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Cicadella Latreille. 



Tettigonia Reaumur, 



Tettigoniella Jacobi. 



Head bluntly conical, ledge over antennal pit not prominent. 

 Vertex rounding to front. Elytra covering lateral segments of 

 abdomen, venation not reticulate. No doubt only one species 

 occurs in New England. 



C. gothica (Signoret). Tettigonia gothica Signoret. Tettigonia 

 similis Woodworth. (Fig. 7, 2.) 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Ser. 3, 345, 1854. 



Vertex produced but very blunt, pale marked with black or dark 

 brown. Margins of reflexed portions, spot at apex, two longi- 

 tudinal lines close median line on posterior portion and a somewhat 

 curved one toward each eye, black. Pronotum and elytra variable 

 in color, reddish to grayish green, the latter faintly obliquely 

 striped. Length 5.5-6 mm. 



Common on shrubs and undergrowth, in pastures, swampy 

 meadows, and in woodland. 



Westville, 19 Sept., 1904 (W. E. B.) ; New Haven, 26 Feb., 1911 

 (A. B. C.) ; 22 Sept., 1918 (F. H. L. and D. M. D.) ; 20 Aug., 1920; 3 

 Oct., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 14 June, 1911 (W. E. B.) ; 20 June, 

 1920 (B. H. W.) ; East Hartford, 16 Sept., 1920, Killingworth, 31 May, 

 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Cornwall, 20 June, 1920 (K. F. C). 



Kolla Distant. 



Vertex subconically narrowed anteriorly, with lateral margins in 

 a line with outer margins of the eye, vertex foveate near inner 

 margins of eyes. Lateral areas of face strongly, transversely 

 striate. 



Key to Species. 



I. Vertex short, almost twice as wide as long, elytra green with black 



stripes bifida 



Vertex longer, almost as long as basal width, elytra white with 

 dark stripes tripunctata 



K. bifida (Say). Tettigonia bifida Say. Tettigonia tenella 

 Walker. (PI. ii, 2.) (Fig. 7, 3.) 



Jour. Acad. Sci. Phila., vi, 313, 1831. 



Vertex with two black and two white transverse bands, alternat- 

 ing. Pronotum green with a black band bordered by a white one 

 on anterior and posterior margins, disc green. Elytra green, veins 

 broadly black, tips smoky. Face black. Length 5.5-6 mm. 



Common on grasses and low plants throughout the summer, an 

 abundant species in swampy woods, pastures, meadows and along 

 streams. It has also been taken on vines in wooded areas. 



Branford, 28 July, 1905 (H. L. V.) ; Stafford, 23 Aug., 1905 (W. E. B.) ; 

 New Haven, 3 Oct., 1920, Portland, 25 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Guilford, 



