EDMUND H. GIBSON 199 



Type. — cf ; Para, Brazil, collection of the United States 

 National Museum. Type number 22141. 

 No record of food plant. 



Gargaphia opacula Uhler 



1S93. Uhler, North Amer. Fauna, vii, p. 2G3. 



1894. Uhler, Proc. Cahf. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, iv, p. 178. 



1894. C. H. T., Tovrasend, Can. Ent., xxvi, p. 313. 



1914. Van Duzee, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., ii, p. 11. 



1917. Van Duzee, Catalogue of Hemiptera of America, p. 218, no. 656. 



Head black, ej'es prominent, spines prominent and erect, pronotal pair rather 

 small. First two and fourth segments of antennae black, third yellowish. 

 Pronotum very convex and hairy. Hood not as high as median carina. Three 

 carinae straight, parallel, and comparatively low and thick. Lateral margins 

 carinate, with but one row of areoles and fitting close to pronotum. Elji:ra 

 whitish with nervures yellowish or brown. Costal area with two rows of 

 areoles and subcostal with three rows. Legs brown, tarsi and claws black. 

 Length, 3 mm.; width, 1.2 mm. 



The type, a female, numbered 1189, from the Argus Mountains, 

 California, and numerous other specimens from California, Utah, 

 and Kansas, are in the collection of the United States National 

 Museum. A specimen from California is labeled "on Dahlia 

 spinosa.'^ Van Duzee records specimens captured from willow. 

 Mr. C. H. T. Townsend records having found it abundant on 

 young egg-plants at Las Cruces, New Mexico. 



Gargaphia carinata new species 



Head spines long and erect, yellow. Head black, shiny. First two and 

 fourth segments of antennae black, third yellowish brown. Pronotal hood of 

 medium size, about twice as long as broad. Three parallel carinae higher than 

 hood with a row of large clear areoles. Lateral membranous margins angu- 

 lar and distinctly short. Membranous portions with long hairs. Elytra 

 narrow and elongate with two rows of areoles in costal area, three in subcostal, 

 and four in discoidal. Discoidal area about one-half the length of elytra. 

 Nervures of elytra various shades of brown, without pattern. General ap- 

 pearance brown. Legs light. Length, 2.5 mm.; width, 1.1 mm. 



Type. — 9 ; Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. Collected by 

 Mr. E. A. Schwarz. In collection of the United States National 

 Museum. Type number 22142. 



This is very distinct from any other species of the genus and 

 easily can be recognized by its small size, high pronotal carinae, 

 and short membranous margins of pronotum. 



No record of any food plant is available. 



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