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I have retained the name and Hmits adopted in the review of 

 the genus Deltocephalus by Osbom and Ball, notwithstanding 

 the difficulty that is felt in adopting this as final. 



This has been recorded several times as occurring in immense 

 numbers in oats, lawn grass, etc. but it seems as a rule most abun- 

 dant in annual grasses like foxtail and panic grasses. 



Deltocephalus inimicus Say 



Jassus inimicus Say. Am. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Jour. 1831. 



6: 305; reprinted in Compl. Wr. 1869. 2: 382 

 Amblycephalus inimicus Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. 



1851. p. 61; reprinted in Lintner, 9th Rep 't. 1893. p. 401 

 Tettigonia inimica Walker. Homop. 1852. 4: 1158 

 Deltocephalus inimicus Van Duzee. Can. Ent. 1 889 . 21:11; 

 Southwick, Science. 1892.. 19: 288; Van Duzee, in Lintner 9th 



Rept. 1893. p. 410 

 Jassus 6-p u n c t a t u s Prov. Nat. Can. 1872. 4:378 

 Deltocephalus inimicus Van Duzee. Buf. Soc. Nat. Hist. Bui. 



4: 199 



Reported for Buffalo, Otto, Lake Placid, Phoenicia, Kingston 

 and Karner. I collected it in numbers at Hamburg, Nassau, 

 Salem, Cold Spring Harbor, Jamaica and Staten Island. 



Taken everywhere that collections are made in grass land, at 

 least where blue grass occurs. In many localities it becomes at 

 times a serious pest in grass land and it has also been recorded as a 

 pest in wheat fields. 



Genus scaphoideus 



Scaphoideus censors Uhler ' 



Scaphoideus consors Uhler. Md. Acad. Sci. Trans, i. 1889. p. 56 



Separated from scalaris by broader vertex. Uhler re- 

 ferred this species to New York, Maryland and Texas. It has 

 been seldom noticed probably because of its limitation in food 

 plant. 



Scaphoideus sanctus Say ?? 



I mention under this name a specimen from Cold Spring Harbor 

 sent me by Mr H. G. Barber which differs so much in size and 

 genitalia that it can not be safely referred to either sanctus 

 Say or fasciatus Osborn but still the elytral picture and 

 general facies relates it closely to these species. 



While additional specimens will in all probability show it to be 

 distinct it seems undesirable to describe as new with but one sex 

 and but one specimen of that in hand. As stated in my paper on 

 "The Genus Scaphoideus" the real sanctus of Say is in 

 some doubt." 



Scaphoideus scalaris Van Duzee 



Scaphoideus scalaris Van Duzee. Ent. Am. 6:51 



Reported for Phoenicia by Mr Van Duzee. 



