TWO NEW TINGIDS FROM THE WEST INDIES 



(HEM.-HETER.) 



By Carl J. Drake, 

 New York State College of Forestry. 



Leptodictya bambusae sp. new. 



Body elongate, narrow, very flat. Antennae long, slender; 

 first segment almost twice as long as the second; third segment 

 very long, slender, nearly four times as long as the first and 

 second conjoined; fourth segment broken off. Head armed 

 with five, long, slender, semi-erect spines, the anterior ones 

 extending slightly beyond the apices of the first antennal 

 segments. Eyes rather large, globular, the facets large. Rostrum 

 extending between the intermediate coxae. Pronotum finely 

 punctured, with the sides narrowed anteriorly, with three low 

 carinae; paranota formed as in L. tabida H.-S., with two rows 

 or areolae when viewed from above; the outer margin straight. 

 Legs rather slender. Wings extending slightly beyond the tip of 

 the abdomen. Elytra extending to far beyond the tip of the 

 abdomen, the outer margins much less rounded and straighter 

 than in L. tabida H.-S. ; costal area widest near the middle, 

 with three to four irregular rows of areolae, the row of areolae 

 along the distal three-fourths of outer margins a little larger 

 and more regular than the others; subcostal area narrow, 

 biseriate, the areolae small; discoidal area finely reticulated, 

 extending a little beyond the middle of the elytra, with five 

 rows of areolae at the widest part; sutural area broad, the 

 areolae becoming larger towards the apex. Hood a little longer 

 than broad, rather finely reticulate, covering the base of the 

 head. Length, 2.65 mm.; wddth, 1 mm. 



Color: Areolae transparent, slightly irridescent, the nervures 

 yellowish white. Thorax beneath reddish-brown, the abdomen 

 testaceous. Legs testaceous, the tarsi darker. Head, eyes, and 

 a small portion of the pronotum just back of the hood black. 

 Bucculae and rostral laminae whitish. Antennae whitish, the 

 third segment slightly embrowned towards the apex. 



Two specimens, taken on the leaves of bamboo, Bambusa 

 vulgaris Schard., at May agues, Porto Rico, July 21, 1914, by 

 Dr. R. H. Von Zwalenburg. It belongs to the group of Lep- 

 todictya which have the outer margins of the paranota distinctly 



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