LEAFHOPPERS OF MAINE. 



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A.'VNovje^.CK. 



Fig. 14. Agallia novella: a, adult; h, nymph, side view; c, nymph, 

 dorsal view; d, face; e, elytron; /, female; g, h, male genitalia. (After 

 Osborn and Ball.) 



Agallia sanguinolenta Prov. 



Bythoscopus sanguinolenta Provancher. Nat. Canad'. IV, 376, 1872. 



Agallia sanguinolenta Van Duzee, Am. Ent. V, 166, 1889. 



Agallia sanguinolenta Osborn and BalL Pr. Dav. Acad. Sci. Vol. VII, 



p. 58. 



A short robust species usually dark gray or brownish with two large 

 spots on the vertex and two broad spots on the pronotum. Length 3 mm- 



3-5 mm- 



This is by far the most abundant species of the genus in Maine and 

 in fact one of the most abundant and widely distributed species of leaf- 

 hoppers here, as throughout most of the United States. It has been 

 taken at every locality where collections have been made especially in 

 pastures and meadows. Its food is probably largely clover and allied 

 plants but it seems able to survive on a wide range of food plants. In 

 many parts of the country it is a destructive pest in clover and alfalfa 

 fields. 



The definite localities of collection are Orono July 24, 28, 29, 31, 

 Aug. I, 5, 6, 9 from garden plants, peas, etc., and meadows including 

 timothy and clover; North Harpswell Aug. 12, Portland Aug. 13, 14, 

 Highmoor Farm Aug. 15, Mt. Katahdin Aug. 20, 22, at various altitudes 

 up to table land of summit 4500 ft. Houlton Aug. 24th, Mars Hill Aug. 

 25th, Fort Fairfield Aug. 26th, Fort Kent Aug. 28th. 



The species is discussed from the economic standpoint in Bulletin 108 

 Bureau Entomology U. S. Dept. Agriculture. 



