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Helochara communis Fitch 



Helochar'a communis Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. 1851. 



p. 56 

 Tettigonia herbida Walk. Homop. 1851. 3:769. 



Swept at Salem, Aug. 15, 1904, in large numbers on swampy 

 land. Adults and larvae also taken at Eagle Bridge and* New 

 York State Museum records show it for Albany, Nassau, Karner, 

 Buffalo, Phoenicia, Kingston, Staten Island, etc. The types 

 though faded are unmistakable. 



This is a very widely distributed species and is certain to be 

 found in every locality in the State where grassy swamp land is 

 present. It doubtless serves to reduce the growth of the grass 

 where it occurs since it frequently swarms in immense numbers 

 but as it works on places having an abundance of moisture, the 

 effects of the drain are not specially noticeable. 



Eucanthus acimiinatus Fabr. 



Cicada acuminata Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1794. 4:36,40 

 Euacanthus orbitalis Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. p. 57 

 Euacanthus acuminatus Osbom & Ball. la. Acad. Sci. Proc. 

 4: 182 

 This insect has a wide distribution in Europe and America 

 and no essential differences can be detected between the Old 

 World form and ours described by Fitch under the name orbit- 

 alis. Van Duzee reports it for Lake Placid. 



Xerophloea viridis Fabr. 



Cercopis viridis Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1794. 4:13,50 

 Xerophloea grisea Germar. Zeits. F. G. Entom. I, 1901, 1839. 

 Xerophloea virescens Stal. Ofvers Vet. Akad's Forh. 1854. 



P- 30. 94 

 Xerophloea viridis Fabr. Stal., Hemip. Fabriciana. 2: 59 

 Parapholis peltata Uhler. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Sur. Bui. 1877. 



3:461 

 Xerophloea peltata Uhler. Stand. Nat. Hist. 1884. 2:248 

 Xerophloea viridis Osbom & Ball. la. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 179 

 I have received specimens from Mr Bueno taken at Mosholu, 

 July 26, 1902, and Mr Van Duzee reports it for Kingston. 



It appears to be recorded so far only for the southern part of 

 the State. 



Xerophloea major Baker 



Xerophloea major Baker. Psyche, 3: 285 



A specimen referred here has been received from Mr J. R. de la 

 Torre Bueno, collected at Mosholu near New York city; also a 

 male and female from Cold Spring Harbor from Mr H. G. Barber. 



Gypona octo-lineata Say 



Tettigonia octo-lineata Say. Compl. Wr. 2 : 257 

 Gypona striata Burmeister. Gen. Ins. pi. 16, no. 9 

 Gypona flavilineata Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. p. 57 

 Gypona quebecensis Provancher. Nat. Can. 4:352 

 Gypona cana Burm. Gen. Ins. pi. 16, no. 10 

 Gypona flavilineata. Spangberg. Spec. Gyponae, p. 8 



