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with postnodal cell much widened distally, outer claval not strongly- 

 hooked at distal end and approaching inner claval near its middle. 



Color: Vertex yellowish-white, with a broad brown band which is pro- 

 duced medially to meet a darker marginal band. Pronotum and scutellum 

 whitish, irregularly marked with brown. Elytra whitish with fuscous 

 patches and dark nervures, giving them a general brown appearance. 



External genitalia: Female, last ventral segment over twice as long 

 as preceding, lateral angles rounded, posterior margin produced medially 

 and with a small median notch; pygofers long, slightly exceeded by ovi- 

 positor, bearing bunches of spines at middle and near apex. Male, valve 

 short; plates broad and short, obliquely truncate, less than half the 

 length of the long, somewhat spiny pygofers. 



Distribution: Taken in Cherokee and Pottawatomie coun- 

 ties. 



Hosts: Osborn reports sweeping specimens from blueberry 

 in Maine. Kansas host unknown. 



Scaphoideus intricatus Uhl. 



Scaphoideus intricatus Uhl., Trans. Md. Acad. Sci., i, p. 34, 1889. 

 Scaphoideus intricatus Osb., Jl. Cine. Soc. Nat. Hist., xix, p. 202, 1900. 

 Scaphoideus intricatus Osb., 20th Rept. N. Y. St. Ent., p. 525, 1905. 

 Scaphoideus intricatus Osb., Ohio Nat., xi, p. 258, 1910. 

 Scaphoideus intricatus DeL., Tenn. St. Bd. Ent., Bui. 17, p. 58, 1916. 

 Scaphoideus intricatvs Van D., Cat. Hemip. N. A., p. 632, 1917. 



Form: Length, 4.75 to 6 mm. Vertex slightly longer than wide, flat, 

 acutely pointed. Pronotum short, humeral margins long. Elytra with 

 postnodal cell widened distally, outer claval nearly straight and parallel 

 to inner. 



Color: Vertex, pronotum and scutellum yellowish -white. Vertex with 

 brown marginal and an irregular transverse band. Pronotum with large 

 median brown band on anterior margin and two large brown ones on 

 posterior margin. Scutellum with three basal brown spots. Elytra 

 whitish or hyaline with brown spots and dark brown nervures, with three 

 white spots on clavus along suture. 



External genitalia: Female, last ventral segment nearly twice as long 

 as preceding, truncate posteriorly, very slightly produced medially; 

 pygofers long and narrow, nearly equalling ovipositor, a patch of brown 

 bristles near the apex and whitish scattered bristles near the middle. 

 Male, valve broad and roundingly angulate posteriorly; plates broad and 

 long, nearly equalling pygofers, margined with a few silky hairs; py- 

 gofers with tuft of black bristles near apex. 



Distribution: Taken in Pottawatomie county only. 



Hosts: De Long has swept specimens from weeds. Profes- 

 sor Osborn mentions clover, Carnus, grape and Cratxgus as 

 host plants. 



