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the injury to the leaves caused by the feeding of both nymphs 

 and adults. 



Monanthia coloradensis sp. nov. (Fig. i; b). — Form and color similar to 

 that of M. labeculata Uhler, but considerably larger and more robust. 

 Head short, with three blunt, very short, frontal spines. Bucculse large, 

 prominent, coarsely pitted, closed in front. Antennae: basal segment 

 strongly swollen, slightly curved outwards; second segment less swollen, 

 slightly shorter than the first; third segment slenderest, nude, three times 

 the length of the fourth ; fourth segment swollen towards the apex, clothed 

 with a few bristly hairs, longer than the first and second conjoined. Apex 

 of rostrum concealed by the point upon which the insect is moynted. Pro- 

 notum tricarinate, the median carina extending the entire length of the 

 prothorax, the lateral basal carinse low, short, and diverging posteriorly; 

 lateral margins broad, contiguous with the median carina. Elytra a little 

 longer than the abdomen, finely reticulate ; costal area rather broad, uni- 



FiG. I. a, Monanthia labeculata Uhler; b, M. coloradensis sp. nov. 

 (Photo, by author.) 



seriate, the areolae much larger than in labeculata; subcostal area finely 

 reticulate, with five rows of areolae at the widest part; discoidal area ex- 

 tending slightly beyond the middle of the elytra, finely reticulate, with six 

 rows of areolae at the widest part, sutural area broad, the areolae a little 

 larger than in the discoidal area. Wings visible. Length, 3.5 mm. ; width, 

 1.54 mm. 



Color. — Pronotum and lateral margins and elytra testaceous, the nervures 

 marked with brown and fuscous. Legs brown, the tips of tarsi fuscous. 

 Antennae: first and second segments fuscous; third testaceous; fourth 

 blackish. Head and abdomen beneath piceous. Rostral sulcus, bucculae, 

 anterior margin of pronotum, and posterior margin of the pro- and meta- 

 thoracic pleurae margined with dirty white. 



