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five rows of areolae near the middle or widest part; subcostal 

 area narrow, finely reticulate, with three rows of areolse; dis- 

 coidal area rather small and short, finely reticulate, with four 

 rows of cells at the widest part, extending a little beyond the 

 apex of the posterior triangular process of the pronotum; 

 sutural area irregularly reticulate. Length, 3.6 mm. ; width 

 (elytra at constriction) 1.8 mm. 



Color: Body beneath brownish. Legs testaceous, the tips of 

 tarsi darker. Rostrum testaceous, the apex infuscate. Antennas 

 testaceous, the basal segment partially embrowned and the 

 distal seven-eighths of apical segment dark fuscous. Bucculae 

 and rostral laminae whitish. Areolae mostly semi-transparent. 

 Nervures yellowish- white, the marginal nervure of paranota, a 

 few nervelets in discoidal and costal areas, a large spot on the 

 median carina, and an oblique fascia (formed by the three 

 nervures and nervelets connecting them) arising a little beyond 

 the discoidal area and extending to the apex of each elytron 

 brown. In this oblique fascia the middle nervure is lowered 

 and forms a shallow furrow. 



Two male specimens, taken at Port au Prince, Haiti, during 

 the month of January. This species is most closely allied to 

 L. vesiculosa Champion and L. tumida Champion, but readily 

 separated from these species by the smaller hood, the longer 

 spines on the head and the enormously developed paranota. 

 Type in the author's collection. I have named the species in 

 honor of the late Frank M. McElfresh, a great student, collector 

 and worker in this group of insects. Some of the records pub- 

 lished by Osborn and Drake in the Ohio Journal of Science 

 (Vol. XVII) were taken from this collection. Although Mr. 

 McElfresh had excellent knowledge of this group of insects and 

 was preparing to monograph the Tingidae of North America he 

 left no notes or manuscripts and had published no papers on 

 the Tingids. 



Syracuse, N. Y. 



The Editor regrets the delay in the appearance of the 

 March issue of the Journal of Science. It was due to the loss 

 of a large part of the proof in transmission. 



Date of Publication, April 25, 1918. 



