THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF TELEONEMIA 

 OCCURRING NORTH OF MEXICO. 



Bv Caul J. Dkakk, 

 Xrw York State College of Forestry. 



The genus Teleonemia of Costa belongs to that group in the 

 family Tingida? (^Hemiptera-Heteroptera) which have the 

 nervures or veins of the delicate lace-like structure much 

 thickened and the peculiar lacy appearance which is so char- 

 acteristic of the family is somewhat obscured. In the culmina- 

 tion of species the genus, no doubt, attains its maximum in 

 the warmer climates, both tropical and subtropical America 

 being represented by a number of closely allied forms; in fact 

 it seems to be the genus which is most characteristic of the 

 family Tingidae of tropical America. The most northern 

 localities represented by specimens before me are Utah, Kansas, 

 Missouri and both North and South Carolina. Stal (1873, 

 p. 131) enumerates eleven species, two from North America 

 and nine from South America. Two species are listed by 

 Uhler (1886, p. 22) for North America, elongata being a manu- 

 script name. Champion (1898a, p. 34) gives fourteen species 

 for Mexico and Central America, twelve being described as 

 new. Both Banks (1910, p. 57) and Van Duzee (1917a, p. 26 

 and 1917b,, p. 221) catalogue five species that have been taken 

 north of Mexico. The present paper includes eight North 

 American species that occur north of Mexico, schwarzi, consors 

 and barberi being described herein as new. 



Material Examined: The author is very much indebted to 

 Professors Lovett, Ayers, Dean, Osborn, Ferris, Van Duzee, 

 Johannsen and Knight for the loan or presentation of specimens 

 of Teleonemia. Many thanks are also due to Mr. Edmund 

 Gibson who has very kindly permitted the writer to study 

 the determined species as well as the undetermined specimens in 

 the National Museum. 



According to Champion (1898a, p. 34) and Van Duzee 

 ('1917b, p. 221) the bibliography and synonomy of the genus 

 Teleonemia may be stated as follows: 



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