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A NEW SPECIES OF TINOBREGMUS (Homoptera Jassidae). 



Herbert Osborn. 



Tinobregmus pallidus n. sp. Smaller than vittatus and with- 

 out the stripes un the elytra nor the dark markings on the pro-* 

 thorax, but with a distinct tenninal border on the elytra, dark 

 brown or black. Underneath somewhat tinged with black. 

 Female, length six millimeters to tip of ovipositor. 



The vertex narrow as in vittatus, enlarging anteriorly, distinctly 

 rounded to the front; front narrow, elongate, polished; clypeus elongate, 

 widening toward the tip; the apex emarginate; beak equaling the clypeus in 

 length and extending to hind coxae. Cheeks long, sinuate on the border; 

 lorae narrow, elongate, extending half the length of the clypeus; prothorax 

 short, hind border sinuate; elytra ovate, extending to the pygofer; veins 

 rather indistinct; apical cells shortened. 



Color, light yellowish or pallid with ivory luster, the vertex and pro- 

 thorax unmarked, the front with a central lighter stripe bordered by brown- 

 ish suffused stripes becoming darker on the clypeus; beak blackish at base 

 and tip; elytra with a distinct black border at the apex, fading toward the 

 disk; abdomen above irregularly marked with black; the pygofer with 

 black at base and sides and along the inferior border; venter blackish with 

 segments bordered with whitish; the ovipositor black. 



Genitalia: Last ventral segment of female slightly sinuous, the hind 

 border of ovipositor for extending about one-fourth its length beyond the 

 pygofer. 



Described from four specimens, all females, received from Mr. 

 E. S. Tucker, and collected at Piano, Texas, May, 1907. This 

 species at first sight closely resembles vittatus, but is distinctly 

 smaller and lacks the characteristic markings of that species for 

 the elytra, prothorax, vertex and front. Its food plant is not 

 known. 



PHLOX STOLONIFERA REDISCOVERED IN OHIO. 



Robert F. Griggs. 



Phlox stolonifera vSims., or as it is better known Phlox reptans 

 Michx., was reported from Ohio by Riddell in his "Western Flora" 

 in 1835 as occurring on "argilaceous hillsides." No more precise 

 locality is given than the simple notation, "0., Ky. " Since that 

 time until the present season the plant has never been observed 

 within the borders of the state and its known range, "The Alleg- 

 heny region. Pa. to Ky. and Ga. " gave no ground for expecting 

 it in Ohio. For this reason Dr. Kellerman in making his "Foiu-th 

 State Catalog of Ohio Plants" excluded it from the list. It was 

 therefore a great pleasure to come upon a bed of it in ftill flower 

 on Little Rocky Branch of Big Pine Creek in Hocking County, 

 May 30, 1910, where it was growing in a deep cold Hemlock 

 forest. 



