488 



FAMILY XV. — TINGIDID^E. 



aa. Subcostal area with but a single row of cells; third antennal much 

 more than twice the length of fourth. 

 c. Discoidal area finely pubescent; costal area with large cells. 



d. Antenna? rather densely shortly pilose; elytra with a large irreg- 



ular pale spot on discoidal areas. 458. scrupulosa. 



dd. Antenna? very sparsely pilose; elytra with dark-brown markings 



on discoidal and sutural areas. 459. vanduzeei. 



cc. Discoidal area glabrous; costal area with small or very small cells. 



e. General color dark brown, the elytra with fuscous markings; 



front margin of pronotum subtruncate, its middle but slightly 

 prolonged forward. 460. SACCHARi. 



ee. General color pale brownish-yellow, with darker brown markings; 

 front margin of pronotum bisinuate, its middle forming a tri- 

 angle which is prolonged forward. 461. belfragei. 



456 (671). Teleonemia nigrina Champion, 1898, 41. 



Elongate, narrow, subparallel. Body beneath black or piceous, 

 clothed with a short whitish pubescence; upper surface dark gray or 

 brownish-gray; elytra with a few very small blackish spots, the long 



narrow cells of costal area hyaline, sep- 

 arated by transverse black nervures; 

 antennae and legs brown; tibiae with 

 apical halves pale. Head with a short, 

 blunt median spine. Antennae very 

 stout, joints 1 and 2 short, subequal, 

 thickly pilose, 3 almost twice as long 

 as 4, the latter subconical. Pronotum 

 with front margin truncate; disk finely 

 punctate, its three carina? low, each 

 with a single row of small cells ; para- 

 nota with distinct cells. Elytra widest at 

 middle, then slightly constricted, the 



Api- 

 cal ventral of female usually with a 

 large stout, obliquely projecting tubercle each side. Length, 3.2 — 3.6 mm. 

 (Fig. 115). 



Santa Clara Co., Cal., August {Gerhard). Ranges from Mis- 

 souri and North Carolina west and southwest to California, 

 Texas and Mexico. Its known food plants comprise species of 

 Rhus, Adenostegia, Sphoeralcea, Verbena, Helenium, etc. The dull 

 color, short, stout antennae and tubercles of apical ventral of 

 female make it easily known. The tubercles, however, are said 

 to vary much in size and shape and are sometimes wanting. 



457 ( — ). Teleonemia cylindricornis Champion, 1898, 41. 



Elongate-oval, widest behind the middle. Dull brownish-yellow; 

 elytral nervures vaguely mottled with fuscous; antennae, tips of tarsi, 

 and under surface fuscous-brown; cells of the costal area hyaline. 



Fig. 114. Teleonemia scrupulosa 

 Stal. Fig. 115, T. nigrina Champ., X punctures of discoidal area deep. 

 10. (After Champion). 



