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Mr. Douglas demons was the first, on June 27, 1905, to notice 
the presence of this insect, and after securing one specimen, 
several parties were made up from the National Museum and 
attempts made to get additional ones. As a result of five 
trips, four specimens were captured. Mr. demons stated that 
these cicadas were very hard to locate among the tops of the 
tall trees. The throwing of stones and other missiles would 
not disturb them, simply making them sing the louder. 
Mr. Heidemann then exhibited specimens and presented 
the following notes on a species of Ceratocombidse : 
A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE J^EMIPTEROUS FAM- 
ILY CERATOCOMBID.E FROM THE UNITED STATES. 
BY O. HEIDEMANN. 
Messrs. B- A. Schwarz and Douglas demons have lately 
found a new hemipteron which I identified as a ceratocombid . 
Members of this family are spread all over the world. In 1852, 
Prof. O. M. Reuter monographed the family, dividing it into 
two subfamilies, Ceratocombinge and Schizopterinse. The 
first has 3 genera and 13 species, the other 6 genera and 14 
species. More recently Prof. P. R. Uhler described some 
species from the West Indies and two others from Las Vegas 
Hot Springs, New Mexico. One or more additional species 
are known to me from the eastern States. Our peculiarly 
formed tiny insect, whicfr is not much over i mm. long, belongs 
to the second subfamily. It has a striking resemblance to a 
species described by Reuter from New Caledonia,* Hyp- 
selosoma oculata. The general outlines are nearly the same, 
but judging from Renter's figure our species differs in having 
a distinct raised venation with cross-veins forming a few cells 
on the elytra. Moreover, our species seems to have a broader 
head and comparatively shorter body, and I think we may 
safely consider it as representing a new genus. 
Glyptocombus, new genus. 
Body broad and oval, very convex, somewhat pointed towards the 
apex. Head transverse, its width taken from eye to eye half the length 
* Monographia Ceratocombidarum orbis terrestis. Acta Soc. Scient. 
Fenn., XIX, No. 6, p. 26, 1863. 
