58 Mr. G. C. Champion's notcfi on 



TiNGis, Fabr. 



Stal (Enum. Hemipt. iii, p. 123) uses the name 

 Stephanitis for the European Tingis pj/ri, Fabr., and 

 T. oberti, Kol., and a very dissimilar South-American 

 form, S. mitrata, Still, but this course has not been 

 foHowed by Lethieriy and Severin. The American 

 species ougbt to be separated, and the name Sicjjhaviitis 

 could be retained for it. StS-l's type is figured on Plate II, 

 figs, 3, 3re. 



It may be here noted that the insect figured in Cuvier's 

 Regne Animal, Ins., Atlas, ii, pi. 91, figs. 5, 5a, h, under 

 the name Tingis cristata, Panz., is evidently referable to 

 T. pyri, Fabr. It has nothing to do with Panzer's species. 



Leptobyrsa, Stai. 



The type of this genus is L. steini, Still, from Rio 

 Janeiro. It is figured on Plate II, fig. 4. Two others 

 have been described by Berg from Buenos Ayres and five 

 by myself from Central America. 



Gargaphia, Stal. 



This genus seems to be well characterised by the pro- 

 minent transverse sinuous ridge between the meso- and 

 metasternum, the cordate intercoxal portion of the meta- 

 sternum being surrounded at the sides and in the front by 

 a continuous membranous ridge. The species are all 

 American.* Stal's type of G. irichoptera, from Bogota, 

 Colombia, is figured on Plate II, fig. 5. 



CORYTHAICA, Still. 



Typonotus, Uhler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893, p. 716. 



The characters of this genus were taken by St^l and 

 Uhler from the same species, C. monacha, Still (= Tingis 

 cyathicollis, Costa, and Typonoius planaris, Uhler), the 

 type of C. monacha being from Rio Janeiro and that ot 

 T. planaris from the Island of St. Vincent. Numerous 

 specimens of the species are contained in the Oxford 

 Museum. Still's type has been communicated by Dr. 



* Tingis for »ios((, Goldi, from Para, probably belongs here or to 

 Leptostijla, Still. 



