LEAFHOPPERS OF MAINE. IO3 



Draeculacephala mollipes Say. 



Tettigonia mollipes Say. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Jour. (1831.) 

 Draeculacephala mollipes Ball. la. Acad. Sci. Proc. VIII, p. 33, (1901.) 



Bright green the head yellowish and very sharply angled, with very 

 delicate lines. Beneath usually dark sometimes nearly black. Length 

 6-7.5 rnm. 



This is one of the most abundant species in the country ranging from 

 Canada to Central America and found almost universally in grass lands 

 on both wild and cultivated grasses. A detailed account of the species 

 with figures will be found in the writer's bulletin on "Leafhoppers 

 affecting Grasses and Forage Crops." (Bull. 108, Bur. Ent. U. S. Dept. 

 Agric.) 



In Maine it has been found abundant in all the southern sections. 

 Orono July 11, 19, 26, '05. On willovi^ (doubtless near grass) July 22^ 

 1913. Larvae from marsh grass June 26. Adults from swamp grass 

 June 13. Field grass June 18. Strawberry bed July 22. Timothy Aug. I. 

 Meadow Aug. 4 and in many other collections from meadow and pas- 

 tures. Also Princeton Aug. 16, N. Harpswell common in low ground 

 pasture Aug. 12. Portland Aug. 13, in meadow near Riverton Park 

 Aug. 14. In pastures and meadows at Highmoor Farm Aug. 15. At 

 Mt. Katahdin on the table land at about 4500 ft. Aug. 21, Houlton Aug. 

 24, Mars Hill Aug. 25, Ft. Kent Aug. 28. In the latter locality it was 

 very scarce only a few specimens being taken and it seemed to be 

 replaced even in upland pastures and meadows by Helochara communis. 



Helochara communis Fitch. 



Helochara communis Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. p. 56, (1851). 



This species is one of such universal distribution that it merits a 

 brief description even thovigh it may not be considered of great economic 

 importance. 



The adult is a dark green, sometimes almost blackish green and the 

 surface of the body roughly pitted, the length a fourth of an inch or a 

 trifle more. The nymphs ate pale green with striations of the head faint, 

 the wing pads in the last instar reach to base of the third abdominal 

 segment. 



It is usually found in great abundance in boggy places and feeds upon 

 the grasses common to such places. It is no doubt the cause of a 

 severe drain upon the plants but as such plants have a very constant 

 moisture supply the effect of their work is not very apparent and as 

 the grasses are such as have a minor importance for forage the insect 

 may be counted of less consequence than some of the species of 

 fewer numbers that feed upon important farm crops. A fuller account 

 of the species may be found in Bulletin 108 Bureau Entomology U. S. 

 Dep. Ag. 



The Maine records include Orono where specimens have been taken 

 many times during the summer of 1913 and Grand Lake Stream and 



