114 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. 



Associated with this species in some instances but often occurring as 

 well marked forms by themselves is a lighter variety, the upper surface 

 and face having a bright cinnamon brown color. As other characters 

 seem to relate it here and as the nymphs are decidedly different from 

 those of acntus I will call them tentativeh' var. cinnanwncus. In one 

 instance a ? iiiagdaleusis was found in copulation with c? of the variety 

 cinnnmoneiis which would strengthen the view that these forms are 

 varietal. This variety has been taken almost exclusively from bog plants 

 and was especially abundant in the Bangor bog, near Orono, large num- 

 bers being collected there Aug. 5 and 30, 1913 and again in July 1914. 

 Other localities are ]\It. Katahdin, Houlton and Ft. Kent. 



The adult forms are 4.5-4.75 mm., the males 4 mm. in length. 



As these forms occur abundantly in blueberry patches it is probable 

 that they are among the injurious species affecting this crop. 



They are probably destroyed in the burning over of the patches and 

 where this is practiced regularly it will keep them in check. 



Platynictopius angustatus Osbcrn. 



20th Rept. X. Y. State Entomologist p. 518 (1905). 



This species is small light olive green and the female is 5 mm. long, 

 the male slightly smaller. 



A single specimen of female was taken by Air. C. P. Alexander at 

 Fryeburg Sept. 5th, 1913. 



Seaphoidciis jitcundus Uhler. 



Md. Acad. Sci. Trans. Vol. I, p. 34 (1889). 



Several -specimens of this handsome species were taken by Air. C. P. 

 Alexander at Fryeburg Sept. 5th, 1913. 



Scaphoideus scalaris Van Duzee. 



Scaplioidetts scalaris Van Duzee. Entom Amer. VI, 51. 



Scaphoideus scalaris Osborn, Cine. Soc. Xat. Hist. Jour. XIX. p. 198, 



(1900). 



Gray brown, the cross veins of elytra dark, those of the costa not 

 strongly oblique. Smaller and lighter colored than lobatus and without 

 the orange crossband on vertex of awonitens. Length 5 mm. 



This species is apparently quite rare in Maine as it has been taken 

 at only a few localities, Orono Aug. 13th, 14th, Houlton Aug. 24, Alars 

 Hill Aug. 25th, and Fort Fairfield Aug. 26th, in each instance but one 

 or two specimens. One record is "on blueberry." 



Scaphoideus lobatus Van Duzee. 



Scaphoideus lobatus Van Duzee, Buf. Soc. Xat. Hist. Bull. V 199, (1894). 

 Osborn Cincinnati Soc. Xait. Hist. Jour. XIX, p. 199. (1900). 



This species has something of the appearance of a Phlepsius but the 

 head is more pointed and with a sharp edge. The white ground is 



