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Cicadella gothica (Sign.). 



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



Tfttigonia hieroglyphica Harr., Hitchcock's Geol. Mass., edn. 2, p. 580, 1835. 



Tftlii/onia sinrili* Woodw., Bui. 111. St. Lab. Nat. Hist., iii. p. 25, 1887. 



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



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



Tettigonia similin Van 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., Jv, p. 231, 1897. 



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



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



Tettigonia 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 Van D., Cat. Hemip. N. A., 597, 1917. 



Cicadella gothica Ols., 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 lono: 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.) 



Tettlf/aiiiii nfi-o/.',:,i<'tata Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., p. 354, 1854. 

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



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

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

 Tettit/onia circeilata Van D., Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., ii, p. 53, 1914. 

 Tettigonia circeilata Essig, Inj. Benef. Ins. Calif., edn. 2, p. 66, 1915. 

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

 Cicadella circeilata^ Ols., Bui. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxviii, 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. 



