5o6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Collected in Buffalo during July and August [Van Duzee, Buf. 

 Hemip. p. 194]. ' 



I took it also at Hamburg and Van Duzee reports it for Lake 

 Placid. 



This also occurred pretty abundantly on willows at Salem. 

 The types are wanting in New York collection. The National 

 Museum collection contains a specimen of the typical form and 

 of varieties "a" and "b." Specimens collected at Fitch Point, 

 Salem that agree with the description and come from Fitch's lo- 

 cality have the pallid greenish color, the spots on vertex and a 

 length of 5.5 mm. 



Idiocerus nervatus Van .Duzee 



Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. Bui. 5. 1894. p. 194; Cat., p. 261 



Reported for Albany [N. Y. State coll.] Staten Island and Lan- 

 caster [Van Duzee]. 



Idiocerus altematus Fitch 



Idiocerus alternatus Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. 1851. 



P- 59 

 Bythoscopus alternatus Walk. Homop. 1851. 3: 876 

 Idiocerus alternatus Van Duzee. Can. Ent. 1889. 21: 8; 



Psyche, 5: 388 

 Idiocerus alternatus Van Duzee. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. Bui. 5 ; 



p. 194 

 The Fitch type in New York State collection somewhat faded, 

 is easily identifiable. The National Museum collection contains 6 

 specimens, one with original Fitch label and varieties a. b and c, 

 none of them however with numbers to connect them with manu- 

 script or published description. They agree with the specimens 

 generally recognized under this name and which have been fully 

 described in recent papers. 



A common species over a wide range of cotintry, occurring on 

 willows. I secured specimens at Fitch Point, Salem, also at 

 Hamburg. 



Idiocerus suturalis Fitch 



Idiocerus suturalis Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. 1851. 



p. 59 . ^ 



Bythoscopus suturalis Walk. Homop. 1852. 4: 1162 

 Idiocerus suturalis Van Duzee. Can. Ent. , 21: 8 ; Psyche, 5 : 



388 

 Idiocerus suturalis Van Duzee. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. Bui. 5, 

 p. 194 _ 



I found it fairly common on willows at Salem and took it also 

 at Hamburg. Van Duzee reports it for willow, poplar and birch. 

 A specimen from Kamer is in the New York State collection and 

 Van Duzee reports it for Lake Placid and Phoenicia. 



There is no type specimen in the New York State collection but 

 in the National Museum there is a specimen with label, "Idio- 

 cerus suturalis Fitch, New York" evidently in Fitch's 

 handwriting. The label "Fitch type" has been added in recent 

 years. This specimen has the dusky sutural border without an 

 interruption. 



