﻿108 New York State Collefjc of Fovestry 



TJie laleral caviiiae are eiionuoiisly developed, somewhat ovoid in 

 outline and form sort of a discal hood-like structure. They extend 

 considerably above the median carina, with the front margins in 

 contact with each other, the posterior ones distinctly separated, 

 and each constricted near the middle above. The areolae of the 

 hood, carinae, paranota, posterior extension of pronotum and 

 elytra are very large. The nervures are brownish or fuscous, the 

 areolae are mostly hyaline, sometimes a few slightly clouded. The 

 length varies from 4.2 mm, to 4.5 mm. 



Four predaceous insects, Podisus serieventris Uhl. Podisus 

 modest us DalL, Nahis rufusculus Reut. and Nahis roseipennis 

 Reut. were collected on the same plants with G. peckhami. In fact 

 the eggs of Nahis rufusculus were found in stems of the asters near 

 the eggs of G. peckhami. Two associated forms, Macrotylus sex- 

 guttatus Prov. and an undetermined aphid, were feeding and 

 breeding in considerable numbers on the same asters. The insect 

 lives in dry and somewhat open places ; it was only taken on the 

 crest of this small hill and seemed to be very locally distributed. 

 It is not know whether the adults survive the winter or not. Data 

 seems to indicate that the winter is spent in the egg stage. 



