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Genus Licodia Walker. 

 Licodia Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B. M., I, p. 210 (1869); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., 



II, p. 119 ^1906). 

 Apoletamenns Brunner, Mon. Stenopel. u. Gryllacr., p. 39, PI. 6, fig. 16 (1888). 



In general appearance the insects, which comprise the present 

 genus, remind one somewhat of several North American representa- 

 tives of the family Raphidophoridse, viz., the species of the genus 

 Udeopsylla Scudder. The genus is strictly tropical American. Four 

 species have been described, a possible fifth is represented in the pres- 

 ent collection. These species may be separated as follows: 



Synopsis of the Species of Licodia. 

 A. Anterior tibiae two-spined above on their anterior margin. Piceous, pale 



beneath [Hayti] palipes Walker. 



A A. Anterior tibiae one-spined above on the anterior margin. 



b. Sides of the pronotum marked with two oblique testaceous bands on each 



side obliqiia Walker. 



bb. Sides of the pronotum with a single longitudinal pale patch on each side 

 near the lower margin. 

 c. Pronotum not longer than one-half the length of the hind femora. 



Fastigium of the vertex pale margined amazona Brunner. 



'cc. Pronotum somewhat shorter than the hind femora. Fastigium of the 

 vertex entirely piceous. 

 d. Hind femora more robust, shorter, without a longitudinal piceous 



band along the lower outer face clypeata Brunner. 



dd. Hind femora less robust, longer; provided with a prominent 

 longitudinal, piceous line on the lower edge of outer face. 

 I polita sp. nov. 



169. Licodia clypeata (Brunner). 

 Apoietamenus clypealiis Brunner, Mon. Stenopel. u. Gryllacr., p. 39 (1888). 

 Licodia clypeata Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., II, p. 119 (1906). 



A single female specimen from the "Province del Sara," Bolivia, 

 is referred here. It was taken by J. Steinbach at an elevation of 

 350 meters above sea-level. This specimen has one of the anterior 

 tibiae two-spined above on the anterior margin. 



170. Licodia polita sp. nov. 

 Most nearly related to clypeata, from which it differs in the somewhat 

 less robust and longer hind femora, and in having all of the legs 

 rather strongly tinged with piceous near the apex of the femora and 

 on the basal portion of the tibiae. Outer face of the hind femora 

 prominently marked externally with a longitudinal piceous vitta. 



