AN ASIATIC TINGID NEW TO NORTH AMERICA 
(HETEROPTERA) 
By Norman S. Bailey 
Boston University 
In studying a collection of Tingidae from the New Haven Con- 
necticut Agricultural Experiment Station, two somewhat damaged 
specimens of an unfamiliar Stephanitis were noted. Since no descrip- 
tion of the species could be found in the literature dealing with 
American species, they were sent to Dr. Reece I. Sailer for determin- 
ation. They proved to be Stephanitis glohulifera (Matsumura) 
when compared with specimens in the National Museum. The 
species was first described by Matsumura as Tingis glohulifera in 
1905. Later Horvath (1912) properly transferred it to the genus 
Stephanitis and redescribed it in some detail. In a 1930 publication 
Matsumura supplied an English translation of the description which 
is not very satisfactory and a very small, unsatisfactory figure is 
also given. Since these three references are not generally available, 
it seems desirable to include a brief comparative description of this 
recent addition to our insect fauna. 
The two specimens mentioned above were sent to the Experiment 
Station by Mrs. L. B. Winton of Greenwich in late October of 1946. 
Therefore, correspondence was initiated to gather more details of 
their occurrence. Mrs. Winton kindly kept me well informed con- 
cerning the appearance and development of the population in her 
garden during the summer of 1950. However, it was after mid- 
August before many adults were observed. On August twenty-third 
I visited her garden and found a heavy infestation of nymphs and 
adults (mostly somewhat teneral) on a splendid specimen of Pieris 
japonica (Thunb.) Don planted in a sheltered corner between the 
house and an open porch. More than 150 adults were collected in 
a few minutes and a score or so more were kept alive for further 
study. 
Mrs. Winton reported that the lace-bugs were first troublesome 
on the Pieris in 1945. By the following year they were destructively 
abundant. For a time she considered removal of the host plant 
because it was so seriously injured by them. However, by frequent 
143 
