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high and narrow, occupying almost all of subcostal and discoidal areas; 
costal area broad. with two rows of areolae at the base and with five at 
its widest part. Nervures sparsely clothed with a few, fine, long hairs; 
lateral margins of varancta and elytra finely and rather regularly serrate 
(two rows). Antennae rather long, moderately slender; first segment 
a little thicker and nearly twice as long as the second; third segment 
nearly two and a half times as long as the fourth. Bucculae contiguous 
in front. 
General color yellowish brown with brown or fuscous markings. Tarsi 
and fourth antennal segment, except small basal portion fuscous. Median 
nervure of hood, a spot on median carina, three narrow, transverse streaks 
(mostly nervures) on costal area and a couple small marks on tumid 
elevation brown or fuscous. Body beneath brownish. 
Type (male), Dunedin, Fla., Jan. 17, 1919, Mr. W. S. Blatchley 
collector, in writer’s collection. Paratypes in collection of 
Blatchley. This species is very distinct and not easilv confused 
with the North and South American species of Stephanitis and 
Leptobyrsa. 
The generic characters of Stephanitis and Leptobyrsa need to 
be studied carefully. The hood, lateral carinae and length of 
elytra vary in different species. One North American svecies of 
Leptobyra has no lateral carina; in some species the hood is 
present and in others it is wanting. . 
Leptodictya tabida Herrich-Schaffer. 
Brownsville, Texas, Dec. 19, 1910. This is the first record 
of the sugar-cane tingitid in United States. It is a fairly common 
species in Mexico and the West Indies and at times is of con- 
siderable economic importance. . 
Leptodictya plana Heidemann. 
Columbus, Miss., June 24, 1921, and’ Starkville, Miss., Aug. 
1921, collected by the writer. The specimens were swept from 
grasses but I was not able to locate the food plant. 
Leptoypha costata Parshley. 
This species was taken in large numbers on an ash tree, Frav- 
inus sp., at Aberdeen, Miss., June 26, 1921, by H. L. Dozier and 
the writer. 
Leptoypha meatella Drake. 
Dunedin, Fla., April 8, 1921, W. S. Blatchely collector. This 
species feeds on wild olive, Osmanthus americanus, and the 
types were taken at Gainesville, Fla. 
Teleonemia cylindricornis Champion. 
Caledonia, Miss., June 25, 1921, M. R. Smith collector. Palaski, 
