March, 1918] Tingids from the West Indies 175 



straight as in L. tabida H.-S. and L. plana Heid. and not 

 rounded as in L. simnlans Heid. This species is probably most 

 closely allied to L. tabida H.-S., the sugar-cane Tingid, but 

 easily separated from it by the shorter spines on the head, the 

 much less rounded outer margins of the elytra, and the adven- 

 titious nervure in the discoidal area is wanting. Type in the 

 author's collection. 



Leptostyla mcelfreshi sp. new. 



Antennae very long, slender, reaching beyond the apex of 

 the abdomen; first segment slightly swollen, straight, about 

 four times as long as the second, the second segment short; 

 third segment very long, slightly curved, slender, cylindrical, 

 about four times the length of the first ; fourth segment sparsely 

 pilose, rather slender, equal to the first in length. Bucculas 

 contiguous in front, broad, rather finely reticulate. Rostrum 

 extending between the intermediate coxee. Pronotum finely 

 reticulate, tricarinate; median carina enormously elevated, 

 somewhat triangular, a little higher than the hood behind the 

 middle, quite widely reticulated, contiguous with the median 

 carina of the hood near the base; lateral carince composed of a 

 single series of large areolae, widely separated from the base of 

 the hood, parallel with the median carina. Hood rather large, 

 widely reticulated, obliquely conical with the sides somewhat 

 flattened and the apex back of the middle. Paranota very 

 enormously expanded, not very broad at the base and becoming 

 narrower outwardly, widely and irregularly reticulate, the 

 areolae becoming smaller towards the base, quite strongly 

 reflexed, the anterior and posterior margins slightly reflexed 

 and somewhat undulate, trough-shaped. Legs rather slender 

 and long. Head short, with five long slender spines, the frontal 

 spines directed forward, approximating at the tip and appearing 

 almost like a single spine, shortest; median spine semi-erect, a 

 little shorter than the first antennal segments; the two lateral 

 spines (one on each side) arising beneath the hood, extending 

 forward and strongly curved upward, slightly shorter than the 

 median spine. Wings not quite as long as the abdomen. Elytra 

 extending to far beyond the apex of the abdomen, diverging 

 posteriorly, distinctly constricted near the middle, narrowed at 

 the base and gradually widening, rounded at the tip; costal 

 area irregularly reticulate, narrowed at the base and apex, with 



