IXSECTS AI-rECTIXC. PARK AND WOODLAND TREES 



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a l)roacl, clear, wliilt: margin outwardh', Iji'dkin 1)\' l)lack behind llic miiUllc 

 and witli a shinint^r l)lack dot near ihc li|i. l-t^s and ventral surface yellow. 



The youn;^ of this little species occur on ]jines al)out jun<- i, in 

 this State. They are enveloped in frothy masses anlon^■ thc! terminals, 

 and al)t)ut this time the}' are '/^ inch in leng'th, ami ha\e „5^ >— >-^ 

 a small shiny black head and thorax, with the botiy 

 broad, llattenetl, and tlesh color, or sometimes brick-red, as /m?^ 

 described b\- Miss W'olse)', of Matteawan. 



Obtuse clastoptera, Clasloptera obtusa Say. 

 This little spittle insect occurred in small numbers on hard 

 pine at Karner, the youns^f beiny located at the bas(? of 

 leaf petioles. Adults were taken from lune 1310 iq. They '''-■ ^'^ ci.i!,i.M,,cra 



obtusa, enlarged 



are from yi to 3 ,f, inches long and irregularh' marked with ('nginao 



brown, yellowish brown and yellowish white. It is remarkable for its 



obtuse form. 



Stictocephala inermis labr. 



A greenish brown leaf hopjier about ' ,f, iiirh long, occurs on hard ])ine in niidsuniiner. 



This .species has .somewhat the shape of a beechnut and is not markeil 



by an\' e.xcessiveK' developed processes. It was present in small numbers 



on hard pine during July 1901. This tree hopper ])robably has a wide 



distribution as it has been recorded from a numlx-r of eastern and several 



western States. 



Dichrooscytus rufipennis ball. 



A small, active, rather slender jjlant bug about '4 inch long with yellowish head and 

 prothorax and yellowish red wing covers occurs on hard pine in midsummer. 



This is a small, active, rather slender iilant bug, measuring about 

 y^ inch in length. The head and prothorax are yellowish and the yellowish 

 red wing covers are bordered by the same. This species was met with l)y 

 the writer in small numbers on hard pine at Karner in 1901. It is ipiite 

 agile and but few specimens were captured, the numbers and dates being 

 as follows: one on June 13, two on the 26th and two Jtily 8. The species 

 has been listed from New Jersey by Dr Smith and Douglas & Scott' 



'1865 British TTemipti'ra, p. 47S. 



