190 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



of Telamona in the State. Since it seems to be limited in host 

 to the Virginia creeper and very few, if any, other species of the 

 genus inhabit this plant, it may be fairly surely identified by its 

 habitat. Mr. Woodruff reports that in Connecticut it seems to be 

 very common some years and not taken at all during others. 



This is a large, robust, well-marked species with a high crest 

 which is erect with the front margin nearly perpendicular and the 

 hind margin sloping. The ground color of the pronotum is 

 grayish with brown transverse fascia across the metopidium, a 

 deep brown area at the frontal base, and a brown fascia extending 

 from the posterior tip of the crest to the lateral margin of the 

 pronotum. The tegmina are hyaline with brown tips. The males 

 are in most cases smaller and darker than the females and in some 

 instances are solid black in color. 



The eggs are laid deeply in the axils of the leaves and hatch in 

 early June. The nymphs require about five weeks to reach 

 maturity. Mating begins about the middle of July and oviposition 

 almost immediately afterward. The entire life history is 

 apparently spent on the one host. 



Wallingford, 3 Aug., 1912 (D. J. C.) ; Stonington, 2 July, 1914; 4 Aug., 

 1914 (I. W. D.) ; New Haven, 2 July, 1914 (W. E. B.) ; Litchfield, Aug. 

 (L. B. W.). 



T. querci Fitch. (PI. iv, 18.) 



1851. Telamona querci Fitch. Cat. Ins. N. Y., 51. 



Abundant on various species of oaks. Particularly common on 

 small white and chestnut oaks on hillsides in sunny places. 



This species is close to T. monticola Fabr., but may be distin- 

 guished by the shorter darker pronotum and by the prominent 

 white vitta along the posterior median line of the dorsal crest. 

 The tegmina are nearly hyaline with the tips faintly clouded. 



The insect is solitary in habit and quick in movement. The 

 nymphs are most often found on the outer branches and in the 

 axils of the leaves while the adults seem to prefer the twigs of 

 second-year growth. The life history has not been entirely 

 worked out. 



Hosts: White oak, chestnut oak, black oaks (Q. nigra and 

 Q. velutina), red oak. 



Portland, 14 July, 1914 (M. P. Z.) ; Litchfield, June to Aug. (L. B. W.) ; 

 New Haven, 27 June, 1920 (W. E. B.) ; 18 June, 1921 (B. H. W.). 



T. reclivata Fitch. 



1851. Telamona reclivata Fitch. Cat. Ins. N. Y., 51. 



Very abundant on basswood and apparently almost as strictly 

 limited to this host as T. ampelopsidis is to Virginia creeper. 



This is a rather difficult species to delimit owing to the variation 

 in the shape of the pronotal crest. It may be generally recognized, 

 however, by the large size, the rounded sloping crest, the long 

 posterior process and the dark brown markings. The tegmina 



