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marked with fine black lines and dots and there is a series of three ivory 

 white spots along the commissue of the elytra. Length 6 mm. 



This is a rather rare species wherever it has been taken and its 

 range rtms from Maine to Iowa ; but it has occurred in Maine this season 

 only at a few points. I took two specimens at Riverton Park near 

 Portland on Aug. 14th, and Mr. Alexander secured one at Houlton Aug. 

 24th. Its food plant is unknown but it occurs on grassy hillsides in 

 mixed vegetation. 



Scaphoideits auronitens Prov. 



Scaphoideus auronitens Provancher Pet. Faun. Canad. Ill, 277 (1889). 

 Scaphoideits auronitens Osborn Cine. Soc. Nat. Hist. XIX, 194, (1900). 



Light brownish with golden luster and with a clear orange cross band 

 on the vertex and dark veins to elytra. Length 6 mm. 



Evidently rather rare in ithe state or else its food plant has not been 

 commonly met. Three specimens were secured at Riverton Park near 

 Portland Aug. 14th, and it was taken at Fort Kenit Aug. 28th. It has 

 been found in both adult and larval forms in New York on Geranium 

 robertsonian and occurs only in shaded wooded places. 



The larva has been described in my report on the Jassidse of N. Y. 



A¥hile an interesting species and one which may be looked for any- 

 where in Maine that its food plant occurs it can not be counted of 

 economic importance. 



Scaphoideus carinatus Osborn. 



Scaphoideus carinatus Osborn. Jour. Cine. Soc. N. H. XIX, p. 201, 



(1900). 



This is a large light gray species with a distinctly carinate female 

 ventral segment. Length female, 6.5 mm. 



A specimen of this species taken at Orono Aug. 5, 1913. As in other 

 places this species seems to occur in great rarity, but this may be due 

 to its occurrence upon some obscure plant or under such conditions as 

 to escape collection. 



Scaphoideus productus Osborn. 



Scaphoideus productus Osborn. Jour. Cine. Soc. Nat. Hist. Vol. XIX, 



p. 200, (1900). 



This species is larger than immistus and heretofore has been recorded 

 only froim the Mississippi valley. The specimens collected in ]\Iaine at 

 Orono in August of 1913 and 1914 are covered well by the description of 

 the species and while they seem to differ a 'little in general facies and 

 some minor details from the types in my collection the differences seem 

 too slight to warrant separation as a distinct species. It has been swept 

 from blueberry and I have taken nymphs which may belong here from 

 blueberry clumps but never with such restriction as to demonstrate 

 their dependence upon this plant. 



