4 Introduction 



Subfamily Egropinae 

 Genus Hilda Kirkaldy 

 Egropa Melichar 

 Mesegropa Baker 

 Nototettigometra Muir 

 Subfamily Megaloplastinxinae 

 Genus Megaloplastinx Schmidt 

 Euphyonarthex Schmidt 

 Tembandumba Distant 

 Raatzbrockmannia Schmidt 

 For the synonymy of the species and varieties I have followed chiefly 

 Oshanin (1907a) and Baker (1924a). 



HISTORICAL RESUME 



Panzer in 1799 described the two common European species Fiilgora 

 obliqua and Fulgora virescens. Very little was added to our knowledge of 

 this group until Signoret in 1866 and Fieber in 1865 and 1876 reviewed the 

 European species and varieties. In 1907 Distant reviewed the South African 

 species, and Oshanin catalogued the species and varieties from the Pale- 

 arctic Region. In 1915 Baker discussed certain Philippine species and in 

 1924 gave a review of the family with keys to the subfamilies and genera. 

 In 1923 and again in 1930 Muir called attention to the morphological char- 

 acters which give this family an isolated position among the fulgoroids. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



The 70 species of this family recognized at the present time are chiefly 

 European, 29 species recorded from Europe only, 9 species from the Pale- 

 arctic Region chiefly European, 10 species from the Palearctic Region out- 

 side of Europe, eleven species from the Ethiopian Region, 10 species from 

 the Oriental Region and 1 from Peru. 



FORM OF THE PRESENT CATALOGUE 



This catalogue follows the general form of the present series. The family 

 is divided into subfamilies and tribes and the genera are arranged under the 

 tribes in as near a phylogenetic order as our present knowledge will permit. 

 The species are arranged under the genera in an alphabetic sequence. All 

 references have been checked against the original save those marked with 

 an *, which have been accepted from reliable sources. Every effort has been 

 made to have the references full and complete and to give an indication 

 of the character of the data contained. Every species has also been listed 

 under every known combination so that it is possible to find any species 

 without recourse to the index which will be published at the completion of 

 the fascicle, together with the full bibliography. 



Z. P. Metcalf 



Raleigh, North Carolina 

 July, 1931 



