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HOMOPTERA 



1. genus membracis fabricius 



Membracis Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 675. (1775). 

 Phyilotropis Stal, Hem. Fabr. II : 41. (1869). 



Characteps : The type genus of the family and of the subfamily. Distinguished by the very 

 foUaceous pronotum, leaf-like, highly elevated, and much flattened laterally. There are no pronotal 

 processes of any kind and the entire body is generally an arcuate plate. The tibiae, particularly the 

 front pair, are broadly compressed and foliaceous. The insects of this genus are mostly of large size, 

 among the largest in the entire family, and are often very briUiantly colored. They are among 

 the most conspicuous of all membracids. 



Type foUata Linnasus. 



Geographical distribution : The genus is limited to South and Central America and the 

 species are distributed as follows : 



1. alboUmbata Fowler, B. C. A. 5. 2. Pl. i : figs. i, 1^(1894). 



2. alticollum Stoll, Cigal. Pl. 28 : fig. i65 (1780). 



3. arcuata De Geer, Ins. [II : 206.9(1773). 



peripharia Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 245. 7 (1846). 

 subtecta Buckton, Mon. Memb. 42 (igoS). 



4. atrala Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. 8. 10 (i8o3). 



5. bipars Schmidt, Ent. Mitt. XIII : 290(1924). 



6. bucktoni Funkhouser (nom. nov.), Ent. News XXXII : i5i (1921). 



militaris (preoccupied) Buckton. Mon. Memb. 43 (igoS). 



7 carinata Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. 8.8 (i8o3). 

 8. caruata Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. i3 (i8o3). 



Honduras. 

 Surinam. 

 Brazil, Guiana. 



South America. 



Ecuador. 



Brazil. 



Brazil, Guiana. 

 Brazil. 



9. confusa Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 247. 14(1846). 



interrupla Kairmaire, Rev. Memb. 247. 16 (1846). 

 malleonata Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 247. 14 (1846). 

 juncta Walker, Ins. Saund. Sg (i858). 

 trifasciata Stal, Bid Memb. Kan. 269. i (1869). 

 trisignala Stal, Bid. Memb. Kan. 269. 2 (1869). 

 exigua Buckton, Mon. Memb. 42 (1903). 



10. divergens Schmidt, Ent. Mitt. XIII : 291 (1924). 



11. dorsata Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. 11. 26(i8o3). 



curvilinia Walker, Ins. Saund. 58 (i858). 



ephippiala StsA, Hem. Fab. II : 41. 7 (1869). 



vergens Buckton, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. IX : 33o (i9o5). 



12. fasciata Fabricius, Syst. Nat. II : 2092. 54(1767). 



cingulata Germar, Rev. Silb. III : 3o7 (i835). 



rosea Fairmaire. Rev. Memb. 246. 9 (1846). 



cucullata Dohrn, Cat. Hem. 76 (iSSg). 



fasciatum Stal, Hem. Fab. II : 41. i (1869). 



sanguinoplaga Schmidt, Stet. Ent. Zeit. LXVII : 36i (1906). 



completa Schmidt, Stet. Ent. Zeit. LXVII : 36i (1906). 



i3. foUata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. II : 7o5. 2 (1767). — Pl. I, fig. I 



maculifolia StcU, Cigal. 17. Pl. i. fig. 2 (1780). 

 flaveola Fabricius, Mant. Ins. II : 262. 4 (1787). 

 c-album Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 244. 4 (1846). 

 celsa Walker, List Hom. B. M. 475. 9(i85i). 

 expansa Walker, List Hom. B. M. 475. 8 (i85i). 



Brazil, Colombia. 



Ecuador. 

 Brazil. 



Brazil, Guiana. 



Brazil, Guiana, Colombia, 

 Venezuela, Mexico, Guate- 

 mala, Ecuador. 



