. Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . Aug. i6th, North Harpswell Aug. 12th, Fort Kent Aug. 26th. It is hardly abundant enough to be counted destructive but since itoccurs in pastures and meadov^s and as a grass feeder it must be to theextent of its abundance an injurious species. Athysaniis striatiilus Fallen. Cicada striatulus Fall Hem. Suec. II, 45, histabilis Van Duzee. Can. Ent. XXV, 284, striatulus Osborn and Ball. Ohio Naturalist II, species is of the size and form of vaccinii, which it quite closelyresembles, but
. Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . Aug. i6th, North Harpswell Aug. 12th, Fort Kent Aug. 26th. It is hardly abundant enough to be counted destructive but since itoccurs in pastures and meadov^s and as a grass feeder it must be to theextent of its abundance an injurious species. Athysaniis striatiilus Fallen. Cicada striatulus Fall Hem. Suec. II, 45, histabilis Van Duzee. Can. Ent. XXV, 284, striatulus Osborn and Ball. Ohio Naturalist II, species is of the size and form of vaccinii, which it quite closelyresembles, but it is of a dark brown color and without tawny tinge,the legs dark, femora twice annulate with pa)le. Length female ,male 4 mm. Width i mm. This species occurs in boggy and swampy places and has been takenat a number of points in Maine, sometimes occurring in considerableabundance but its food plants are commonly the species that occur inwet lands and except for blueberry have comparatively little economicvalue. The larvae have been taken in bog Aug. y. \\l\oX\t\\i^1 Fig. 30. Athysanus striatulus: o, adult; b, female, c, male genitalia;d, elytron; e, nymph. (After Osbom and Ball.) LEAFHOPPERS OF MAINE. 129 Athysanus arctostaphyli Ball. Athysanus arctostaphyli Ball. Entom. News Vol. X, p. 172 (1899)./itnysanns arctostaphyli OsboTii and Ball, wuio Naturalist ijl, 243. Smaller than vaccinii which it resembles in form and color specimens are darker, almost black, the light portions of thehead and elytra much reduced. Length $ mm c? 3 mm. This species was taken on Mt. Katahdin at levels of 4700 and 5000 specimens were taken at level of 4750 by Mr. C. P. Alexanderand I secured one additional specimen at Ft. Kent. The Katahdinspecimens are darker and the fuscous markingis more confused than inColorado or Mt. Washington (N. H.) specimens but there seems nosufficient basis to consider them distinct. The Ft. Kent specimen froma much lower level than the
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