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Cicadella gothica (Sign.). 



Teftigonia gothica Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., ser. 3, ii, p. 345, pi. 11, fig. 6, 1854. 



Tettigonia Meroglyphifa Harr., Hitchcock's Geol. Mass., edn. 2, p. 580, 1835. 



Tettigonia similis Woodw.. Bui. 111. St. Lab. Nat. Hist., iii. p. 25, 1887. 



Diedrocephala hieroglyphica Prov., Pet. Faune Ent. Can., iii, p. 267, 1889. 



Tettigonia hieroglyphica Harr., Ottawa Nat., vi, p. 32, 1892. 



Tettigonia giinilis Tan D., Ent. News, v, p. 156, 1894. 



Tettigonia similis Van D., Ent. News, v, p. 156, 1894. 



Tettigonia similis O. & B., Proc. la. Acad. Sci., av, p. 231, 1897. 



Tettigonia gothica Ball, Proc. la. Acad. Sci., viii, p. 54, 1901. 



Tettigonia gothica Osb., 20th Rept. N. Y. St. Ent., p. 510, 1905. 



Teftigonia gothica Van D., Can. Ent., xli, p. 383, 1909. 



Tettigonia gothica Osb., Me. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 238, p. 100, 1915. 



Tettigonia gothica DeL., Tenn. St. Bd. Ent., Bui. 17, p. 21, 1916. 



Cicadella gothica Tan D., Cat. Hemip. N. A., 597, 1917. 



Cicadella gothica 01s., Bui. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxviii, p. 3, 1918. 



Form; Much like hieroglyphica but smaller. Length, 5.5 to 6 mm. 

 Vertex more pointed than in preceding species, wider than long. Ner- 

 vures of elytra distinct. 



Color: Varies from light reddish to grayish-green. Vertex reddish 

 or greenish-yellow, apex with black spot, margins of reflexed portions, a 

 line from these to ocelli, and a pair of loops on the disc, black. Scutel- 

 lum with distinct black marks. Elytra grayish-green or reddish, unicolor- 

 ous, or irrorate with yellow. 



External genitalia : Female, last ventral segment very long, raised 

 medially, lateral margins narrowed posteriorly, posterior margin triangu- 

 larly produced; pygofers long, bearing a few heavy hairs and equalled or 

 slightly exceeded by the ovipositor. Male, last ventral segment about 

 twice as broad as long, anterior and posterior margins parallel; plates 

 very long and slender, margins with fine hairs and also with a row of 

 stout hairs or bristles, slightly exceeding the spiny pygofers. 



Distribution: Taken only in Douglas, Riley and Pottawa- 

 tomie counties. 



Hosts: Osborn reports taking this species from grass land 

 and on birch and willow. De Long records taking it from oak. 



Cicadella atropunctata (Sign.). 



(PI. 9, figs. 4-5.) 

 Tettigonia alropvnctata Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., p. 354, 1854. 

 Tettigonia circellata Bak., Psyche, viii, p. 285, 1898. 



Tettigonia atropunctata Fowl., Biol. Centr. Am., Homop., ii, p. 266, pi. 17, fig. 27, 1900. 

 Tettigonia atropunctata Ball, Proc. la. Acad. Sci., viii, p. 55, pi. 4, fig. 2, 1901. 

 Tettigonia circellata Van D., Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., ii, p. 53, 1914. 

 Tettigonia circellata Essig, Inj. Bencf. Ins. Calif., edn. 2, p. 66, 1915. 

 Cicadella circellata Van D., Cat. Hemip. N. A., p. 598, 1917. 

 Cicadella circellata.' Ols., Bui. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xx.wiii, p. 3. 1918. 



Form: Longer and more slender than gothica. Length, 6 to 7 mm. 

 Vertex bluntly rounded, about three-fourths as long as broad, two-thirds 

 the length of the pronotum. Elytra long and narrowing posteriorly, giv- 

 ing the insect a wedge-shaped appearance. 



