146 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. 



Cicadula suffusa n sp. 



Light greenish, the elytra milky translucent, vertex with two large 

 round black dots, anterior portion and under part of base tinged with 

 orange red. Length 5 mm. 



Vertex short, rounded, slightly angular in front, narrowing to base 

 of clypeus, clj'peus long, scarcely widened at apex. Pronotum rather 

 short, elytra with costal obscure. 



Color yellowish green, the head, especially anterior part of vertex 

 and base of front, tinged with orange red, two rather black spots 

 behind anterior border of vertex. Pronotum greenish, scutellum yel- 

 lowish green, elytra greenish milky, veins, yellowish at base, brownish 

 toward tip. Underneath yellow. Pectus and disk of vertex and ovi- 

 positor black. 



? last ventral segment longer than preceding. Hind margni simple, 

 ovipositor reaching only to tip of pygofer. 



This species has been recognized from a number of localities. One 

 specimen from Chicago, 111.., collected by J. G. Sanders. 7-21-03. One 

 specimen Sault St. Marie, Canada, July "04, collected by Parish. Four 

 specimens Orono, Maine July i8th and 31st, Ft. Kent Aug. 28th, 1913. 

 July 18th, 1914. 



This species is disitinctly characterized by the prominent black spots 

 on vertex and bright orange-red coloration of the front part of head. 

 It evidently has a wide range although it has been rarely secured. 



Cicadula pallida n sp. 



Small light gray species with orange-yellow vetex and face without 

 distinct spots or bars. Length 2.5 to 3 mm. 



Vertex obtusely angulate, broad; front narrowing uniformly to base 

 of clypeus. Clypeus elongate narrowing to tip, lorae large, narrowing, 

 apically, touching border of face ; pronotum short, strongly arched in 

 front, truncate behind ; scutellum short ; el\i:ral veins distinct. 



Color vertex and anterior border of pronotum yellow tinged with 

 orange. Face dull yellow with suffusion of brownish, posterior part of 

 pronotum and scutellum yellowish, elytra pallid, subhj'aline, smoky 

 toward apex, veins whitish except near tip, brownish at apex. Below 

 yellowish, venter black, last ventral segment pygofer and ovipositor 

 yellow, tip tinged with orange or brown. Genitalia of female, — last 

 ventral segment truncate behind, ovipositor reaching tip of pygofer, 

 short, transverse scarcely angled at tip. ^Slale valve long, rounded 

 posteriorly. Plates broad at base, narrowing at middle, terminating in 

 slender acuminate points, distinctly ciliate, extending to tip of pygofer. 



Described from a number of specimens collected at Orono, Maine 

 August 30, 1913. This species is slightly smaller and broader than' the 

 average 6-punctata. The uniform absence of spots, with the orange 

 tinge and pallid elytra seem to give it a well marked separation. 



