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expect to corroborate this old record of Provancher, 1889. 

 Although this record is annotated by ' ' Peu commune, Cap 

 Rouge," it is apparently without a definite date, but must have 

 been collected previous to the appearance of the publication, 

 which was issued about August, 1889, thirty-three years ago. 

 Until further collecting of this species on our continent 

 occurs, it may be well to suppose that Provancher's specimen 

 was an introduced, stray individual, and that the species so far 

 has not become established here, which explains its absence in 

 all other collections and local lists. Taxonomically it would be 

 most desirable to have this species with us as it represents 

 type of family, subfamily, tribe and genus, but economically 

 we are better off without it. It may be w^ell to suggest to col- 

 lectors in the northern section of our territory, and especially in 

 Eastern Canada, to be on the look-out for the possible occur- 

 rence of this species. 



Cicadella marathonensis, Olsen, 1918. 



Recently described and figured by the author, in the Bulletin 

 of The American Museum of Natural History, from a female 

 specimen collected by Dr. F. E. Lutz, at Marathon, Texas. It 

 is regrettable that this should be the only specimen known, 

 but it is so distinct from all our other known CicadellidcE that it 

 cannot be confused with any other species. 



It has been suggested by one of our eminent cicadelists 

 that this species may belong in the genus Kolla and perhaps be 

 one of the species described there. This point has been care- 

 fully considered; although there is very little difference between 

 the genera Cicadella and Kolla yet marathonefisis fails to com- 

 pare wdth the latter. The vertex is more obtuse, the area between 

 the eyes and ocelli is slightly shallow (not foveate as in Kolla), 

 and the sides of the pronotum are entirely different from that 

 of Kolla, more nearly like those of Cicadella. 



Cicadella multilineata Fowler, 1900. 



This very large species was described by Fowler from Pinas 

 Altos in Chihuahua, Mexico, and it seems that it has not been 

 reported on since. It is quite distinct both in size and color 

 from all our other known North American species. 



Vertex well produced, markings of vertex, pronotum, scutellum 

 and veins of elytra black in strong contrast to the yellowish-gray 



