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Valley [N.Y. State col.] Lake Placid, Phoenicia Kingston [Van 

 Duzee] and I collected it at Hamburg, Eagle Bridge, Salem, Cold 

 Snrinp Harbor, Jamaica and Nassau. . . , -4. 



li fs unquekionablv a species of economic importance as it 

 often swaZln grass 'land. It seems to favor the annual grasses 

 rather than the perennials. 



Cicadvila slossoni Van Duzee 

 C i c a d u 1 a s 1 o s s o n i Van Duzee. Can. Ent. 1893- 25 : 281 ; Buf. Soc. 

 Nat. Sci. Bui. 5, P- 200 

 Evidently a rare species as Van Duzee says '"^^^^^^^^^^^f ^^^^ 

 of this prettv little species was taken by me at Lan^^?^^!^|,>J^ 

 12, 1889." He reports taking it in August 1904 at Lake Flacid 

 and Phoenicia. 



Cicadula variata Fall. 



^EV.^\* V\:fa%\^ Vler^fvirLt-iSs/- Ts. van Du.ee, 

 C i c aTufa vTr i a tfVan Duzee, Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. Bui. 5, P- -o 



Reported for Lancaster. June to September [Vf. ^uzee]. 



While bv no means so abundant as 6 -no tat a this species 

 ha^a wide distribution and may doubtless be io^^^^^'^^^l 

 nf the State I took it at Nassau m August and Mr Van Duzee 

 at Lake placid during the same month, also at Phoenicia. 



Cicadula punctifrons var. americana Van Duzee 

 ricadula punctifrons var. americana Van Duzee. Can. 

 ^ Ent 189 F. .3^ 169; Buf. Soc. Xat. Sci. Bui. S. p. =01 



Recorded for Buffalo [Van Duzee], and speciinens from "Keene 

 Valley'' "Essex Co.," are in the N.Y. State collection. 



It occurs L abundance on low scrubby willows, usually most 

 common on sandy margins of streams. 



Cicadula punctifrons Fall. 



full synonomy see Van Duzee Catalogue.) 

 Represented for Ithaca [Cornell Coll.] Lancaster [Van Duzee, 

 Buf Hemip. p. 201]; one example [\an DuzeeJ ^. , . , _ 

 ApparSitly much less common than the variety listed below. 



Cicadula lepida Van Duzee 

 Can. Ent. 1894. 26: 139 



Described in part from a specimen collected in New York city. 



