Nov., 1910] New Species of Near die Tingidce, 15 



Melanorhopala duryi spec. nov. (Fig. 3d.) 



Somewhat allied to M. iiniformis Stal, but easily distin- 

 guished from that species by the shorter and more swollen third 

 segment of the antennae and its much smaller size. 



AntenncU rather stout, short, closely beset with short decumbent 

 hairs; first segment a little longer and stronger than the second; second 

 segment very short; third segment moderately long, quite stout, more 

 strongly swollen toward the tip; fourth segment short, slender, conical. 



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Fh;. 3. Antennae: a. Melanorhopala clavata Stal; b, M. Inrida Stal; c, M. clavata 

 Sta]; (1, .1/. duryi n. sp. (Drawings by J. I. Haml)leton). 



Rostrum very long, reaching between the posterior coXcC. Head with 

 five long deflected spines. Pronotum narrowed in front, wdth three 

 longitudinal carinse; membranous pronotal margins narrow% reflected 

 back against the surface of the pronotum. Elytra extending a little 

 beyond the apex of the abdomen ; discoidal area extending beyond the 

 middle of the elytra; boundaries between discoidal, sutural, and sub- 

 costal areas strongly raised. Length, 3.45 mm.; width, 1.9 mm. 



Color : General color, dull yellow-brown ; apex of third and fourth 

 antennal segments infuscated. 



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Described from a single 9 specimen, taken at Brownsville, 

 Texas, by Mr. Chas. Dury. 



