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Head produced but with apex rounded and varying extremely 

 in color. Always with four black spots on vertex, two large ones 

 on margin and two usually smaller behind on disc, one either side 

 of median line. Pronotum and elytra usually mottled but varying 

 to a uniform black in extreme cases. Scutellum yellow, basal 

 angles black. Length 4 mm. 



A common and abundant species occurring on Impatiens in 

 moist habitats throughout the summer. 



Bridgeport, 20 Sept., 1920 (B. H. W.), on Impatiens; New Haven, 22 

 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; North Haven, 4 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.) : Cornwall, 

 18 July, 1921 (B. H. W.). 



C. lepida Van Duzee. 



Can. Ent, xxvi, 139, 1894. 



Resembling variata with two black spots on margin and two on 

 disc of vertex, but with an additional spot next either eye on 

 margin. Elytra usually greenish or slightly mottled. Length 

 3.5-4 mm. 



Often found with the preceding on Impatiens in very moist, 

 usually wooded areas, where this plant is found in abundance, June 

 to September. 



New Haven, 3 Oct., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Bridgeport, 20 Sept., 1920 

 (B. H. W.), on Impatiens; Orange, 17 Tuly, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, 

 6 Aug., 1922 (B. H. W.) ; Fairfield, 26 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; North 

 Haven, 4 Sept., 1921 (B. H. W.) ; North Branford, 2 June, 1921 (B. H. W.). 



C. arcuata Gillette and Baker. 



Hemip. Col., 105, 1895. 



Vertex produced and rounded at apex, yellowish, two large 

 black spots above margin nearer eyes than apex. Pronotum with 

 an arcuate, black line nearly parallel to anterior margin. Elytra 

 pale greenish hyaline, nervures yellow. Length 4.5-4.75 mm. 



Feeds on herbaceous vegetation. No definite food plant is 

 known apparently. It is doubtful whether this species occurs in 

 New England, but is reported for New York. 

 C. sexnotata (Fallen). Cicada sexnotata Fallen. C. quadri 

 lineata Forbes. (Fig. 9, 10.) 



Acta Holm, xxvii, 34, 1906. 



Vertex produced but rounded at apex, always marked with six 

 more or less distinct black spots. A pair of transverse ones on 

 margin, another pair transverse above these and between eyes, and 

 a pair of small round ones near base. Basal angles of scutellum 

 often marked with black. Elytra green, smoky at apices, venation 

 paler. Length 4 mm. 



A cosmopolitan feeder taken usually on herbaceous plants and 

 common on grasses in pastures and meadows throughout the 

 summer. It is often a pest on cultivated grasses and truck crops. 



New Haven, 16, 19, 21 Oct., 9 Nov., 1903 (H. L. V.) ; 6 June, 1916 

 (B. H. W.) ; 10, 14 June, 7, 20, 29 July, 22 Sept., 3 Oct., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Cromwell, 27 Aug., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Branford, 20 July, 1905 (H. W. W.) ; 



