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U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 261 



Although I have not seen the type specimen of the type-species, there 

 is no doubt, from the original illustration, that the species is correctly 

 placed in Teletusa. 



SPECIES OF TELETUSA 

 [*Type not seen.] 



*lmpida (Signoret), 1855c:512 {Tettigonia). Amazonas in Brazil to Bolivia 

 and to Paraguay and Argentina. New combination. 

 nigra (Signoret), 1855c:513 {Tettigonia). New synon>Tny. 

 paraguayensis 'D\sia.T\i, 1908b:78. New synonymy. 

 peruviensis "Distzxit, 1908b:79. New synonymy. 

 neotropicalis Tihtanl, 1908b: 79. New synonymy. 

 hyalina (Schmidt), 1928a: 54 {Myogonia). New synonymy. 

 holzjiissi (Schmidt), 1931b:76 {Myogonia). New synonymy. 



Figure 1 51 . — Teletusa limpida (Signoret), specimen from Misiones, Argentina, 

 except j, which is from Tingo Maria, Peru. Background in a is entirely 

 black, except shaded area, which is orange. 



38. DESAMERA, new genus 



Figure 152 



Type-species: Cicada inter secta Germar. 



Length 14-17 mm. 



Head triangular, well produced, median length greater than intcr- 

 ocular width, with a weak longitudinal keel laterad of each ocellus, 

 surface of crown finely pubescent, antennal ledges foveate, other head 

 characters as in Ciccus (p. 80). 



