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Agallia quadripunctata Pro\. was abundant at Poughkee|)sif May 21, 

 1903. on hoiu-y locust. 



Clastoptera proteus Fitch. Larvae and adults of this species were 

 abundant on Cornus at Kenwood N. Y. July i i. 



Lightning leaf hopper 



Oi')>iciiis pr/i/iiosa Saj' 

 This active little leaf hopijer is a trilk- over i^ inch in len<.jth and niav 

 be recognized In- its whitish covering over the 

 dark purplish or i)rownish wings. The young 

 insects are a delicate green and bear long floc- 

 culent masses of wocjll) matter. Both \'oung and 

 adults are very active and occasionally occur 

 in immense numbers. A single e.xample was 

 taken on scrub oak at Karner |ul\- i q, iqoi. 

 It has been met with \)\ the writer in lar^e 



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numbers about ornamental Ijushes in a door- 

 yard, and Mr Young found it present in enor. 

 mous numbers on a catalpa tree, ^ich did not seem to be injured in the 



slightest. \^^ 



Hawth»co tingis,-- ' 



Corytliuca ^j^^ij^ Say 



A small net-veiiifil insect, about ,'8 inch in length, may he found on tlie underside 

 of Crataegus or thorn and oak leaves during tlie summer. 



This species or one of its varieties is cjuite common in New York .State 

 on oak leaves and an assemblage of its pecidiar egg masses is an interesting 

 sight. It is occasionallv abundant enough so that toward the end of the 

 summer foliage of oaks and other plants infested become somewhat ilry 

 and withered. 



Description. The insect in its various stages has been described by 



Professor Comstock as follows : 



The eggs of this insect, which, I think, have not been described, are 

 smooth, whitish, glistening, semitransparent and ovoid In shape. Their 



O r m e 11 i s p r u i n o s ;i 

 iiLirged (Mriiiiiiah 



