. Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . ve been taken at Orono on anumber of occasions between Aug. ist and Sept. 5th, in most cases inadult stage. Also at Grand Lakes Stream Aug. isth and i6th by P. Morse, at North Harpswell Aug. 12th, Portland Aug. 13th and14th from bushes, grass and sweet fern, Highmoor Farm Aug. 15th fromwillows, potato and various plants, Mt. Katahdin Aug. 20-22 up to sum-mit 5000 ft. elevation, Houlton Aug. 24th, Mars Hill Aug. 25th, FortKent Aug. 28th. 112 MAINE AGRICULTUIL.\L EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. The larval form -of this species has
. Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . ve been taken at Orono on anumber of occasions between Aug. ist and Sept. 5th, in most cases inadult stage. Also at Grand Lakes Stream Aug. isth and i6th by P. Morse, at North Harpswell Aug. 12th, Portland Aug. 13th and14th from bushes, grass and sweet fern, Highmoor Farm Aug. 15th fromwillows, potato and various plants, Mt. Katahdin Aug. 20-22 up to sum-mit 5000 ft. elevation, Houlton Aug. 24th, Mars Hill Aug. 25th, FortKent Aug. 28th. 112 MAINE AGRICULTUIL.\L EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. The larval form -of this species has a characteristic black border run-ning from the head along the sides to the last segment of the abdomennarrowing sometimes in the central part of the abdomen and the includedarea is yellow or in some cases bright red for the central part. As the larvae are usually found in grass or weeds and low herbagealong fences and roads it is probable that clean culture and the burningof leaves and litter where practicable will have a good effect in reducingthe Fig. 20. The sharp-nosed leafhopper (Platymetopius acuiiis): a,Adult; h, vertex and pronotum; c, face; d, female genitalia; e, malegenitalia; /_, elytron. All enlarged. (From U. S. Dept. Agric. Bureauof Entomology—Bui. No. 108.) Platymetopius cuprascens Osborn. Platymetopius cuprascens Osborn 20th Rept. N. Y. State Entomologist p. 517 (1905). This species has the form of acutiis in general but the vertex is longerand more acute, the face is entirely yellow without the brown border ofacutus the last ventral segment of the female is long and has a distinctmedian carina on the posterior half. Length 5 mm. A single specimen of this species was taken at Mars Hill Aug. 25th,also one specimen Ft. Kent Aug. 28th. These are exact duplicates of thetype specimen which was collected by Mr. Van Duzee at Phoenicia,N. Y. Several females and males taken at Orono Aug. 5, 8, 11, 22, 24,1914. Male, form of female with elytra a trifle less
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