﻿[109] 
  On 
  Homoptera 
  lunata 
  and 
  H. 
  edusa. 
  221 
  

  

  two 
  forms, 
  and 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  henceforth 
  dropping 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  "edusa" 
  from 
  our 
  lists. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  fortunate 
  that 
  the 
  specific 
  name 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  retained 
  

   will 
  now 
  indicate 
  a 
  marked 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  an 
  annoying 
  incongruity 
  in 
  desig- 
  

   nating 
  as 
  lunata 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  closely 
  allied 
  supposed 
  

   species 
  which 
  was 
  without 
  the 
  lunulated 
  spots. 
  

  

  In 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  suggestion 
  and 
  careful 
  observations 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  Bean, 
  given 
  in 
  a 
  late 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Ento- 
  

   mologist 
  (ut 
  cit.), 
  I 
  have 
  included, 
  with 
  doubt, 
  H. 
  Saundersii, 
  

   in 
  the 
  synonymy 
  of 
  H. 
  lunata. 
  My 
  two 
  examples 
  oi 
  this 
  

   form 
  are 
  both 
  males, 
  but 
  with 
  only 
  these 
  at 
  my 
  command 
  (the 
  

   form 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  Albany 
  district), 
  it 
  would 
  

   not 
  be 
  proper 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  opinion 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  relations. 
  

  

  