ADDITIONS TO THE BIOECOLOGY 
OF THE 
NEW ENGLAND TINGIDAE AND 
PIESMIDAE (HETEROPTERA) 1 
By Norman S. Bailey 
Bradford Junior College, Bradford, Mass. 
Intermittent summer collecting during the past ten years has added 
to my collection a considerable number of noteworthy records. These 
include additional stations for species previously reported from only a 
few localities within a particular state and for some of the less well- 
known species in New England, new records for the occurrence of 
six species previously un reported from one or more of the New Eng- 
land states, and a few new host plant records. 
This is the first of a series of papers now in progress which will 
supplement my studies of the Tingidae of New England ( 1951 ). For 
ease of reference, therefore, it follows the pattern of that study in the 
sequence of genera and of species. (Bailey, 1951, page 5). All 
collections were made by the author unless otherwise specified. 
Family Piesmidae 
Piesma cinerea (Say) 
Shelton, Connecticut, August 2, 1951; Aina, Maine, August 15, 
1954 and August 28, 1956. Found on a weedy Amaranthus (probably 
retroflexus L. ) on each occasion. 
In 1917 Professor Parshley reported this species from ocean drift 
at Beach Bluff, Massachusetts, and stated, “Not found heretofore 
north of Rhode Island”. Since then it has become well-known from 
this state. The records from east-central Maine extend its range ap- 
preciably. Aina is a small town adjoining Wiscasset in the Sheepscot 
River Valley about fifty miles east-northeast of Portland. 
Since published records for Connecticut are few, note is made of 
the Shelton collection. 
Family Tingidae 
Leptoypha rnutica (Say) 
Windham, New Hampshire, August 11, 1958. 
A large collection of adults, many teneral, a few nymphs, and some 
exuviae was made from suppressed ash ( Frcixinus) and ash suckers 
Acknowledgement is hereby gratefully made of a Sigma Xi • — RESA Re- 
search Fund grant and Grant No, G5477 from the National Science Founda- 
tion, which make these studies possible. 
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