REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I904 52I 



Deltocephalus compactus O, & B. 



Deltocephalus com p"a c t la s Osbom and Ball. la. Acad. Sci. 

 Proc. 4:217 



Lake Placid, Phoenicia and St at en Island, collected by Mr Van 

 Duzee. I took it at Cold Spring Harbor. 



This is a very small species related to the southern w e e d i . 

 It has now been recognized from the state of Washington to New 

 York. The short, compact form, rather blunt head and mottled 

 elytra are most apparent characters though in the latter point it 

 resembles inimicus. 



Deltocephalus obtectus O. & B, 



Deltocephalus obtectus Osborn & Ball. Dav. Acad. Nat. Sci, 

 Proc. 7:78 



Taken at Eagle Bridge, Hamburg and Salem, 

 This is the first time the species has been recorded from New 

 York. It is however fairly common in certain grasses and on 

 some hillside pastures was abundant enough to be considered an 

 economic factor. 



Deltocephalus configuratus Uhler 



Deltocephalus configuratus Uhler. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Sur. 



Bull. 1 87 1. 4: 511 

 Deltocephalus configuratus Van Duzee. Buf . Soc. Nat. Hist. 



Bui. 4: 198 



Reported for Buffalo and the Adirondacks. 



Van Duzee speaks of this as "a common meadow insect from 

 May to August" but except at Hamburg, I found it rare or absent 

 during this summer's trip. 



Deltocephalus melsheimeri Fitch 



Amblycephalus melsheimeri Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. 

 p. 61 

 The Fitch type of this species in the New York State collec- 

 tion is a female in fair state of preservation. It measures 2.5 mm 

 in length, is narrow, the head distinctly pointed, elytra transparent. 

 The female ventral segment margin straight with no teeth or sinua- 

 tion and very narrowly bordered with black. While much faded 

 it furnishes structural characters of value. The specimens in the 

 National Museum for this species consist of three examples, the 

 first, bearing the original Fitch labeP " A m b 1 y c e p h a 1 u s 

 melshemerii N.Y." is considerably broken with elytra and 



