50 HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA. 
Subfam. FLATINA.. 
This subfamily includes a large number of conspicuous insects, which are very widely 
distributed and bear a close resemblance to certain forms of Lepidoptera, and are often 
most brilliantly coloured; some of them, however, are obscure and small, and are 
difficult to determine with accuracy. Five genera are represented in our collection ; 
these may be separated roughly as follows :— 
I. Tegmina decumbent. 
1. Ocelliabsent . . . . . . 1. 1. 1 ee ee ee he) 6.) 6Peecrnoprera, Germ. 
2. Ocelli present. | 
i, Tegmina without a strongly raised callosity behind the shoulders. 
A. Apical portion of the tegmina with no distinct and regular series 
of parallel veins, or with one only. . . . . Frata, Fabr. 
B. Apical portion of the tegmina with two distinct and regular 
series of parallel veins, separated by a sharp line of transverse 
veins... . Orments, Stal. 
ii. Tegmina with a strongly raised callosity behind the shoulders, the 
apical portion with two or three series of short parallel veins, 
separated by two rows of transverse veins, the whole presenting a 
more or less reticulate appearance . . . . . +. + +. ~ Dascaria, Stal. 
II. Tegmina not decumbent ; upper surface rugose . . . . . . - ~- Fuarorpss, Guér. 
PCECILOPTERA. 
Pekilloptera, Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. iii. p. 165 (1807). 
Pecilloptera, Germar, Mag. Ent. iii. p. 218 (1818). 
Peciloptera, Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1838, p. 420. 
This genus, as at present constituted, is distinguished by the absence of ocelli, the 
broadly rounded apex of the ample tegmina, and the irregular transverse marginal 
venation, which is confined to the outer edge, and is often more or less indistinct. 
1. Peciloptera phalenoides. 
La Cigale Phalénoide, Stoll, Cigal. p. 23, t. 2. fig. 9°. 
Cicada phalenoides, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 1. 2, p. 710’. 
Flata phalenoides, Fabr. Ent. Syst., Suppl. p. 517°. 
' Pecilloptera phalenoides, Germ. Mag. Ent. iii. p. 221 *. 
Peciloptera phalenoides, Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1889, p. 423°; Walk. Cat. Homopt. Ins. ii. 
p- 442°. 
Hab. Mexico (Bilimek, in Mus. Vind. Ces.); GuaTeMaua, Panima in Vera Paz 
(Champion); Nicaraava, Chontales (Janson); Costa Rica, Santa Clara Valley 
(Zurcher); Panama (Boucard),.— CotomBia; VENEZUELA; GuiaNA!®; Ecuapor, 
Guayaquil; Amazons, Pard®; Braziu®°®; Trinmpap. : 
