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Vanduzea arqnata Say (^ak. 



Vanduzea vestila Godg Flowers aud foliage of Mesq iiite ( Prosopis 



j III i flora). 



Ophiderma flava Godg Laurel Oak. 



Ophiderma flavicephala Godg Laurel Oak. 



Tlielia crata;gi Fh Oak, Apple, Thoru. 



Tlielia uhleri Stal Wild Plum, Virginia Creeper. 



Thelia univittata Harris Oak, Grape. 



Tlielia acuminata Fabr Locust, Pear, Chestnut, various bushes. 



Thelia bimaculata Fabr Locust, Elder, Black Willow. 



Telamona magniloba Godg Wild Grape. 



Telauioua fasciata et uuicolor Fh Ampelopsis qtiinque/oUa, Grape. 



Telamona mouticola Fabr. =quei-ci Fh.( ?) .Oak, Linden. 



Telamona reclivata Fh Oak, Chestnut. 



Telamona irrorata Godg Oak. 



Telamona coryli et tristis Fh Hazelnvit. 



Telemona excelsa Fairm (?) All oaks, except Quercun macroearpa. 



Telemona elhc Godg Black Willow. 



Heliria scalaris Fairm Beech. 



Heliria strombergii Godg Black Willow. 



Carynota mera Say Butternut, Hickory, Oak. 



Carynota marmorata Say Oak. 



Archasia galeata Germ Eupatorium, Veriena hmtata, Oak. 



Subfamily Membracinae. 



Encheuopa binotata Say Butternut, Birch, Apple, Walnut, Grape, 



Hoi>-tree (Ptelea <H/o?t<i<a), Locust, Red- 

 bud, CeJastrus scandens, Cherry, Vibur- 

 num, Ceanothus, White Birch, weeds. 



Campylenchia curvata Fabr Bushes and weeds. 



Subfamily Hoplophorinae. 

 Hoplophora 4-lineata Say Oak, weeds, bushes. 



I am indebted for many of the above facts to Prof. S. A. Forbes, Mr. C. W. Strom- 

 berg, Prof. C. P. Gillette, and Prof. C. F. Baker. Other papers on the food-plants of 

 our MembracidiB will be published as rapidly as data are obtained. Local lists will 

 be thankfully received and due credit given. 



Ill the discussion that followed, iu which Messrs. Smith, Lintner, 

 Osborn, and Webster participated, strong objections were urged against 

 the use of indefinite terms as weeds, bushes, and shrubs, which might 

 mean any one or more of many species of plants. If the food-plant 

 could not be designated, at least generically, by the original observer it 

 should not be cited at all, in giving the food-habits of insects. The infor- 

 mation to be of any value should be more exact. 



NOTES OF THE YEAR IN NEW JERSEY. 



By John B. Smith, New Brmisivick, X. J. 



The summer of 1892, so far as it has passed, has been, entomologically, 



a quiet and uneventful (me. There has been no disastrous outbreak, 



no sudden appearance of any new pest, and yet the animal tax levied 



by insects has scarcely decreased. There has been an increase of injury 



