PCCILOPTERA.—FLATA, 9 
This conspicuous insect, which is one of the best known of all the Homoptera, 
appears to be common in Brazil and the northern part of South America; in Central 
America it becomes scarcer, and I only know of one specimen from Mexico. 
: FLATA. | 
Flata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Suppl. pp. 511, 517 (1798). 
Colobesthes, Amyot et Serville, Hist. Nat. des Ins. Hém. p- 522 (1843). 
Phyllyphanta, Amyot et Serville, loc. cit. p. 523. 
Cromma, Walker, List of Homopt. Ins., Suppl. p. 120. 
Carthea, Stal, Bidrag till Rio J aneiro-Traktens Hem.-Fauna, p. 69. 
This genus is here taken as including those species which have the costal margin of 
the tegmina furnished with a more or less regular series of transverse veins; the 
apical margin, as a rule, has a very indistinct series of similar veins, and where there 
is one distinct row there is never a second bounded by a definite line, as in Ormenis. 
The presence of ocelli separates the genus from Peciloptera; it may be divided into 
two sections as follows :— 
I, Head more or less strongly produced triangularly . . . . . . Puyiiypnanta, A. et S, 
(CartHa@a, Stal). 
II. Head not produced triangularly . . ... .. . . . . . Fuata,i. sp. 
I. Head produced triangularly. 
1. Flata championi, sp. n. (Tab. VII. figg. 10, 10a.) 
Leete viridis; capite ante oculos acute triangulariter producto, oculis prominentibus, ad medium carinato; 
“pronoto ‘eapite breviori, ad latera dilatato, ad medium fortiter carinato ; scutello sat fortiter tricarinato ; 
‘tegminibus amplis, margine costali ad basim rotundato, apicem versus fere recto, margine interiori ad 
apicem valde reflexo, angulo apicali fortiter acuto ; corpore cum pedibus plus minusve virescentibus. 
Of a bright green colour ; head strongly produced triangularly before the eyes, which are prominent; pronotum 
distinctly shorter than the head, dilated at the sides; a strong carina runs down the centre of the vertex, 
pronotum, and scutellum, and the latter has a distinct carina on each side of this; tegmina ample, exterior 
or costal margin rounded, interior margin nearly straight till near the apex, where it curves upwards into 
a strong point, the apical angle being distinctly acute; the apical margin is almost straight or very gently 
excised, the costal apical angle being a right angle or very slightly obtuse; reticulation close, fine, and 
distinct, the costal margin only being furnished with a distinct row of transverse nervures ; body and 
legs testaceous, more or less suffused with green. 
Long. 13-22 millim.; lat. ad hum. 23-4 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Purula in Vera Paz, San Isidro, Cerro Zunil, Zapote, Mirandilla 
(Champion); Panama, Bugaba, David, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
A specimen from David is figured. 
