INSECTS AFFECTING PARK AND WOODLAND TREES 



59' 



Brochymena arborea Say 

 This is a stout, ijjrayish, rosy or red-marked tree buij;^ alinut 5/^ inch in 

 length. It is remarkable for the serrate and angular projections of the 

 pronotum and the large toothlike processes of the 

 head. We have taken this species at both Nassau 

 and Lansingburg N. Y., in the former locality on or 

 near willows, and in tiie latter probably about growths 

 of miscellaneous bushes. Mr Townsend gives its 

 distribution as the Atlantic States, while Professor 

 Osborn records it as common in Iowa. Dr .Smith 

 lists it from Staten Island and a number of New Jersey 

 localities, stating that it is common about Caldwell. 



Buffalo tree hopper 



Cercsa bnbalits Fabr. 

 A grass-green, triangular two-horned leaf hopper, about ?8 inch long, may be met 

 with in tlie latter part of the summer on a number of trees and shrubs. 



This grotesque little 

 insect is a ver)- common 

 species sometimes present 

 in considerable numbers. 

 It rarely inflicts much 

 injury on forest trees 

 and is important from an 

 economic aspect largeh' 

 on account of the dam- 

 age done to young fruit 

 trees. 



Description. The 



^gg is about '/,6 inch long, 

 slightly curved, tapering 

 toward the outer end and more rounded at the other. It is a dirty whitish 



Fig. 148 ,i-female; «=enlarKeiiicnt of foot; ^-aineniia; rf=wing; ,./, ^r-ter 

 minal segment and ovipositor of female; A, i=termtnal segment of male abdo 

 men. (After Marlatt, U. S. Dep't Aerie. Div. Ent. 1897. Cir. 23, 2d s.) 



