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 11 Teleonemia lomianae Distant (^^) 



This Tingid was purposely introduced from Mexico to check 

 the Latana carrmra and has already succeeded to a wonderful 

 degree. 



I have not seen the ova, but they are probably laid in spots 

 raised on the leaf. 



The last nymphal instar is, like that of most Tingid nymphs, 

 dpinose. 



Suboval flat above or slightly concave, sternites convex. Tes- 

 taceous, varying to yellowish-brown, the abdomen sometimes 

 sanguineous, spines fuscous. Vertex with an apical porrcct 

 spine on each side of the middle and a median semierect one 

 just behind; a sublateral semierect one year the eye on each 

 side at the base. Labium reaches to the middle of the meta- 

 sternum, first segment reaching the base of the head, second 

 the apex of the fore coxae, third the middle of the mesoster- 

 num ; the fourth segment is the longest, being one-fourth longer 

 than the first, two-thirds longer than the second and twice 

 and a half as long as the third. The bucculae, etc., as in the 

 adult. The antennae are twice as long as the width of the 

 fore margin of the pronotum, the third segment is twice as 

 long as the fourth, which is more than twice as long as the 

 second, first and second subequal The pronotum is five-sided 

 and is about one-half wider than long, excluding spines. There 

 is a semierect spine at the posterolateral angle. The 

 tegminal pad has, one semierect lateral spine near the apex. 

 The hind femora are short, reaching to about half the length 

 of the abdomen, the trochanters are all remote, though a trifle 

 nearer to one another than to the lateral margins of the 

 body. The tergites have 5 lateral semierect spines, and one 

 medium spine near the apex, also 3 rows of smaller ones down 

 the middle. These spines are almost all shortly hairy, and in 

 addition there are smaller spines and capitate hairs scattered 

 over the body. The sternites are convex. The length of the 

 nymph is 2| times as great as its width. The pronotum behind 

 is about three-fourths wider than in front. 



(36) As Distant states thathe has compared our Lantana Tingid with the 

 types of T. notata and subfasciata, I have temporarily accepted his name, 

 though his description is poor and based on inadequate material, and I 

 cannot see how it is separable from T. notata. 



