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Genus Termatophylidea Reuter and Poppius 



Termatophylidea Reuter and Poppius, Ofv. Finska Vet.-Soc. Forh., vol. 54a, pt. 

 1, p. 4, 1912.— Usinger, Ent. News, vol. 46, p. 271, 1935. 



Type of genus: Termatophylidea pilosa Reuter and Poppius (1912, 

 loc. cit.). 



Termatophylidea ocellata, new species 



Plate 31, c 



Characterized by its color, tubercle on apex of scutellum and corium, 

 structure of pronotum, and position of eyes on the head. 



Female: Length 4.7 mm., width 1.6 mm. Head length 0.8 mm., 

 width 0.6 mm., vertex 0.26 mm. Antennae segment I length 0.3 

 mm.; II, 0.8 mm.; Ill and IV broken. Pronotum length 0.8 mm., 

 width at base 1.1 mm. Rostrum length 1.3 mm., segment I length 

 0.14 mm.; II, 0.53 mm.; Ill, 0.28 mm.; IV, 0.35 mm. 



Color: Pale translucent with dark spots or areas; head and pro- 

 notum sordid yellow, clypeus with a reddish longitudinal fascia 

 on each side, these fasciae uniting at the labrum, ej'^es dark brown; 

 side of head behind each eye with two brownish fasciae; antennae 

 pale yellowish, the basal joints darker with traces of red externally; 

 pronotum with fuscous to brownish fasciae above callused line of 

 lateral margin, the pleural region brownish, median longitudinal 

 carina of pronotum whitish; mesoscutum and scutellum yellowish, 

 brown at middle; hemielytra glassy, clavus with regular brownish 

 spots at base of hairs, corium with the same spots bordering clavus 

 and embolium, denser near corial commissure adjoining apex of 

 clavus and near median portion of embolium, a blackish brown area 

 on outer apical portion of corium and embolium enclosing internally 

 a well marked hyaline spot and bordering another light area between 

 dark area and dark spots of corial commissure; extreme base and apex 

 of cuneus and extreme base of corium dark brown; tubercle on apex of 

 scutellum and extreme apex of embolium (the latter with a yellow 

 area at base) black; membrane infumate at extreme base, with a dark 

 fascia at each apical angle of areola, the fasciae uniting towards the 

 apex where they form a large dark brown area bordering distal margin 

 of membrane; transversal apical portion of vein areola red; legs 

 and abdomen pale yellow, the latter with a lateral fascia showing 

 some darker areas, claws brown. 



Head strongly pointed, vertex with a V-shaped depression level 

 with posterior margin of eyes, carinate; eyes large, touching the gula 

 below, distant from collar by a space equal to half the length of eye 

 or half the length of first antennal segment; rostrum reaching the 



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