270 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



Genus 5. PROLEPTA. 



Fulgora, Fahr. Gmelin, Westwood, Schaum. 

 Flata, Germar. 

 Pyrops, Spirwla. 



Capitis cornu gracile, apicem versus compreSfeum, apice subdi- 

 latatum. 



Distinguished from Pi/rops by the protuberance of the head, 

 which does not taper gradually from the base, but is compressed be- 

 fore the tip where it again widens. 



1. Prolepta apicalis. 

 Fulgora apicalis, Westivood, Linn. Trans, xviii. 141, 11, pi. 12, f. 3. 

 a, b. Manilla. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



2. Prolepta decorata. 



Fulgora decorata, Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 141, 12, pi. 12, 

 f. 4. 



Java. 



3. Prolepta Horsfieldii. 



Fulgora Horsfieldii, Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 140> 10, pi. 12, 

 f. 2. 



Java. 



4. Prolepta cognata. 



Fulgora cognata, Westiv. Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 145, 19. 



5. Pkolepta obscurata. 



Pyrops obscurata. Spin. Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. viii. 237, 4. 



Fulgora obscurata, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 315, 10. Mant. Ins. ii. 260, 



10. Ent. Si/st. iv. 4, 10. Sijst. Rlujn. 3, 10. Gmel. Ed. Si/st. 



Nat. i. 4, 2090, 12. Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 145, 20, 



pi. 12, f. 7. 

 Flata obscurata. Germ. Thon, Arch. ii. 2, 47. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



b. New Holland. From Mr. Dring's collection. 



6. Prolepta dilatata. 



Fulgora dilatata, Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 146, 21, pi. 12, 

 f. 8, 9. 



New Holland. 



