154 FoRTT-FiFTH Refort OjN tbe 8tate Museum. 



Packard: Bull. No. 7, U. S. Ent. Commis., 1881, p. 216 (quotes Fitch); in 5th 

 Kept. U. S. Ent. Commis., 1890, p. 802, f . 272 (quotes Fitch). 



Provancher: Pet. Faun. Ent. Canada, iii, — Hemipt., 1886, p. 260 (?var. of 

 C. Proteus). 



From Miss A. H. Wolsey, of Matteawan, Dutchess Co., N. Y., were 

 received, June 1st, larvre of a leaf -hopper, enveloped in frothy masses 



Fig. 12. Larva of Clastoptera on pine — side and dorsal views. (From Packard.) 



among the terminal tips of pine, which are quite well represented by the 

 figures of the above-named species, in the Fifth Report of the JJ. S. 

 Entomological Commission, by Dr. Packard, at page 802. 



The Insect Described. 

 Dr. Fitch characterizes the insect, in his 4th Report, as follows : 

 Puncturing the leaves [of pine] and sucking their juices, in July, a 

 small, shining, broad, oval tree-hopper, 0.14 long, of a black color, its 

 head pale yellow with a black band on its anterior margin, its thorax 

 prettily sculptured with fine transverse lines and with a pale yellow 

 band anteriorlj^, its wing-covers with a broad, hyaline, white margin 

 on the outer side, interrupted with black back of the middle, and 

 having a shining black dot near the tip, its under side and legs pale 



yellow. 



The Larva. 



The larvae received by me presented the following features : The 

 head and its appendages, thorax (except the white, sharp lateral 

 margin of the prothorax), terminal segment, ventral mesial plates, 

 and legs (except at the joints, which are white) are glossy black. 

 The abdomen above and laterally is flesh-colored, with a tinge 

 of red on the back and on the sides. 



A larva observed traveling about in the box containing the twigs, 

 on June 4th, had the abdomen wholly black. 



The Larvae Observed on Pines. 

 Miss Wolsey accompanied her sending with the following note 

 relating to the insects: 



On the pines this spring I find on hundreds of young twigs a frothy, 

 sappy exudation. Wiping this away, a nimble crawling insect is 

 found, or two insects together, new to me. Thej^ are a quarter of an 

 inch long, with a small, shining black head and shoulders, and three 

 pairs of jointed, slender black legs. The body behind is broad, flat- 



