GODINGIA. 139 
GODINGIA, gen. nov. 
Sat lata, robusta ; capite longitudine latiori, ocellis inter se quam ab oculis minus distantibus, oculis magnis 
prominulis; pronoto antice depresso, lato, metopidio vix declivi, utrinque ad latera fortiter impresso, 
postice sensim angustato, deinde abrupte in processum apicalem brevem contracto, carina centrali postice 
distinctiori, dorso a latere viso fere quali, sed mox ante apicem abrupte depresso; tegminibus plerumque 
intectis, corio areis apicalibus quinque (tertia stylata), discoidali und, alis areis apicalibus quatuor (secunda 
stylata); pedibus cylindricis, tarsis modicis, equalibus. 
Rather broad and robust; head broader than long, triangularly produced in front; ocelli set far forward, 
nearer to one another than to the eyes, which are large and prominent ; pronotum depressed and convex in 
front, with the metopidium very gradually declivous, broad almost to the apex and then abruptly narrowed 
to a short broad point; dorsum depressed and almost level from above the shoulders, which are slightly 
and obtusely prominent, until near the apex, where it is suddenly depressed and unites with the short 
apical process ; central carina more distinct behind than in front; sides with a strong broad impression 
on each extending from the shoulders to behind the middle, where they meet the dorsal carina, which is 
at the point very distinct; tegmina ample, extending some way beyond the apex of the pronotum ; 
corium with three veins proceeding from near the base, the ulnar veins not being united by a transverse 
venule, with five apical areas and one discoidal, the third apical area being triangular and stylate; wings 
with four apical areas, the second triangular and stylate; clavus and a small part of the corium covered 
by the pronotum ; legs cylindrical. . 
This genus is allied to Optilete, but differs in general shape, in the absence of a 
second discoidal cell on the tegmina, and in the shape of the second apical area of the 
wing, which in Optilete is oblong and not stylate. Its chief affinities perhaps are 
towards Smilia, from which it may at once be known by the shape of the pronotum, 
which in the latter genus is strongly elevated, compressed, acute, and highest in front. 
I have much pleasure in naming this genus after Dr. Goding, as a slight acknow- 
ledgment of the help he has given me. 
1. Godingia guerreroensis, sp.n. (Tab. VIII. figg. 22, 224, 9; 28, 234, 3.) 
Nigra vel fusco-picea, plus minusve nitida, capite testaceo, nigro- vel fusco-notato; pronoto distincte densius 
punctato, levissime pubescenti, marginibus ad humeros, et macula magna obliqua ad medium latera attin- 
genti, et apice, albis vel albidis ; tegminibus hyalinis, venis fuscis, apicem versus seepius testaceis, apice 
fumoso ; pedibus abdomineque testaceis, hoc interdum ad partem infuscato. 
Mas. Niger, magis nitidus, disco pronoti minus fortiter punctato, apiceque breviori, albo, nigro-limbato. 
Femina. Fusca, minus nitida, disco prothoracis fortius densiusque punctato, apice longiori albido. 
Black or fusco-piceous, with the head and front part of the metopidium testaceous, variegated with darker 
colour; pronotum very finely pubescent, the pubescence being easily rubbed off, with the margins at the 
shoulders, and a large oblique patch at the middle reaching the sides, and the apex, white or whitish; 
tegmina hyaline, with the veins fuscous, in part testaceous towards the apex, apex broadly infuscate, 
extreme base strongly punctured; legs and abdomen testaceous, the latter sometimes in part infuscate. 
The male is shining black, less closely punctured than the female, with the markings clear white and the apex 
of the pronotum shorter and bordered with black. 
The female is fusco-piceous, somewhat variegated with piceous, with the edges of the whitish markings darker, 
and is more closely and strongly punctured on the disc than the male, with the apex of the pronotum 
longer. 
Long. cum tegm. 10 millim. ; lat. int. hum. 4 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Xucumanatlan 7000 feet and Omilteme 8000 feet, both in Guerrero 
(Z. H. Smith). 
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