posterior margin obtuse-angularly emarginate, tricarinate. Scutellum 

 broad, with three longitudinal carinae. Elytra long, with very small 

 costal membrane, transparent; the largest part of the basal portion 

 formed of long cells; a small transverse line before the apex, followed 

 by a large number of small cells formed by the numerous cross-veins. 

 Abdomen somewhat flat and oblong. Hind tibiae with three spines. 

 Haplotype of the genus: Monopsis tabida Spinola 



Monopsis tabida SPIN. 

 (1839 Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., viii, p. 34, 1 fig.) 



Somewhat resembling Pelitropis rotulata but with a 

 much shorter and more quadrangular head. This pale green 

 species has not been taken since it was described from 

 Cuban material. 



THE GENUS NEUROTMETA GUERIN. (Tangia Stal.) 



Briefly characterized as follows: Vertex produced more or less 

 before the eyes, carinated on the sides and in the middle. Frons 

 tricarinate, the median one forked behind; clypeus triangularly elon- 

 gate, indistinctly keeled in the middle. Ocelli present. Pronotum 

 produced lobe-shaped between the eyes, hind margin obtuse-angularly 

 emarginate, tricarinate, the lateral carinae curved outward, divergent 

 behind; in addition the lateral margins are keeled. Scutellum three 

 to four times as long as the pronotum, tricarinate. Elytra reaching 

 beyond the abdomen, on the apical third a transverse line of cross- 

 veins; costal membrane narrow, without cross-veins; cross-veins 

 numerous and irregularly branched. Hind tibiae with three spines. 



Haplotype of the genus: Neurotmeta sponsa Guer. 



Neurotmeta spqnsa GUERIN 

 (1856 in La Sagra, Hist, de Cuba, Ins., p. 180, Pseudophana) 



A pale green insect with milky, transparent elytra. 



Vertex broad, produced in front parabolic-shaped, flat, broader 

 between the eyes than in the median length, angularly cut out behind; 

 a small flat depression on each side in the posterior corner. Frons 

 twice as long as broad, strongly carinated in the middle and on sides. 

 Pronotum half as long as the vertex, produced lobe-shaped in front; 

 obtusely emarginate behind. Elytra hyaline, the veins rusty or pale 

 yellow. 



The insect when fresh and early in the season is bright green with 

 the eyes sometimes reddish, later becoming paler and even bleached 

 yellow. 



Length to tip of elytra 11-12 mm. 



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