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FAMILY NOTONKCTIl)^ 



Notonccla nndnlnta Say. Common. 

 Anisops phdycyicmis Fieb. 

 Plea striola Fieb. 



FAMILY COKISID^. 



Corisa alternaia Say. Common. 

 Corisa Earrisii Uhl. 



SuH Order Homoptera. 



Diedrocephala moUipes. Say. A very common species everywhere. 



Diedrocephala noi^eboracensis Fitch. Quite common but more frequent 

 near thickets or in rather rank herbapje. 



Diedrocephala coccinea Forst. Not an al)undant species, the form dis- 

 tinguished as quadriviltatus by Say. is a quite well marked varietj' and 

 apparently quite constant. 



Tettigonia hieroglyphica Say. A very common form and quite variable 

 presenting extremes of light green and also almost black in color. 



Tettigonia bifida Say. But rarely taken. 



Proconia costalis Fab. Received from Carpenter, Iowa. Not found in 

 the central part of the state. 



Dorycephalus Sj). An interesting species collected at Ames by Prof. 

 Gillette. 



Parabolocratus viridis Uhler, Not very common. 



Eelochara communis Occurs in the state but appears to be very much less 

 common than in some parts of the country. 



Gypona octolineata Say. A common species represented by varieties 

 which doubtless include the forms described as flavilineata and scarlatijia 

 by Fitch, all of which seem to connect by intergrading forms with the typical 

 octolineata. 



Oypojia colon Fitch. Rare. A well marked form. 



Penthimia americana Fitch. 



Acocephalus sp. An undetermined, probably underscribed, species occurs 

 quite commonly on low herbage. 



Scaphoideus immistus Say. Rather common. 



Typhlocyba vitis HaiTis. The common and abundant Leaf Hopper 

 affecting the grape. 



Typhlocyba vitifex Fitch. Common. 



Typhlocyba comes Say. 



TyjMocyba basil laris Say. 



Typhlocyba tricincta Fitch. 



Typhlocyba oblir/tia Say. 



Typhlocyba-vnlnerata Fitch. 



Typhlocyba trijasciata Say. 



Empoa albipicta Forbes. 



Empoa Jabic Harr. A species very abundant on beans must belong to 

 this species though no full description is at hand by which to reach a posi- 

 tive conclusion. 



