. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 233 Described from five specimens, males and females. Wash- ington, D. C. and Bladensburg, Md., July 21, 1890. (O. Heide- mann). Type from Bladensburg, Md., July 21, 1890, male and fe- male—No. 12186. U. S. National Museum. This very pretty Tingitid resembles AtJieas nigricomis Champion but differs in having a narrower form, somewhat shorter antennae, the lateral margins sinuated towards apex and the nervures marked more with blackish. At the present time this species is not kno
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 233 Described from five specimens, males and females. Wash- ington, D. C. and Bladensburg, Md., July 21, 1890. (O. Heide- mann). Type from Bladensburg, Md., July 21, 1890, male and fe- male—No. 12186. U. S. National Museum. This very pretty Tingitid resembles AtJieas nigricomis Champion but differs in having a narrower form, somewhat shorter antennae, the lateral margins sinuated towards apex and the nervures marked more with blackish. At the present time this species is not known from any other localities, and the nymphs and its foodplant are also unknown. Atheas exiguus n. sp. Body very narrow, depressed. Head a little broader than long, with two median black stripes and a small tubercle in front; antenniferous tubercles short, pointed at tip. Antennae slender, about as long as from the apex of the head to the tip of the triangular post- erior portion of the pronotum, the basal two joints and the fourth thickened and black, the latter hardly twice as long as the second which is shorter than the first; third joint long and thin, pale yellowish with a short black band at base. Pronotum feebly convex, closely punctured, laterally narrowing towards the front, an- ATHEAS EXIGUUS terior margin slightly broader than the head, with a yellowish rim, lateral membranous margins almost straight, hyaline, yellowish-white, very narrow posteriorly, widening more anteriorly, uniseriate, with a few smaller cells within; the three pronotal carinae feebly raised, yellowish, the outer ones slightly curved, shorter than the median carina; the apical part of the triangular posterior portion yel- lowish with small round cells, tip obtusely rounded. Elytra elongate, widest before the middle, barely sinuated towards apex and rounded at tip, the lateral margins hyaline, yellowish-white; dis- coidal area narrow, widest at the middle, rather long, extending posteriorly over
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