No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: CICADELLIDAE. 83 



G. rugosa Spangberg. G. ramosa Kirkaldy. G. delicata Fowler. 



Spec. Gyponae, 6, 1878. 



Large green species with vertex, pronotum and elytra rugose, 

 venation very conspicuous. Some specimens have black spots on 

 pronotum. Female segment deeply rectangularly notched. Length 

 lo-ii mm. 



Superficially it resembles octolineata but is coriaceous on upper 

 surface and is known to feed on burr and white oak. 



Hartford, 27 July, 1914 (W. A. Muirhead). 

 G. melanota Spangberg. G. bipunctidata Woodworth. G. nigra 

 Woodworth. G. himaculata Gibson. G. unicolor Gibson. 



Spec. Gyponae, 19, 1878. 



Broad and short. Color of sexes differing. Female pale green;, 

 often with a pair of round black spots on pronotum back of the 

 eyes, and a second pair on the hinges. Male varying from green 

 to black. Vertex, pronotum and scutellum usually shining black, 

 elytra smoky, the black markings of abdomen showing through. 

 Female segment nearly truncate, male plates broad and short. 

 Length 8 mm. 



According to Ball there are five color varieties of the male 

 which have been described as distinct species. The species is grass- 

 feeding and found in meadow, pasture and prairie situations. 



New Haven, 9 Aug., 1906 (P. L. B.) ; 14 Aug., 1906 (W. E. B.) ; 31 

 July, 22 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 20 Aug., 1922 (B. H. W.); 

 North Haven, 6 Aug., 1922 (B. H. W.) ; Guilford, 24 July, 1921 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Cornwall, 17 July, 1921 (B. H. W.). 



G. cinerea Uhler. 



Bull. U. S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr., iii, 460, 1877. 



Gray to brown, vertex produced but not acutely angled. Entire 

 dorsal surface often finely and rather sparsely irrorate with brown. 

 In pale specimens nervures of elytra margined with irrorations. 

 Elytra grayish opaque. Length 9 mm. 



Although Dr. Ball states that probably all eastern references 

 should be miliaris, after examining Connecticut material and com- 

 paring it with Iowa and Dakota material it seems advisable to place 

 it under this name. Also since negotiosa Gibson is placed as a 

 synonym of miliaris and the specimens at hand do not agree with 

 Gibson's paratypes. This is apparently a grass-feeding species. 



Recorded from Connecticut (Van Duzee Catalogue), also specimens 

 examined from Hamden, 5 July, 1920 (P. G.). 



G. scarlatina Fitch var. scarlatina Fitch. G. modesta Spangberg. 



Homop. N. Y. St. Cab., 57, 1851. 



Pale yellow to brown with vertex, pronotum and elytra usually 

 flecked with red. Elytra frequently with reddish nervures and 

 sparsely spotted, a number of irregular darker spots on disc. 

 Length 9-10 mm. 



This species has been taken from undergrowth in wooded areas. 



