June, 1918] Teleonemia North of Mexico 329 



ON-al in shape; eoslal area ])rominent, entirely uniseriate or uniseriate 



to bcvond the middle and irreKmlarly biseriate for a short distance 



towards the apex, the areoke lar-e. Legs sometimes marked or slightly 



annulated with fuscous, the tarsi black; apical segment of the antenna 



partly or entirely fuscous. Length, 4.1-4.5 mm.; width, l.S-l.SS mm. 



Barber (1910, p. 38) first records this species north of 



Mexico from specimens taken in the Huachuca Mts., Arizona. 



Champion (1898a, p. 42) describes the species from specimens 



taken in Mexico (Omilteme in Guerrero, 8,000 feet) and 



Guatemala (Capetillo, 4,000 feet). I have examined specimens 



from Prescott and Huachuca Mts. (Barber, collector), Arizona 



and Cordoba, Mexico (Fred Knab, collector). 



Teleonemia scrupulosa Stal. 



Teleonemia scrupulosa Stal, Enumeratio Hemipterorum, 

 Band, III, p. 132, 1873. Teleonemia scrupulosa Champion, 

 Biologia c'entrali- Americana, Rhynchota, Vol. II, p. 40, Tab. 

 Ill, Figs. 12 and 12a, 1898. 



Moderately elongate, rather narrow. General color dark gray or 

 brownish the elvtra with darker markings, the pubescence whitish. 

 Antennce'stout, moderately long, distinctly pilose, the third segment a 

 little less than three times the length of the fourth. Rostrum extendmg 

 to the meso- metastemal suture, the rostral groove gradually ^vldenlng 

 behind the anterior coxee. Pronotum with the canuce moderately 

 elevated and uniseriate, the paranota uniseriate, not qmte turned 

 back against the dorsal surface of the pronotum. Elytra constricted 

 back of the middle and widening towards the apices, with a transverse 

 fascia before the apex; costal area moderately broad, the areolae rather 

 lar-e and hyaline; discoidal area finely pubescent, the outer margin 

 curved or sometimes nearly straight ; subcostal area uniseriate. Length, 

 3.25-3.9 mm.; width, 1.1-1.3 mm. 



Champion (1898a, p. 41) reports this species as the most 

 common Teleonemia occurring in Mexico and Central America. 

 Numerous records have been published for the West Indian 

 Islands and the tropical and subtropical regions of both North 

 and South America by Stal (1873, p. 132), Champion (1898a, 

 p 40) and Van Duzee (1907, p. 22). Barber records the species 

 for Florida (1914, p. 507) and Texas (190G, p. 281). Seventy-six 

 specimens are at hand, representing the following localities: 

 Grenada, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, Hayti, Florida and 

 many records from Texas. 



Scrupnlosa has been taken on mint (Prof. Avers) and poppy 

 mallow, CalUrhoc involucrata. (Mr. J. D. Mitchell) m Texas. 



