=Oncometopia undata= Fabr. Occurs throughout the state, but
not abundant. Swept from grass, weeds and a number of shrubs.
=Oncometopia costalis= Fabr. Occasional specimens taken
throughout southern part of state. Also recorded in the
collection of the Experiment Station at Columbia.
=Homalodisca coagulata= Say. Occasional specimens taken from
cotton and cowpeas. Not abundant.
=Aulacizes irrorata= Fabr. Recorded from the collection of the
Experiment Station at Columbia.
=Kolla bifida= Say. Swept from weeds in marshy lands and from
willows and several shrubs. Recorded only in Mississippi County.
=Kolla geometrica= Sign. Not common. Recorded from Springfield
on grass.
=Kolla tripunctata= Fitch. Mentioned in VanDuzee’s Catalogue
of Described Jassoidea of N. A. as occurring in Missouri.
=Tettigoniella gothica= Sign. Only one specimen taken. From
grass at Lutesville, August 13.
=Tettigoniella occatoria= Say. Common in eastern part of state.
Feeds on clover and weeds.
=Tettigoniella hartii= Wood. Quite numerous throughout the
state during the late summer. Captured only from meadows and
grass lands.
=Tettigoniella hieroglyphica= Say. Rather common in all parts
of the state. Known to feed on clover and several weeds.
=Tettigoniella hieroglyphica= Say. var. hieroglyphica Say. One
adult captured from grass at Rolla, September 21,
by Mr. Geo. W. Barber.
=Tettigoniella hieroglyphica= Say. var. uhleri Ball. Rather
common in eastern half of state. Taken from clover and weeds.
=Tettigoniella hieroglyphica= Say. var. confluens Uhler. Taken
with the above variety.
=Diedrocephala coccinea= Forst. Very generally distributed.
Common but not in great numbers. Injurious to many
ornamental plants in the Missouri Botanical Gardens at
St. Louis. Nymphal cast shins observed on leaves of
Magnolia and American Holly. Adults taken from several
kinds of trees near swamps along the Mississippi River.
=Diedrocephala versuta= Say. Very abundant in central and
southern Missouri. Adults first observed in June. All
stages abroad in fields from July to November. Injurious
to cowpeas in Southeast Missouri. Food plants include
alfalfa, clover, sunflower, grasses, and many weeds. Common
on several ornamental plants and shrubs in the Missouri
Botanical Gardens at St. Louis during September.
=Draeculacephala reticulata= Sign. Rather common at Charleston
and Sikeston during July and August and September, on corn,
alfalfa and grasses. Taken at Chillicothe, Sept. 6, Stanberry,
Sept. 7. The last two records extend the distribution of this
jassid to north of the Missouri River, a fact which is interesting
in view of the distribution recorded by Prof. Osborn in
Bull. 108. Bur. of Ent.
=Draeculacephala angulifera= Walker. Quite common on grass at
Charleston.
=Draeculacephala mollipes= Say. Abundant throughout the state.
All stages present from April to November. Of great economic
importance. A decided pest to young grains and grasses. Known to
feed on an innumerable list of plants and shrubs, field crops,
and ornamentals. Adults migrate in large numbers. About the most
common jassid in Missouri.
=Draeculacephala noveboracensis= Fitch. Taken on grass at
Charleston.
=Helochara communis= Fitch. Swept from wheat on many warm,
sunny days during the winter. In July collected from alfalfa.
Recorded only from Mississippi County.
=Gypona 8-lineata= Say. Occurs throughout the state. Has
special liking for shady and damp places. Appears to be
essentially a grass feeder.
=Gypona flavilineata= Fitch. Swept from grass lands at
Chillicothe.
=Gypona cana= Burm. Taken with G. flavilineata.
=Gypona pectoralis= Spangb. Taken with G. flavilineata.