242 W. D. FUNKHOUSER 



1856 Ophiderma mera Fitch, Trans. N. Y. Agr. Soc. 16:465. 



1859 Mcmbracis mera Say, Compl. Writ. 2:379. 



1869 Ophiderma mera Rath von, Momb. Hist. Lane. Co. Pa., p. 551. 



1878 Glover, MS. Journ. Horn., pi. 1, fig. 16. 



1886 Carynota mera Prov., Petite Fauna Can. 3:246. 



1890 Van Duzee, Psyche 5:389. 



1890 Ophiderma mera Smith, Ins. N. J., p. 442. 



1890 Packard, Ins. Inj. For. and Shade Trees, p. 342. 



1891 Osborn, Iowa Acad. Sci. 12:128. 



1892 Carynota mera Godg., Ins. Life 5:93. 



1894 Godg., Cat. Memb. N. A., p. 443. 



1894 Carynota stromhergi Godg., Cat. Memb. N. A., p. 443. 



1908 Carynota mera Van Duzee, Stud. N. A. Memb., p. 56. 



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



1910 Matausch, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 18:167. 



1911 Matausch, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 19:195. 



1912 Matausch, Bui. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 31:3-32. 



1913 Funkh., Hom. Wing Veins, figs. 35, 59. 



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



1916 Van Duzee, Check List Hem., p. 59, no. 1609. 



Common on hickory and butternut; rarer on oak. More abundant in 

 the higher parts of the hills. Large collections have been made in the 

 neighborhood of West Danby. Distinguished by its large size and con- 

 spicuous color pattern. This species, which is common on pecan in the 

 South, adopts hickory and butternut for its northern hosts. 



The eggs are laid in the buds, at the base of the buds, and in the younger 

 stems in late summer and early fall. The season for oviposition seems to be 

 somewhat extended, the field notes showing records ranging from August 

 12 to September 30. The nymphs appear about the middle of June. 

 Nymphs hatching on June 17 and covered with netting successfully 

 reached maturity from July 22 to August 1 in the field without change of 

 host. The duration of each instar was not ascertained. No attempt 

 has been made to rear the species in the insectary owing to the difficulty 

 of transplanting hickory and butternut seedlings. 



The species is most abundant in Stations M, N, (), and P. 



Technical description. — Fine large species; gray marked with dark bro\vn and chestnut; 

 pronotum convex and elevated; tegmina fuscous-hyaline tipped with dark brown. 



Head nearly twice as broad as long, uniform light gray, very distinctly punctate, sparingly 

 pubescent with short white hairs; eyes very prominent and brown; ocelli prominent, pearly, 

 margined with orange, somewhat protruding, nearer to each other than to the eyes; dypeus 

 subtriangular, continuing inferior outline of face, tip produced in small tooth, hirsute. 



Pronotum gray, finely punctate pubescent, median carina percurrent; metopidium convex, 

 irregular brown mark above internal angle of each eye; dorsal line arcuate, suddenly depressed 

 before posterior process in female, depression not so evident in male; wide, dark brown, trans- 

 verse band crossing middle of pronotum on each side; posterior process heavy, pointed, tip 

 chestnut. 



