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Article XIY.- BihJiof/rapJiical and Si/tionymical Cafalof/tie of 

 the Described Meiiihr(fcid((' of North America. By F. W. 

 GoDiNG, M. D., Ph. D. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The following catalogue is designed as an index to the 

 literature of the Membraeidse of North America, including 

 Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 



A few species have been seen that could not be referred to 

 any known forms, and these are described in the following 

 pages. 



In a few cases where the reference occurred in a volume 

 the title of which was very long, 1 have used the title of 

 the essay only. The following instances are the most im- 

 portant: Still's Hemiptera Fahricianu^W., (in Kongl. Svenska 

 Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Band 8, No. 1), Still's 

 Bid rag till Mendjracidernas Kdnnedom (in Ofversigt af 

 Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Forhandlingar, 1869, No. 3), 

 F^airmaire's Revue de la Trihii des Memhracides (in Annales de 

 la Societe Entomolgique de France, 2" Serie, Tome IV.), and 

 StiU's Hemiptera Mexicana (in Stettiner Entomologische Zeit- 

 ung, 1864). A few other citations of this kind occur, but it is 

 believed that little difficulty will be had in following any ref- 

 erence found in this catalogue. 



I take this occasion to thank those from whom I have re- 

 ceived aid in the compilation of this list. Especially do I wish 

 to acknowledge obligations to Prof. C. V. Riley for valuable 

 suggestions, for a list of the Membracidae in the National col- 

 lection, and for examples of all the duplicates of this family 

 in the U. S. National Museum; and to Prof. S. A. Forbes for the 

 use of the library and collection of the Illinois State Laboratory 

 of Natural History (without the use of which this list could 

 not have been completed), and for a list of the Membracida^in 

 the State collection. My thanks are also due to the entire 

 corps of assistants at the Laboratory for their uniform kind- 



