8. Tyloderma laporteae Wibmer, new species Holotype female.-Body oval; cuticle brownish red, venter and some areas of elytra darker, antennae reddish brown; with long, slender, whitish, recumbent scales. Rostrum with punctures small to medium sized, moderately shallow to moderately deep, dense (denser toward sides) on basal 3/5, on apical 2/5 medium sized, moderately deep, moderately dense to sparse. Head with few scales above and between eyes and on middle of vertex; punctures medium sized, moderately shallow, dense above eyes, smaller toward middle, shallower, sparser toward vertex; eyes weakly convex. Prothorax 1/20 longer than wide, moderately constricted m flanks near apex, sides diverging moderately in basal 2/5, converging moderately to constriction, then weakly toward apex; pronotal disc with sparse band of scales on each side on basal 3/5, subparallel to side on basal 2/5, then directed toward midline, few scales at base near midline, few scattered on apical 1/3; punctures medium to large, deep, 31 evenly dense, separated by ca. 1/3 to l/2 their own diameters; larger, deeper and denser toward sides of pronotum and on flanks. Eytra 1.35 times as long as wide, 1.71 times as long as prothorax, sides diverging moderately in basal 1/2, converging moderately to declivity, then weakly toward apex; scales generally moderately dense to dense; strial punctures on basal l/3 of disc large, much larger than pronotal punctures, deep, unevenly moderately dense, generally separated by their own diameters or more, on striae 9 & 10 more even and denser; strial grooves I to 8 weakly distinct on apical 1/2, 9 very distinct on apical 3/5; intervals moderately sinuate, weakly convex, 4 to 8 weakly raised at their apices. Mesosternum with lateral processes near middle, weakly distinct, posterior margin moderately narrow; surface strongly convex along midline, with punctures medium sized, moderately deep, dense, each with very short, fine, recumbent seta; mesepisternum with few, deep punctures not forming longitudinal row. Metasternum nearly flat on median area; punctures large, deep, dense, nearly obsolete along midline on median area, denser on lateral areas. Abdomen with sterna I & 2 moderately convex, sterna 3 & 4 weakly longitudinally convex; punctures large, deep, dense on sternum I, on sterna 2 to 5 slightly smaller, irregularly distributed on 3 & 4. Legs primarily brownish red, with trochanter, apex of femur, apex of tibia, and tarsus darker; femur with inner margin moderately rounded, surface strongly rugosely striate; tibia with surface moderately rugosely striate; praemucro more or less perpendicular to axis of tibia. Genitalia: fig. 106. Length (pronotum + elytra): 3.52 mm. (1.30 + 2. 22). Allotype male.-Metasternum and abdominal sternum 1 concave along midline; uncus moderately oblique to axis of tibia, arising near inner apical angle; praemucro ca. l/6 from apex, more or less perpendicular to axis of tibia. Genitalia: fig. 76. Length (pronotum + elytra): 2.95 mm. (l.l0 + 1.85). Intraspecific variation.-The rostrum is 1.47-1.75 times as long as its width at the apex, at times with all the punctures on the apical l/2 moderately dense. Sometimes there is a short, shallow to moderately deep, rarely round, longitudinal frontal sulcus present. The prothorax has a ratio (length/width) of 1.00-1.10 (1.05 ± 0.03), widest between l/3 and 2/5 from the base; rarely the pronotal punctures are small and sparser. The elytra are 1.31-1.45 (1.37 ± 0.04) times as long as wide, and 1.58-1.86 (1.76 ± 0.07) times as long as the prothorax, widest between 2/5 from the base and the middle. The strial punctures on the basal l/2 of the disc are sometimes larger than those on the sides, more or less even and dense. The lateral processes of the mesosternum are more distinct on some specimens. Length, pronotum + elytra: 2.75-4.10 mm. (3.04 ± 0.23). Remarks and comparative notes.-This species may be confused with variegatum, but the characters given in the key and its usually smaller size distinguish it. Superficially it may resemble small individuals of fragariae, from which it is easily distinguished by the presence of humeri and the single median row of punctures on the elytral intervals. Etymology.-species named for its probable host plant genus, Laportea. Type-locality.-U.S.A., Illinois, Clinton County, Beckemeyer. Notes on the type.-Holotype female, with the following labels: 1) Beckemeyer Clinton Co. ILL. Vl-9-1964; 2) C.W.O'Brien Laportea canadensis. Deposited in CWOB. Host(s).-The 6 specimens collected at the type-locality were on Laportea canadensis. Natural enemies.- Unknown.