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Vandnzea arqnata Say Oak. 



Vaiiduzea vcstila (Jod*; Flowers and foliajyjc of Mesquite {Prosopis 



Jul) flora). 



Ophiderma flava Godg Laurel Oak. 



Ophiderma flavicephala Godg Laurel Oak. 



Tlielia crata'gi Fh Oak, A])ple, Thorn. 



Thelia uhleri 8tal Wild Plum, Virginia Creeper. 



Thelia univittata Harris Oak, Grax)e. 



Tlielia acuminata Fabr Locust, Pear, Chestnut, various bushes. 



Thelia bimaculata Fabr Locust, Elder, Black Willow. 



Telaniona niagniloba Godg Wild Grape. 



Telanioua fasciata et unicolor Fh Ampclopsis quinquefolia, Grape. 



Telamona monticola Fabr. =r querci Fh.( ?) .Oak, Linden. 



Telaniona reclivata Fh Oak, Chestnut. 



Telamona irrorata Godg Oak. 



Telamona coryli et tristis Fh Hazelnut. 



Telemona excelsa Fairm (?) All oaks, except Quercus macrocarpa. 



Telemona elhe Godg Black Willow. 



Heliria scalaris Fairm Beech. 



Heliria strombergii Godg Black Willow. 



Carynota inera Say Butternut, Hickory, Oak. 



Carynota marmorata Say Oak. 



Archasia galeata Germ Eupatorium, Verbena hastata, Oak. 



Subfamily Membracinee. 



Enchenopa binotata Say Butternut, Birch, Apple, Walnut, Grape, 



Hop-tree (Ptelea trifoUata), 'Locimt, Red- 

 bud, Celasirus scandens, Cherry, Viliur- 

 num, Ceanothus, White Birch, weeds. 



Campylenchia curvata Fabr Bushes and weeds. 



Subfamily Hoplophorinae. 

 Hoplophora 4-lineata Say Oak, weeds, bushes. 



I am indebted for many of the above facts to Prof. S. A. Forbes, Mr. C. W. Strom- 

 berg, Prof. C. P. Gillette, and Prof. C. F. Baker. Other papers on the food-plants of 

 our Membracidi« will be published as rapidly as data are obtained. Local lists will 

 be thankfully received and due credit given. 



Ill the discussion that followed, in which Messrs. Smith, Lintner, 

 Osborn, and Webster participated, strong objections were urged against 

 the use of indefinite terms as weeds, bushes, and shrubs, which might 

 mean any one or more of many species of plants. If the food-plant 

 could not be designated, at least generically, by the original observer it 

 should not be cited at all, in giving the food-habits of insects. The infor- 

 mation to be of any value should be more exact. 



NOTES OF THE YEAE IN NEW JERSEY. , 



By John B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. 



The summer of 1892, so far as it has passed, has been, entomologically, 

 a quiet and uneventful one. There has been no disastrous outbreak, 

 no sudden ax)pearance of any new pest, and yet the annual tax levied 

 by insects has scarcely decreased. There has been an increase of injury 



