

J 



. -In this genus the .ily prol. 1451, 



pee ies, how- 



ever, measure only about S nun. 10.31 inch) in 

 gth. 



-In this genus, tile body is oblong; 

 the head is con, with a double edge both 



..and the antenna- arc furnished 

 with tape-like appen. s nhjucbirtii is 



a gay lemon-yellow or cream-colored species, with a broad stripe 



of the face and wavy red forked lines on the win- 

 the head, as seen from the side, is of the form of a ploughshare, with 

 little brown eyes standing out like beads. The antenna,- have three 

 bent appen trips of tape. It measures about 



8 mm. (0.3 inch) to the tip of wing-covers, lives upon the K 



id hickory, in July, August, and Septemb 

 (Uhler.) It is distributed over the entire Eastern United St. 



Ormcnis. In our common representative 



of this genus the wing-covers are broad, and 



!y applied to each other in a vertical 



they are more or less truncate, and 



give the insect a wedge-shape outline. O. st'/>- 



tcntriondlis < Fig. 146) is a beautiful pale-green 



j j -.1 i , i i r j l"ic,. n^ (iniifnis stfiten- 



owdered With white, which feeds on /,.. 



wild grape-vines, drawing nourishment from 

 the tender shoots and mid-ribs of the leaves, during its young 



Family IX. Ci KC )i>n 

 (Spittle-insects or I : rog-hopf 



This and the following family agree with tin- Membradda> in h,"v- 

 the antenn;L- inserted in front of and betwei-n th. Hut the 



m the Meinbracula- in lacking the backward pro- 

 longation of the prothorax, and from the Jassida- in the character of 

 the spines upon the hind tibia-. H< -id the tibia- armed with 



th, and the tip crowned with short, stout spines. 

 The (Vrcopida- "mark an important advance in the direction of the 



pterabythel; >f the prothorax and increased freedom 



of the t . This CXtensh is no longer a mere cap OF 



*Cerc6pide, C " e of nn-n. 



