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NOTES ON SOME AMERICAN TINGITIDAE 
(HEMIPTERA) 
Carl J. Drake, 
Ames, Iowa 
The present paper is based almost entirely upon a small 
collection of American Tingitidse kindly loaned to the 
writer by Nathan Banks of the Museum of Comparative 
Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
In addition to Corythucha decepta, described below as new, 
this collection is represented by Monanthia monotropidia 
Stal, Gamboa, Canal Zone, July 9, 1924, collected by Na- 
than Banks; Teleonemia prolixa Stal, Barro Colorado, July 
23, 1924, N. Banks; Teleonemia albomarginata Champion, 
Barro Colorado, Canal Zone, July 19, 1924, and Rio Frio, 
Mgd., Colombia, P. J. Darlington; Teleonemia sacchari 
Fabr., Bella Vista, Panama, July 7, 1924, N. Banks; Aca- 
lypta ovata Osborn and Drake ; Smoky Mts., N. C. — Tenn., 
Newfound Gap, Elevation 5,000 — 5,200 ft., collected in 
moss by Nathan Banks ; Acanthocheila armigera Stal, Bella 
Vista, Canal Zone, July 7, 1924, N. Banks; Gargaphia nigri- 
nervis Stal, Rio Frio, Colombia, May 15, P. J. Darlington; 
Corythaica planaris Stal, Red Tank, Canal Zone, N. Banks ; 
Corythucha padi Drake, Hood River, Oregon, Sept. 5, 1917, 
F. R. Cole ; Corythucha obliqua Osborn and Drake, Carmel, 
Cal., June 22, 1918, C. L. Hubbs; Corythucha spinosa 
Duges. The writer is indebted to Mr. A. A. Nichol for the 
specimens of Corythucha sagillata, n. sp., from Arizona. 
Corythucha decepta, n. sp. 
Moderately large, testaceous, the pronotum and a more 
or less distinct band near the base of the elytra brown. 
Hood long, much smaller and placed a little farther for- 
