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  NEW 
  LANTERNFLTES 
  (FULGOEOIDEA) 
  FROM 
  

   SOUTH 
  AMERICA 
  

  

  By 
  R. 
  G. 
  Fennah 
  

  

  Descriptioxs 
  are 
  ^iven 
  herein 
  of 
  seven 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Fulgoroidea 
  

   in 
  tlie 
  cixiid 
  genus 
  Pintalia 
  Stal, 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  genus 
  and 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  

   otiocerine 
  Derbidae, 
  and 
  of 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Ateson 
  Metcalf 
  

   (Achilidae). 
  All 
  the 
  specimens 
  mentioned, 
  including 
  the 
  types, 
  are 
  

   in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Family 
  CIXHDAE 
  

  

  Genus 
  PINTALIA 
  Stil 
  

  

  Pintalia 
  St.\i.. 
  Svcii.ska 
  Vet.-Akad. 
  IImikII., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  No. 
  6, 
  p. 
  4, 
  1862. 
  (Genotjrpe, 
  

   P. 
  lateralis 
  St&l, 
  dt'sigiiated 
  by 
  Muir, 
  Pnn-I'acific 
  Ent., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  pp. 
  103, 
  100, 
  

   1025.) 
  

  

  Tliis 
  rapidly 
  expanding 
  genus 
  is 
  very 
  compact. 
  The 
  characters 
  by 
  

   which 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  include 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  carinae 
  

   of 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  frons 
  at 
  its 
  base, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   anal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  of 
  the 
  pygofer, 
  aodeagus, 
  and 
  genital 
  styles, 
  

   and 
  the 
  color 
  pattern 
  on 
  the 
  tegmina. 
  The 
  natural 
  relationship 
  of 
  

   the 
  included 
  species 
  cannot 
  be 
  as.sessed 
  with 
  precision 
  until 
  there 
  is 
  

   evidence 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  seniority 
  of 
  the 
  variables 
  used 
  in 
  their 
  

   separation. 
  On 
  current 
  evidence 
  it 
  would 
  .seem 
  that 
  the 
  .shape 
  of 
  the 
  

   male 
  anal 
  .segment 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  styles 
  is 
  .slightly 
  inore 
  stable 
  than 
  

   the 
  other 
  characters 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  tiie 
  writer 
  tentatively 
  grouj)S 
  as 
  

   follows 
  those 
  species 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  relevant 
  data 
  are 
  availal)le: 
  

  

  95 
  

  

  620240 
  — 
  45 
  

  

  