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feeds on bamboo, but a series of specimens (nymphs and adults) 
from Mexico were taken on sugar cane. 
Corythucha gossypii Fabr. 
Several specimens, Guines, March 18, 1925, on Ricinus 
communis. This is a common insect throughout the West Indies, 
Mexico, Central America and Florida. It breeds upon several 
different species of plants, cotton being one of the preferred 
hosts. 
Corythucha spinosa (Duges) 
Two specimens, Mina Carlota, Trinidad Mts., March 21, 
on Latana camara. 
Leptopharsa myersi, n. sp. 
Head very short, black, largely concealed by the short hood; 
spines moderately long, whitish, the anterior pair porrect, the 
tips not touching; posterior pair and median spines directed 
forward touching the surface of the head. Antennae moderately 
long, whitish, the tips of the fourth segments black; segment I a 
little stouter than II and about one and a half times as long; 
segment III nearly three times as long as IV; segment IV con- 
siderably longer than I and II taken together, clothed with a few 
long hairs. Rostral groove becoming quite wide on the meso- 
and metasternum, closed behind, the rostrum reaching to the 
middle of the metasternum. Bucculae broad, closed in front. 
Body beneath black, the rostrum and rostral laminae whitish. 
Pronotum black, shining, narrowed anteriorly, unicarinate, 
coarsely pitted, strongly swollen, nearly semi-globose; carinae 
whitish, each composed of a single row of very minute cells; 
paranota narrow, carinae-like, whitish, gradually becoming 
slightly wider anteriorly, three or four distinct cells on each side 
in front; triangular portion not tumid behind, distinctly notched 
at the apex, the apex and posterior margin whitish. Hood 
