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Gargara pulchripennis Stal. 



Gargara pulchripennis Stal, Hem. Phil. (1870), 729; Funkh., Journ. 

 Ent. & Zool. (1914), 6, 70. 



Gargara pulchripennis may be recognized at once by the beau- 

 tiful dark brown and white markings of the tegmina. These 

 markings are rather irregular and confluent, but usually show 

 a distinct cross stripe of white near the base, followed by 

 checkered areas of small brown and white patches. The base 

 of the tegmina is ferruginous and pubescent, the tip narrowly 

 dark brown with a white stripe just before it. The entire 

 tegmen is opaque. 



The posterior process is rather short, not reaching the interior 

 angle of the tegmina, slightly depressed at base, and bluntly 

 tectiform at tip. The scutellum is very distinct. 



Length, 4 mm. ; maximum width, 2 mm. 



Philippine Islands (Stal) ; Mindanao, Butuan; Luzon, Mount 

 Maquiling, Los Bailos {Baker). 



Gargara nigrofasciata Stal. 



Gargara nigrofasciata Stal, Hem. Phil. (1870), 729; Funkh., Journ. 

 Ent. & Zool. (1914), 6, 70; Funkh., Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. (1914), 

 22, 235. 



Gargara nigrofasciata is apparently variable, showing a 

 gradation in tegminal markings from the broad-striped form 

 described by Stal to specimens in which the stripe is narrowed 

 to a very narrow ferruginous line. There seem to be no specific 

 differences in the series. 



Usually the median dorsal carina is obsolete or visible only 

 upon the posterior process. This process is rather thin and 

 very sharp, reaching the internal angle of the tegmina. The 

 pronotum is black, densely punctate, but not pubescent. The 

 eyes are very prominent and reddish. 



The description of a single individual would be misleading, 

 owing to the variety of tegminal markings, and since these 

 markings were used as the principal character in erecting the 

 species, a long series must be studied before accurate specific 

 limits can be established. 



Length, 3.5 mm. ; maximum width, 1.5 mm. 



Philippine Islands (Stal) ; Luzon, Mount Maquiling, Mount 

 Banahao; Mindanao, Iligan, Dapitan {Baker). 



Gargara tuberciilata Funkh. 



Gargara tuberculata Funkh., Journ. Ent. & Zool. (1914), 6, 70, 

 fig. 6. 



