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1787 Membracis inermis Fabr., Mant. Ins. 2:265, no. 26. 



1792 Oliv., Enc. M^th., p. 663, no. 10. 



1794 Fabr., Ent. Syst. 4: 15, no. 30. 



1831 Membracis goniphora Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 5:243. 



1851 Ceresa gonophora Walk., List Horn. B. M., p. 1141. 



1851 Smilia inermis Fitch, Cat. Ins. N. Y., p. 48. 



1856 Fitch, Kept. Ins. N. Y. 3:360, 471. 



1859 Membracis gonipJwra Say, Compl. Writ. 2:377. 



1869 Slictocephala inermis Stal, Bid. Memb. Kan., p. 246. 



1869 Stal, Hem. Fab. 2:33. 



1869 Smilia inermis Rath von, Momb. Hist. Lane. Co. Pa., p. 551. 



1877 Slictocephala inermis Glover, Kept. U. S. Dept. Agr., p. 30, fig. 19 



1878 Glover, MS. Journ. Horn., pi. 2, fig. 34. 

 1878 Uhler, List Hem. Dak. and Mont., p. 509. 

 1882 Lintner, First Rept. Ins. N. Y., p. 284. 

 1886 Prov., Petite Faune Can. 3:237. 



1890 Smith, Ins. N. J., p. 441. 



1890 Van Duzee, Psyche 5:389. 



1891 Stictocepahala inermis Osborn, Iowa Acad. Sci. 1-:128. 



1892 Slictocephala inermis Van Duzee, Rept. N. Y. St. Ent. 9:410 

 1892 Riley, Ins. Life 5:19. 



1892 Godg., Ins. Life 5:92. 



1895 Gillette and Baker, Hem. Colo., p. 67. 



1903 Felt, Rept. N. Y. For. Fish and Game Coram. 7:687. 



1903 Buckt., Mon. Memb., p. 174, pi. 36, figs. 5-5b. 



1904 Snow, Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 2:349. 



1908 Van Duzee, Stud. N. A. Memb., p. 44. 



1909 Smith, Ins. N. J., p. 91. 



1909 Webster, Journ. Econ. Ent. 2: 193. 



1911 Osborn, Journ. Econ. Ent. 4: 139. 



1913 Branch, Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8:101, figs. 16, 17, 66, 89. 



1914 Van Duzee, Trans. S. Diego Soc. Xat. Hist. 2i:48. 



1915 Metcalf, Hom. No. Car., p. 7. 



1916 Van Duzee, Check List Hem., p. 58, no. 1587. 



Coiiiinon on sweet clover and red clover, and occasionally on timothy. 

 Rarely on low shrubs and the low branches of trees, particularly apple. 

 At once recognized by its large size, concolorous light green body, and broad 

 metopidiuni. Is very active and flies well. Somewhat destructive to 

 host plants by girdling stems. 



It is interesting to note that this species, which is the most abundant 

 representative of its genus in the basin, has not been found on alfalfa, 

 the chief host plant of the genus in the South. It may be noted in the 

 same connection that most species of the Membracidae which are common 

 on alfalfa in the southern and western parts of the country change to 

 sweet clover in the North or are represented on sweet clover by their 

 nearest relatives. Whether this is due to the difference in the varieties 

 of alfalfa grown in the different regions is a matter of conjecture. 



