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Head deeply punctured, with five long acute spines. Antennae long, slender, 
hairy; first segment greatly swollen, about three times the length of the second; 
second segment short, much less swollen; third segment more than four times the 
length of the fourth; fourth segment fusiform. Pronotum feebly convex, with 
three longitudinal carinae. Lateral membranous pronotal margins angularly ex¬ 
panded, somewhat broadly reflexed, with two to five series of irregular areolae. 
Pronotal hood rather large, covering the posterior part of the head, with fine, 
minute areolae. Head, pronotum, and membranous pronotal margins more o’ 
less densely covered with fine, soft hairs. Elytra broadly rounded at the tip, feebly 
sinuate near the base; discoidal area pyriform, almost reaching the middle of the 
elytra. Length, 4mm.; width, 2 mm. 
Color: Body dark brown. Antennae—first segment black; second segment 
testaceous; third segment yellowish-white; fourth segment black at the apex. 
Pronotum black; carinae yellowish. Legs pale yellow. Lateral membranous mar¬ 
gins of the pronotum and nervures of the elytra yellowish, some of them more 
or less embrowned or blackish; areolae somewhat hyaline. 
This species is commonly known as the eggplant lace-bug. Accord¬ 
ing to Fink, this lace-bug destroys from 10 to 15 per cent of the eggplant 
crop in the vicinity of Norfolk, Va. 
Very common in the southern part of the state; taken on the horse 
nettle (Solaniim carolinensc) at Malta, Apple Grove, North Kenova, 
Hanging Rock, Crown City by the junior author; and in Clermont Co. 
by Mr. Jesse Robinson. 
Genus Galeatus Curtis. 
Galeatus Curtis, Entom. Mag., p. 196, 1833. 
Galeatus Stal, Enum. Hem., Band. HI, p. 118, 1873. 
Head armed with long, acute spines. Rostral sulcus rather wide, 
uninterrupted; rostrum long and slender. Antennae and legs long and 
slender. Lateral margins of the pronotum foliaceous, with a few large 
areolae forming a single series. Pronotal hood extending over the me¬ 
dian anterior and posterior portions of the pronotum; discal hood large, 
globose, divided behind. Median carina foliaceous. Elytra extending 
nearly one-half beyond the apex of the abdomen, outer margin near the 
base abruptly narrowed, broadly rounded at the apex, composed of very 
large areolae; costal area wide, composed of a single series of areolae; 
inner margin of the subcostal area jointly raised with the margins of 
discoidal and sutural areas. 
This genus can be readily differentiated from the allied genera by 
the very large areolae. Only one Nearctic species has been described. 
Galeatus peckhami Ashmead (Plate X, fig. c). 
Sphaerocisfa peckhauii A.shmead, Entom. xA.mer., Vol. HI, p. 156, 1888. 
