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Psyche 
[June-Sept. 
TWO NEW TINGITIDS (HEMIPTERA) FROM 
PANAMA 
By Carl J. Drake 
Ames, Iowa 
The present paper contains the description of two new 
species of lace-bugs collected in the Canal Zone, Panama, by 
the author. The types are in the Drake Collection. 
Gargaphia paula sp. nov. 
Moderately short, broad, testaceous, the elytra with an 
oblique fuscous band near the apex. Head black, with five, 
pale, testaceous spines, the median and hind pair longer. 
Antennae slender, moderately long ; segments I and II black, 
the former stouter and three times as long as the latter; 
III long, testaceous, two and one-half times as long as IV ; 
IV long, the distal three-fourths black. Pronotum black, 
the triangular portion testaceous. Carinae foliaceous, tes- 
taceous, uniseriate ; lateral carinae not quite extending as 
far forward as the base of the hood, slightly converging be- 
hind; median carina slightly more elevated. Hood moder- 
ately large, roof-shaped above, highest in front, projecting 
slightly forward in front. Paranota moderately broad, tes- 
taceous, biseriate, the outer margin rounded. 
Rostrum extending to the interrupted channel. Elytra 
very similar in appearance and markings to L. lineata 
(Champ.) ; costal are mostly biseriate, triseriate in widest 
part, the areolae hyaline ; subcostal area broad, triseriate in 
widest part. Body beneath black. 
Length, 2.40 mm.; width, 1.10 mm. 
Holotype, male, Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, 
Panama, Feb. 8, 1939, C. J. Drake. 
The oblique fascia of the elytra and the small size separ- 
ate this species from other members of the genus. The 
interrupted rostral channel separates it from Leptopharsa 
lineata Champion. 
