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Six subfamilies are recognized in the Membracidae by the 

 systematists in Hemiptera^ and representative genera from all 

 sub-families reported from the United States^ have been 

 examined. Wings from the following genera are figured in 

 this paper as representative : 



Smiliida 



Cerasini 



Ceresa 



Stictocephala 



Acutalis 



Micrutalis 

 Telamonini 



Carynota 



Thelia 



Glossonotus 



Telemona 



Telemonanthe 



Archasia 



Heliria 

 Smiliini 



Smilia 



Cyrtolobus 



Cyrtolobus 



Atymna 



Xantholobus 



Ophiderma 

 Polyglyptini 



Vanduzea 



Entylia 



Publilia 



Darnida 



hoplophorida 



Membracida 



Centrodita 



Stictopelta 



Platycotes 



Campylenchia 

 Enchenopa 

 Tylopelta 

 Philya 



Centruchoides 

 Platycentrus 



(The above classification is based on that of E. P. VanDuzee in his "Studies 

 in North American Membracidae," Bulletin of Buffalo Society Natural Science, 

 1908, Vol. IX.) 



5. Cf. Stal, Hemiptera Africana IV, pp. 82-83. 



Coding, Bibliographical and Synonymical Catalogue of the Described Mem- 

 bracidae of North America. Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. Ill, Art. XIV, 

 p. 302. 



VanDuzee, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1908, Vol. IX, p. 31. 



6. According to VanDuzee (Studies in North American Membracidae, p. 31) 

 the Tragopida are not represented in this country. Moreover in this sub-family the 

 fore wing at least is coriaceous and opaque externally, and would probably be of 

 little value in the study of venation. 



