and the third the longest; venation white except carmine red in the 

 stigmatal region. Legs pale yellowish-white. 



Length of body 2.5 mm.; length to tip of elytra 6 mm.; elytral 

 expansion 11 mm. 



A specimen was taken by the writer while beating at 

 Weir, Miss., July 14, 1921. Mr. George G. Ainslie collected 

 this species by beating at Hurricane Mills, Tenn. The wild 

 cherry and hickory have been recorded as host plants. 



Amalopota mcateei, new species 



Resembling A. uhleri very closely but lacking the red 

 bands on the elytra. 



Body pale sanguineous, the abdomen distinctly red, the vertex and 

 thorax pale testaceous. Antennae pale, usually tinged with reddish, 

 the second segment long and flattened. Head, viewed from the side, 

 with vertex and carinae gradually rounded. Eyes dark brown to 

 black. Ocelli lacking. Elytra, when closed, extending about two- 

 thirds of their length beyond the abdomen, translucent, subhyaline, 

 pale milky- white in color, faintly dusky at base; the veins pale, be- 

 coming sanguineous at the base of the elytra; the inner margin at 

 apex sometimes with faint traces of sanguineous. Wings transparent, 

 the veins, pale, faintly sanguineous at their base. Legs yellowish. 

 The hind femora more or less invaded with sanguineous. 



Length of body 2.50-2.75 mm.; length to tip of elytra 5.75-6 mm.; 

 elytral expansion 11 mm. 



Fig. 33 Adult Amalopota mcateei Dozier, greatly enlarged (original) . 



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