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As stated by Champion (1898a, p. 41) the shortly pilose antenna 

 and pubescent discoidal area are the principal characters of the 

 species. 



Teleonemia sacchari Fabricius. 



Acantkia sacchari Fabricius, Entomologia Systematica, 

 Tom. IV, p. 77, 1794 ("Habitat in Americae meridionalis 

 InsuHs"). Tingis sacchari Fabricius, Systema Rhyngotorum, 

 p. 126, 1803. Alonanthia sacchari Herrich-Schaffer, Die Wan- 

 zenartigen Insecten, p. 85, V, Tab. CLXXIII, Fig. 533, 1839. 

 Alonanthia sacchari Fieber, Entomologische Monographein, 

 p. 70, Tab. VI, Figs. 22-25, 1844. 



Antennae slender, indistinctly pilose, brownish, the apical segment 

 sometimes partially or entirely dark brown or fuscous; third segment a 

 little less than three times the length of the fourth; fourth segment 

 slightly longer than the first and second taken together. Head reddish 

 brown, the median spine semi-erect and the dorsal spines a little longer 

 than in belfragei. General color brown , the elytra more or less variegated 

 with fuscous, the body beneath reddish brown. Pronotum sparsely 

 pubescent, brown or reddish brown, the carina; uniseriate, a little 

 thicker and not so highly elevated as in belfragei. Median carina 

 much less elevated anteriorly and the anterior margin of pronotum 

 more rounded than in belfragei. Legs pale brown, the tips of tibiae 

 and tarsi black. Elytra with the costal area narrow, the areola long 

 and very narrow; subcostal area biseriate; discoidal area glabrous. 

 Length, 3.7-3.85 mm.; width, 1-1.2 mm. 



Brazil and Mexico (Fieber, 1844, p. 76, and Herrich- 

 Schaffer, 1839, p. 85); Cuba and Island of St. Bartholomew 

 (Stal, 1873, p. 132); Lower California? (Uhler, 1894a, p. 278); 

 Jamaica (Van Duzee, 1907, p. 22); Balthazar, Is. St. Vincent 

 (Uhler, 1894b, p. 202-203, in part); Biscayne Bay and Key 

 West, Florida (Barber, 1914, p. 507). Of this species I have 

 examined tw^enty-nine specimens, representing the following 

 localities: Island of St. Vincent, Grenada, Cuba, Jamaica 

 (Mandeville, Van Duzee coll.) and Florida (Key West, Jan. 30, 

 1869, L. Worth, Feb. 6, 1887, and Biscayne, Sept. 20, 1889). 



The general color, length of the antennas and width of the 

 costal area is somewhat variable in this species. In a series of 

 specimens from Grenada the third segment of the antennae 

 varied .28 mm. in length. In most specimens the areolae in 

 the costal area are very narrow. 



