494 FAMILY XV. — TINGIDID^E. 



within discoidal area darker; under surface chestnut-brown, buceuhe 

 and margins of pleura paler. Antenna? pubescent, joints 1 and 2 brown, 

 1 stouter and one-half longer than 2; 3 large, clavate, its basal third 

 more slender than 2, apical third fuscous, as wide 

 as the length of 1 ; 4 fuscous, very small, conical. 

 Pronotum subcylindrical, narrowed in front, its 

 middle third convex, paranota closely reflexed 

 against the sides of disk, front margin curved, 

 slightly elevated to form a collar; carina? low, 

 median one percurrent. Elytra much surpassing 

 abdomen; costal area reflexed, cells of sutural area 

 rather large. Length, 4.5 mm. Brachypterous 

 form — Broadly oval. Pronotum flat, less broad- 

 ened behind. Elytra but slightly longer than abdo- 

 men, costal margin strongly curved, tips narrowly 

 rounded. Length, 3.7 mm. (Fig. 118). 



Ranges from Connecticut west to Penn- 

 sylvania and south to Washington, D. C, 

 Flg '( After pL e rTh /ey » X 8 " occurring from June to September. 

 466 ( — ). Hesperotingis illinoiensis Drake, 1918b, 88. 



Form and size of antennata. Above uniform yellowish-brown, some- 

 times tinged with fuscous; under surface and legs brown; tarsi, fourth 

 antennal and apical half of third blackish. Antenna? stout, reaching be- 

 yond base of elytra, joint 3 very large, clavate, much longer than in 

 antennata; 4 elliptical, one-third longer than 1. Pronotum coarsely punc- 

 tate; paranota nearly vertical, with one row of cells. Elytra surpassing 

 abdomen, tips broadly rounded; costal area as in key; subcostal with two 

 rows of cells. Length, 4.1 — 4.6 mm. 



Known only from Palos Park, 111., where it was taken July 8 

 by Gerhard. 



VIII. Atheas Champion, 1898, 44. 



Small oblong or elongate, subparallel depressed species hav- 

 ing the head armed with a single obtuse tubercle in front, the 

 antennif erous spines prominent, usually acute ; antennae slen- 

 der, joints 1 and 2 stouter, 1 twice or more the length of 2, 3 

 about as long as the others united, 4 fusiform ; pronotum tri- 

 carinate, its margins very narrow and with one row of cells, the 

 triangular posterior portion rather short with tip obtuse ; elytra 

 much surpassing abdomen, oblong-oval or subparallel, their 

 tips broadly rounded ; discoidal areas extending beyond middle, 

 subcostal area with one to three rows of cells. Nine nominal 

 species are recognized, four from the eastern states. 



