INSECTS AFFECTING PARK AND WOODLAND TREES 61S7 



a liroiul, clear, whiti: niari^in oiitwanlh , broken by black bchiinl the middle 

 and with a shinino; black dot near the tip. Legs and ventral surface yellow. 



Tlu- young of this little species occur on pines about June i, in 

 this Stale. 'I'hey are enveloped in frothy masses among the terminals, 

 and about this time they are }^ inch in length, and have 

 a small shiny black head and thorax, with the body 

 broad, llattened, and lli-sh color, or sometimes brick-red, as 

 described by Miss Wolsc)', of IMatteawan. 



Obtuse clastoptera, C 1 a s t o p t e r a o b t u s a Sa)-. 



This little spittle insect occurred in small numbers on hard 



pine at Karner, the young being located at the base of 



leaf petioles. Adults were taken from Tune n to iq. They ^'S' ^"^ ciasi,.,,iera 



are from J 8 to 3 \(, inches long and irregularly marked with (•"•igiiaO 



brown, yellowish brown and yellowish white. It is remarkable for its 



obtuse form. 

 I Stictocephala inermis Fabr. 



A greenish brown leaf hopper about V,6 inch long, occurs on hard pine in midsummer. 



This species has somewhat the shape of a beechnut and is not marked 



by any excessively developed processes. It was present in small numbers 



on hard pine during July 1901. This tree hopper probably has a wide 



distribution as it has been recorded from a number of eastern and several 



western States. 



Dichrooscytus rufipennis Fall. 



A small, active, rather slender plant hug about ,'4 inch long with yellowish head and 

 prothorax and yellowish red wing covers occurs on hard pine in midsummer. 



This is a small, active, rather slender plant bug, measuring about 

 ^ inch in length. The head and prothorax are yellowish and the yellowish 

 red wing covers are bordered by the same. This species was met with by 

 the writer in small numbers on hard pine at Karner in 1901. It is (piite 

 agile and but few specimens were captured, the numbers and dates being 

 as follows : one on June 13, two on the 26th and two July 8. The species 

 has been listed from New Jersey by Dr Smith and Douo-las & Scott' 

 '1865 British Hemiptera, p. 478. 



