=Empoasca mali= LeB. One of the most common and probably the most injurious leafhopper. Feeds on a great variety of plants, shrubs and trees. A pest of field crops, nursery stock, and orchards. Especially abundant during the summer of 1915 on alfalfa and clover. In early spring adults have been observed feeding on wheat, rye and native grasses. Exhibits great adaptability to changes of climate and host plants. =Empoasca smaragdula= Fall. Listed by Gillette as occurring in the state. =Empoasca radiata= Gillette. Swept from willows growing in the Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis. =Dicraneura abnormis= Walsh. Not common. Few specimens collected from blue grass and around lights at night at Chillicothe, during September. =Typhlocyba illinoiensis= Gillette. Noted feeding on rose leaves in the Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis. =Typhlocyba obliqua= Say. Very abundant on many weeds at Springfield during August. =Typhlocyba trifasciata= Say. Listed by Gillette as occurring in the state. =Typhlocyba tricincta= Fitch. Abundant on several ornamental bushes in Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis. Adults exceedingly quick of movement. Also collected at Pattonsburg and Columbia. =Typhlocyba comes= Say. Abundant throughout the state. A severe pest of grapes, especially in southeast Missouri. Feeds on a number of weeds. Attracted to lights at night in considerable numbers. =Typhlocyba comes= Say. var. vitis Harris. Occurring on ornamental shrubs, including rose, in the Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis. =Typhlocyba comes= Say. var. scutelleris Gillette. Very common on Sycamore in all stages, and frequently causing severe infestations. Nymphs and adults feed on under side of leaves resulting in small whitish brown spots. Occurs in all parts of Missouri. =Typhlocyba comes= Say. var. basilaris Say. One adult captured by Geo. W. Barber at Poplar Bluff, September 4, from white aster. =Typhlocyba comes= Say. var. ziczac Walsh. Collected from rose bushes in the Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis. =Typhlocyba vulnerata= Fitch. Rather numerous on several ornamental shrubs growing in the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Feeds on under side of leaves. NEWS AND NOTES. The Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Ohio Academy of Science was held at the Ohio State University, at Columbus, on November 26th and 27th. A special program was given in commemoration of the Quarter Centennial Anniversary. * * * * *