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HOMOPTERA 



22. ludicrus Walker, Ins. Saund. 63 (i858). 



23. machimda Breddin, Soc. Ent. 6o (igoi). 



24. mirabilis Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 261. 2 (1846). 



25. nodosis Buckton, Mon. Memb. 79 (igoS). 



26. paradoxus Germar, Mag. Ent. IV : 26, 27. (1818). 



27. ridiculus Walker, Ins. Saund. 64 (i858). 



28. rigidus Stal, Bid. Memb. Kan. 275. 5 (1869). 



29. robustulus Fowler, B C. A 29. 4 (1894). 



30. ru/escens da. Fonseca, Rev. Ent. III : 4. 444. (1933). 

 3i. undulatits Walker, List Hom. B. M. 498. 9 (i85i). 

 32. vexilliferus Goding, Can. Ent. XXV : 53. 4 (1893). 



Brazil. 



Ecuador. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Colombia. 



Guatemala. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



West Indies. 



7. genus GUAYAQUILA GODING 



Guayaquila Goding, Memb. Ecuad. 21 (1920). 



Characters : We have never seen an example of this genus, and, in fact, the genus has never 

 been recognized by any author other than Goding himself. We can therefore only quote his generic 

 description as foUows : 



« Pronotum armed with a compressed horn in front, destitute of lateral carinae but with a 

 percurrent median carina; dorsum flat, broad at humeral angles, gradually attenuated to an obtuse 

 apex which reaches tip of abdomen, but shorter than apices of tegmina. Generally golden silky 

 pubescent. Tegmina similar in shape and venation to those seen in the genus Membracis. Wings 

 with four apical cells, second broad and quadrangular, fourth minute. Front and middle tibiae 

 broadly dilated, short; posterior legs three times the length of front legs, hind tibia; with strong 

 sharp spines. Facies of Aconophora. » 



From the above description it would appear that the only diagnostic characters which would sepa- 

 rate this genus from other closely related genera would be the absence of lateral carinae and the long 

 hind legs, which would seem to be very sHght differences on which to erect a new genus. The figure 

 published in the « Boletin de Medicina y Cirurgia » is entirely unsatisfactory. 



Type roreriana Goding. 



Geographical distribution 



1. aperta Walker, List Hom. B. M. Suppl. 337(i858). 



2. maxima Goding. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XXXVI : 43 (1928). 



3. mirucortiua Goding, Amer. Mus. Novit. 7 (ig^o) 



4. olseni Goding, Journ. N Y. Ent. Soc XXXVI : 224 (1928). 



5. roreriana Goding, Memb. Ecuad. 34, 37 (1920). 



6. sulfurus Goding, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XXXVI : 44 (1928). 



7. vexator Goding, Journ. N. Y. Ent Soc. XXXVI : 43 (1928). 



Brazil, Ecuador. 



Ecuador. 



Honduras. 



Honduras. 



Ecuador. 



Ecuador. 



Ecuador. 



8. genus PHILYA WALKER 



Philya Walker, List Hom. B. M. Suppl. 126 (i858). 

 Azlnia Walker, Ins. Saund. 63 (i858). 

 >Echmopplia Stal, Hem. Fabr. II : 39 (1869). 



Characters : A group of small, slender-bodied insects at once distinguished by the single long, 

 porrect anterior process which is usualiy slightly swoUen and often somewhat bidentate at the tip. The 



