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P. carpinicola Crawford.- Common on Carpiuus caroUniana, May 15 

 to October 11. 



P. cephalica Crawford. — Washington. D. C, July 1, August IT, 

 E. A. Schwarz. 



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Crawford, D. L. — 1914. A monograph of the jumping plant-lice or 

 Psyllidae of the Xew World. Bui. 85, U. S. Nat. Mus.. 186 pp.. 

 541 figs. [Records 15 species from the District of Columbia. 

 Among them Hcmitrioza sonchi, new genus and species and 

 Psylla cephalica new species are described from District ma- 

 terial in part.] 



McAtee, W. L. — 191 5. Psyllidae wintering on conifers about Wash- 

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 discussed.] 



OsTEN Sackex, C. R. — 1861. Ueber die Gallen und andere durch 

 Insecten hervorgebrachte Pflanzendeformationen in Nord-Am- 

 erica. Ent. Zeit. Stettin. 22. Nos. 10-12, Oct.-Dec. pp. 450- 

 423. [Describes CcUis gall and gall maker, Psylla (now 

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Schwarz, E. A. — 1904. Notes on North American Psyllidae, Part I. 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 6, No. 4. Nov.. pp. 234-245. figs. 6-12. 

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Life History and Habits of Gastroidea caesia 

 Rog. (Col.) 



By Milton T. Goe. Portland. Oregon. 

 These beautiful, little, dark-green beetles are to be found in 

 countless numbers in and around Portland. Oregon, from the 

 latter part of March until late in autumn. Plants of the Dock 

 species, Rumex crispiis and Riimex obtusifoliiis, are their fa- 

 vorite hosts, and on bright, warm days both adult and larva 

 may be found feeding upon the leaves of these plants; but 

 during cold or rainy days they take shelter in the ground near 

 where they are feeding. From my observations, I find of the 

 two Ritiiuw species, they prefer obtusifoliiis. The adult beetle 

 and the larva both feed greedily upon the leaves of these 

 plants ; the larvae eat the parenchyma ofif the upper and under 

 surface of the leaves, but are more often found on the under 

 side. The adults are even more de\astating than the larvae, 



