. Bulletin. Agriculture. LEAFHOPPERS OF MAINE. 127 Athysanus ohsoletus Kirschbaum. Athysamts ohsoletus Kirschbaum. Die Athysanus Arten v. Wiesbaden, p. 7, 1858. Athysanus ohsoletus Van Duzee. Buf. Sac. Nat. Hist. Bull. V, p. 199. Athysanus ohsoletus Osborn and Ball. Ohio Naturalist II, p. 239. Pale straw color with obsolete or faint markings. Head bluntly angulate. Smaller and lighter colored than extrusus which it resembles pretty closely. The male pygofers are short and do not extend beyond plates and have only short teeth instead of style like appendages. Length 4 mm. This species is common
. Bulletin. Agriculture. LEAFHOPPERS OF MAINE. 127 Athysanus ohsoletus Kirschbaum. Athysamts ohsoletus Kirschbaum. Die Athysanus Arten v. Wiesbaden, p. 7, 1858. Athysanus ohsoletus Van Duzee. Buf. Sac. Nat. Hist. Bull. V, p. 199. Athysanus ohsoletus Osborn and Ball. Ohio Naturalist II, p. 239. Pale straw color with obsolete or faint markings. Head bluntly angulate. Smaller and lighter colored than extrusus which it resembles pretty closely. The male pygofers are short and do not extend beyond plates and have only short teeth instead of style like appendages. Length 4 mm. This species is common in North America and Europe but is dis- tinctly a northern form occurring in the northern U. S. and Canada. Specimens have been taken in Elaine at Orono in timothy meadow Aug. 1st and 2nd, at Van Buren Aug. 2y and at Houlton Aug. 24th. It is hardly plentiful enough to be counted of economic importance. It was more common in collections made July and Aug., 1914 at Orono in timothy meadows. Athysanus extrusus Van Duzee. Athysanus extrusus Van Duzee Canad. Entom. XXV, 283, 1893. A gray brown species with yellowish indefinite markings, short wings hardly reaching the end of the abdomen and with a rather short pro- truding ovipositor. Length 5 T<c.\ Fig. 29. Athysanus extrusus: a, adult; h, female, c, male, genitalia; d, nymph. (After Osbom and Ball.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Maine. Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono. [Orono. ]
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