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FAMILY XV. — TINGIDID/E. 



Tinginse Stal, which is characterized by having the scutellum 

 wholly concealed by the prolonged triangular posterior portion 

 of pronotum and the clavus wanting. For convenience of 

 treatment the subfamily is separated into three tribes. The 

 names of the principal structures used in their classification 

 are shown in figs. 96 and 97. 



Spine 



■Vert 



Marginal 



Bucc 



Hemielytron 



Fig. 07. Structures of Tingididje 



a Dorsal view of head and pronotum of Gelchossa oblonga (Say) ; b, dorsal view 

 ronotum or (or^/Mu-, dliata (Say); c and a, lateraj t and ventra views o the 

 ■ species. All greatly enlarged. (After Garman in Hemiatera oi ( onnectieutj. 



of pronotu 

 same spec 



