2 BULLETIN 964, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION. 
The present known range of the garden flea-hopper covers a large 
portion of the United States (fig. 1) . This insect belongs to the family 
Capsidae of the Heteroptera, is quite generally distributed throughout 
the eastern half of the United States, and in most instances has 
been reported as injurious to crops. 
The garden flea-hopper is apparently American in origin. There 
are, however, two cases on record where it is reported as being de- 
structive to crops out- 
side of the United 
States, viz, Brazil and 
French Cochin China. 
In the latter region it 
seriously infested the 
peanut crop. 1 
During the summer 
of 1916 the writer 
made numerous ob- 
servations with a view 
of determining what 
Fig. 1.— Map showing States where the garden flea-hopper (Haltieus effect altitude might 
citri) has been found. haye ^ ^ dig _ 
tribution of this species. Sweepings made at the points men- 
tioned below showed the presence of the adults and nymphs in 
the highest as well as the lowest altitudes where collections were 
made. The trip included visits during the month of August, 1916, 
to alfalfa and clover fields at Macon, Ga.; Gray, Ga.; Sylva, N. C; 
Waynesville, N. C. ; Asheville, N. C. ; Statesville, N. C. ; Columbia, S. C. ; 
and Gainesville, Fla. The territory covering these points included 
a range of altitude from 180 feet to 2,700 feet. Gray, Ga., which 
has an altitude of 500 feet, was the center of the 1915 outbreak. 
1 The following notes on the garden flea-hopper (Haltieus citri) and list of localities have been compiled 
from field studies in the United States and from specimens contained in the collections of the U. S. 
National Museum: Orange Springs, Fla., 1887 (W. H. Ashmead); Riley Co., Kans., Sept. 10, 1892 (C. L. 
Marlatt); Washington, D. C, June 22, 1897; Columbia, Mo., no date (C. V. Eiley); Berkeley Springs, 
W. Va. (P. R. TJhler); Auburn, Ala., no date (P. R. Uhler); Experiment Station, Manhattan, Kans., 1889 
(E. A. Smith); Experiment Station, Hartford, Conn., Sept., 1914 (W. E. Britton); Stillwater, Okla., 
Oct., 1912 (C. E. Sanborn); Topeka, Kans., Aug. 30, 1917 (E. A. Popenoe); Chicago, 111., July 13, 1908 (J. J. 
Davis); Clemson CoUege, S. C, July 16, 1909 (G. G. Ainslie); Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1910 (G. G. Ainslie);: 
Experiment Station, Utah, 1893 (P. R. Uhler); Winchester, Va., July 13, 1913 (E. B. Blakeslee); Washing- 
ton, D. C, 1917 (F. H. Chittenden); Gray, Ga., 1915 (R. J. Stewart); Gray, Ga., May 26, 1915 (A. H. Beyer); 
Macon, Ga., May 27, 1915 (A. H. Beyer); Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 11, 1916 (J. J. Davis); Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 
25, 1916 (A. H. Beyer); StatesviUe, N. C, Aug. 31, 1916, Waynesville, N. C, Aug. 27, 1916 (A. H. Beyer); 
Asheville, N. C, Aug. 28, 1916 (A. H. Beyer); Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 31, 1916 (A. H. Beyer); Hagerstown, 
Md., Sept. 12, 1912 (H. L. Parker); Columbia, S. C, Oct. 5, 1915 (A. H. Beyer); Ithaca, N. Y., Oct., 1915 
(H. H. Knight); Boston, Mass., Sept., 1915 (H. H. Knight); Springfield, Mo., July, 1915 (H. H. Knight); 
Quincy, Fla., May 23, 1916 (F. H. McDonough); Lakeland, Fla., Dec. 16, 1916 (A. H. Beyer); Fulton Co., 
N. Y., Aug., 1911 (C. P. Alexander); Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 25, 1916 (H. F. Dietz); Gainesville, Fla., 
Feb. 28, 1917 (A. H. Beyer); Charleston, Mo., May 26, 1916 (E. H. Gibson); Hot Springs, Ark., May, 1916 
(E. H. Gibson); Chapel Hill, N. C., Sept. 21, 1915 (P. Luginbill). 
