico, New York (Aug.), Washington (July), 

 West Virginia (June), British Columbia (Aug.), and Manitoba (Aug.). 



