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type should be in the Signoret collection in Berlin. The group of species 

 zikani-alternata-novarae-lineiceps is difficult taxonomically because of the 

 tendency for the aedeagal processes to be variable in length. Also, in 

 addition to the synonymy listed below, it is likely that M. laminata 

 (Signoret), of which the only specimen seen was without an abdomen, 

 is conspecific with M.Jlavolimbata (Signoret). M. xanthocephala (Germar) 

 is interpreted in the sense of a specimen in the Zoologisches Museum 

 in Hamburg, which is apparently a syntype, and which had been 

 studied by Schroder. M. terminalis (Walker) is placed in synonymy as 

 a result of a study of the genitalia of the male lectotype. 



The present interpretation of Molomea personata (Signoret) is based on 

 the lectotype of this species. M. magnifrons (Walker) is placed in 

 synonymy as a result of a gross examination of the female holotype. 

 M. hamleti (Distant) is illustrated (fig. 23 1 ) from a male compared with 

 the female lectotype. Schroder's (1959a: 36) work is followed here in 

 the identification of M. exaltata (Melichar). 



The present identification of Molomea flavolimbata (Signoret) follows 

 Schroder (1959a: 40). M. capita (Distant) is listed in synonymy as a 

 result of a comparison of the female lectotype with an illustration of 

 the Signoret species. M. cincta (Signoret) is the same as Schroder's 

 identification (1959a: 39). 



The male genitalia of both the lectotype of M. impicta Schroder and 

 a male specimen compared with the female lectotype of M. insignis 

 (Distant) are like the illustrations published here. A male of M. alternata 

 (Signoret) labeled "lectotype," from the Humboldt-Universitat, had 

 genitalia like figure 243, except that the ventral ramus of each aedeagal 

 process was longer. 



SPECIES OF MOLOMEA 



[*Type not seen. fKnown only from female. §No specimens studied.] 



alternata (Signoret), 1855d:795 {Tettigonia) . Brazil. 

 biimpressa (Signoret), 1855d:8Il (Tettigonia). Mexico (?). 



bimaculata (Signoret), 1854b:362 {Tettigonia). 

 cincta (Signoret), 1854b:363 (Tettigonia). Brazil, S. Brazil. 



*signoreti (Melichar), 1925a:402 (Oncometopia) (fide Schroder). 

 confluens (Melichar), 1925a:393 {Oncometopia). SE. Brazil. 

 consolida Schroder, 1959a:41. S. and SE. Brazil. 

 consorta (Melichar), 1925a:389 {Oncometopia). Brazil, Peru. 

 *exaltata (Melichar), 1925a:389 {Oncometopia). Brazil, Peru. New com- 

 bination. 

 *Jlavolimbata (Signoret), 1854b:360 {Tettigonia). S. Brazil. 



capita (Distant), 1908b:66 {Oncometopia). 

 jguttulata (Melichar), 1925a:388 (Oncometopia) Peru. 

 hamleti (Distant), I908b:63 (Oncometopia). SE. Brazil. New combination. 



