ON THE CLASSIFICATION 



THE GEIUS LOMAPTERA s. I., 



J. R. H. NEEEVOOET VAN DE POLL. 



(PL 7). 



Reading Dr. Kraatz's study entitled «Ueber den systematischen 

 Werth der Forceps-Bildung bei den mit Lomajìiera verwandten 

 Gattungen» '), I felt myself attracted to make inquiries upon 

 the same subject, and although Dr. Kraatz says at the end of his 

 study : « Weitere Untersuchungen über die Zomaptera-Kvien schienen 

 mir unnütz» ^), I am very glad for having just chosen the 

 Lomapterini for my first investigations. — The results I obtained 

 will make their classification a much more natural one ; they have 

 surpassed in that respect by far my expectations and proved that 

 the last word was not yet said on that subject. 



Before I explain my own views it will be necessary to follow 

 what different authors have already recently published on the clas- 

 sification of the Lomapterini. 



Mr. Gestro has been the first to separate under the name of 

 Isc/dopsop/ia the Zomaptera-s]pecies which show stridulating-organs 



1) Deutsche Entom. ZeitscKtift, 29 Jahrgang, 1885 p. 349, Tab. Vf. 22— 31. 



2) 1. c. p. 352. 



