56 NOTES ON JAMAICAN HEMIPTERA 



Described from one pair taken at Balaclava, April 5th, 

 another example taken with these, and two others from St. 

 Margaret's Bay, April 12th. This species may best be dis- 

 tinguished from novella tropicalis by its wanting the black dots 

 and median line on the pronotum and the black apex of the 

 clypeus. The yellow veins on the base of the elytra seem to 

 persist. The genital characters are very characteristic and in 

 the female seem to ally this species with tenella O. & B. from 

 Mexico. 



Agallia liturata n. sp. 



Form of constrict a nearly. Front broad, strongly sinuate below the 

 antennae, apex broad, abruptly narrowed to the clypeus which is somewhat 

 ovate. Last ventral segment of the female short at the sides, the outer 

 angles a little prominent, the middle one third produced and almost square 

 with the apex broadly angularly emarginate. Valve of the male transverse, 

 appearing as an additional ventral segment; plates together triangular, a 

 little longer than broad at base, sides slightly sinuated, apex obtuse. Length 

 3 to 3*4 mm. 



Color pale fulvous brown, vertex except the median line and another 

 near the eye, cheeks, lorae, and the usual bilobate median vitta of the front, 

 pale; frontal sutures, apex of the clypeus usually, antennal pits, ocelli, and 

 two dots above them on the vertex black. Pronotum with pale marks form- 

 ing two arcs beginning at the middle of the anterior margin and diverging 

 to the center of the disk where they are deflected at right angles almost to 

 the inner angle of the eye, behind which they form an oval ring. In dark 

 examples the median vitta, a small spot at the inner angle of the eye and a 

 larger oval one near the basal margin either side of the eye are deepened 

 almost or quite to a black color. Ground color of the elytra brown on which 

 the strong nervures are conspicuous, these are connected by a number of 

 supernumerary transverse nervures in the marginal and apical areoles and 

 on the clavus. Wings deep smoky brown with blackish nervures. Scutellum 

 pale with the basal angles and a median spot dusky. Abdomen pale with 

 the tergum darker and the apex of the ultimate ventral segment dusky. 

 Legs pale, the posterior tibiae embrowned beneath; tarsal claws deep black. 



Described from fifteen examples taken at Rock Fort, near 

 Kingston, March '25th; Montego Bay, April 7th; Richmond, 

 April 15th and Mandeville. This species must bear a very 

 close resemblance to Balli Baker (described as reticulata by 

 Ball; Psyche, IX, p. 127, 1900) from Hayti but the very differ- 

 ent genital characters will at once separate them. 



Agallia scortea n. sp. 



Form of ocutata nearly, Vertex very short; face flat; front short and 

 broad, sides feebly sinuated below the eye and rounded to the broad apex; 

 clypeus long, widened apically; lorae rather wide, cheeks strongly angled at 

 about their middle, not attaining the apex of the loras. Pronotum unusually 



