NEW AND NOTEWORTHY TINGID^ FROM THE 



UNITED STATES. 



By Carl J. Drake. 



In studying numerous American specimens of this heterop- 

 terous family I have recently recognized a few forms new to the 

 fauna of the United States. These forms are listed and 

 described herein so that their names will be available for future 

 work in the family. 



Acalypta cooleyi spec. nov. 



Form elongate. Head long, strongly deflected, armed with two 

 prominent, blunt, porrect spines (one on each side of the median line 

 just above the antenna) ; a rather long, blunt, straight tubercle on each 

 side of the head between the eye and antenna. Eyes large, prominent, 

 the facets few and large. Antennae moderately long and stout; basal 

 segment greatly swollen, twice as long as the second; second segment 

 moderately swollen, short, obconical; third segment slenderest, a 

 little longer than the other three conjoined; terminal segment moder- 

 ately swollen, fusiform, a little longer than the first and second together. 

 Pronotum coarsely punctate, tricarinate, the carinae considerably 

 raised and each composed of a single series of areolae. Hood moderately 

 large, reaching slightly over the base of the head, the anterior margin 

 almost triangular. Lateral membraneous pronotal margins moderately 

 broad, reflected, angularly dilated behind the middle, biseriate in greater 

 jmrt, but with two or three extra areolae at the anterior end and with 

 only a single series back of the angle. Posterior process of pronotum 

 triangular, distinctly reticulate. Thorax punctate beneath. Rostral 

 sulcus deep; rostrum reaching slightly beyond the meso-metasternal 

 suture. Elytra extending considerably beyond the apex of the abdomen, 

 broadly rounded at the apex, overlapping on the inner margins, the 

 outer margins straighter than in A . lillianis Bueno ; costal area with one 

 com]jlete and partial series of areolae at the base and near the posterior 

 end; subcostal area long, narrow, with three rows of areolae; discoidal 

 area reaching a little beyond the middle of the elytra, with five rows of 

 areolae at its widest part; sutural area broad, the inner margin, excepting 

 a few cells at the base, with the areolae regularly arranged. Wings 

 a little longer than the abdomen. Apex of abdomen concealed by the 

 point upon which the insect is mounted. Length, 2.9 mm.; width, 

 1.2 mm. 



Color. General color dark grayish-brown. Head and thorax 

 blackish. Antennae blackish, except third segment grayish-brown. 

 Legs dark grayish-brown, the tips of tarsi becoming darker. Posterior 

 portion of bucculae and rostral sulcus margined with whitish. 



One specimen, taken at Bozeman, Montana, June 13, 1913, 

 by Prof. Cooley. Type in the author's collection. 



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