496 FAMILY XV. — TINGIDID^. 



Vienna, Va., Aug. 18 (Barber). Known only from Maryland, 

 Virginia, Mississippi and the District of Columbia where it 

 occurs, June to August, on the pencil flower, Stylosanthes 

 hi flora (L). 



468 (677). Atheas exiguus Heidemann, 1909, 233. 



Elongate, flattened, subparallel. Head, joints 1, 2 and 4 of antennas, 

 under surface and basal two-thirds or more of pronotum, black; joint 3 

 of antennae, apical third of pronotum, carina?, paranota and elytra pale 

 grayish-yellow, the nervures brownish; buccula? and legs straw-yellow, 

 last tarsal and claws blackish. Antenniferous tubercles short, acute. 

 Pronotum with median carina percurrent, lateral ones abbreviated in 

 front; disk convex at middle, flattened in front and behind; paranota 

 widest in front. Elytra widest in front of middle, tips broadly rounded; 

 discoidal area widest at middle, reaching apical fourth of elytra, very 

 finely reticulate; subcostal area as in key; costal area with a single row 

 of rather large hyaline cells. Length, 2 — 2.3 mm. (Fig. 119, b) . 



Sevenoaks, Fla., May 1 (Van Dusee). This is the type local- 

 ity and it is recorded only from that State. 



469 (679). Atheas austroriparius Heidemann, 1909, 234. 



Elongate-oval. Black; paranota and costal area yellowish-hyaline; 

 carina? and apical fifth of hind portion of pronotum and legs dull yellow; 

 joints 1, 2 and 4 of antennas black, 3 straw-yellow, narrowly black at 

 base; tarsi fuscous. Pronotum shorter and broader than in the other 

 species, disk feebly convex, closely and deeply punctate; apex of hind lobe 

 obtusely rounded. Elytra as in key, costal area with one row of medium 

 sized cells and some smaller ones near margin; discoidal area very long, 

 reaching tip of abdomen with four rows of cells at widest point. Length, 

 2.6 mm. (Fig. 119, c) . 



Recorded from Duval Co., Fla., several stations in Missis- 

 sippi, and Columbus, Tex. Larger and stouter than mimeticus, 

 with subcostal area wider than costal one. 



470 (678). Atheas mimeticus Heidemann, 1909, 235. 



Elongate-oval. Color of exiguus, the pronotum more extensively 

 blackish with carina? pale; basal one-third of second antennal black; 

 nerves of elytra more distinctly brownish. Pronotum broader, carina? 

 lower; paranota straight, less widened in front; apex of posterior portion 

 wider, more obtuse. Elytra broader, sides feebly but regularly curved 

 from base to tips; costal area distinctly wider, more flattened, with two 

 rows of cells; discoidal area with larger ocellate cells. Brachypterous 

 form shorter, stouter, the elytra not passing tip of abdomen. Length, 

 2.2—2.5 mm. (Fig. 119, d) . 



Onaga, Kan., Oct. 2 (Tan Dusee). Albuquerque, N. Mex., 

 Aug. 30 (Osborn). Recorded from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kan- 



