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Phlepsius excultus Uhler 



Jassus excultus Uhler. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Sur. Bui. 3. 1877. 



p. 467 

 Phlepsius excultus Van Duzee. Am. Ent. Soc. Trans. 1892. 19: 80, 



pi. I, fig. 17 



This species is included in the New York list on the authority 

 of Mr Uhler. It has not come to light in any recent collections 

 in the State that I have seen. 



Thamnotettix kennicotii Uhl. 



Thamnotettix kennicottii Uhl. Am. Ent. Soc. Proc. 1863. 



2 : 161 

 Thamnotettix kennicottii Uhler. Stand. Nat. Hist. 1884. 



2: 246; Osbom,Ia. Acad. Su. Proc. i, 1892. pt 2, p. 12; Van Duzee, 



Psyche. 1892.6:306 



Reported for Buffalo Plains and Hamburg "on oak and hickory 

 bushes" [Van Duzee, Buf. Hem: p. 200], also for 1904 from 

 Lake Placid. 



Thamnotettix belli (Uhl.) 



J as sus b el 1 i Uhler. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Sur. Bui. 1877. 3:471 

 Thamnotettix belli Van Duzee. Psyche, 6 : 306 



A single specimen in the New York State collection at Albany 

 is referred here, though the genitalia do not agree well with 

 Uhler's description. 



Thamnotettix eburata Van Duzee 



Thamnotettix eburata Van Duzee. Can. Ent. 1889. 21: 10 

 Am. Ent. Soc. Trans. 21: 301 



Evidently rare and having its distribution northward. 



Thamnotettix clitellarius (Say) 



Jassus clitellarius Say. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Jour. 1831. 



6:309; reprinted in Compl. Wr. 1869. 2:384; Walker Homop. 1852. 



4: 1 164 (mention) ; Harris, Hitchcock Geol. of Mass. 1835. ed2,p. 580; 



Smith, Cat. Ins. N. J. 1890. p. 446 

 Thamnotettix clitellarius Van Duzee. Psyche. 1893. 



6: 306 (notice) ; in Lintner. 9th Rep't. 1893. p. 410 

 This has been very generally recognized over the coimtry owing 

 to its conspicuous appearance as well as its common occurrence on 

 a variety of plants. New York collections have been noted for 

 Albany, Highland, Clinton Heights, Poughkeepsie, Lake Placid, 

 Phoenicia, Mosholu, Forest Park. I collected at it Hamburg, 

 Eagle Bridge, Salem, Cold Spring Harbor, Jamaica and Staten 

 Island the past summer. 



Thamnotettix exquisitos n. sp. 



Resembles clitellarius but is larger, the vertex distinctly 

 angular, the sutural spot long and narrow, the frontal spots larger, 

 closer together. A black spot at the base of antennae, the color 



