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the posterior part. The pronotum narrows suddenly into a short posterior process which does not 

 quite reach the apices of the tegmina. The scutellum is entirely concealed and the anterior portion 

 of the pronotum is sloping, smooth and unarmed. The tegmina are hyaline with the tips rounded and 

 with a broad apical limbus. The venation is inclined to be irregular, particularly in the apical area, so 

 that the number of apical cells may vary, but there is only one discoidal cell. The legs are simple with 

 the hind tarsi longer than either of the other two pairs. 



Type obesiis Buckton. 



Geographical distpibution : Only seven good species are here recognized although variations 

 in some of the forms have resulted in several synonyms. However, these species are apparently repre- 

 sented by a very large number of individuals, since specimens are to be found commonly in most 

 coUections. The species which we believe to be distinct are as follows : 



1. besckii Germar. Rev. Silb. I : 232. 14 (i833). Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, 



cuccullata Perty, Del. Anim. 178 (1834). Honduras. 



2. buckloni Goding, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XXXVII : 12 (1929). Brazil. 



3. inanis Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. 6. 2(i8o3). Brazil, Colombia. 



4. maculata Guerin, Icon. Reg. Anim. 7(i838). — Pl. 5, fig. 57. Brazil, Bolivia, Peru. 



consentanea Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 5o5. 3(1846). 



5. minor Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 5o5. 5 (1846). Brazil. 



discontinua Walker, List Hom. B. M. Suppl. iS? (l858). 



6. obesus Buckton, Mon. Memb. 147 (igo^). Brazil. 



7. obfuscata Buckton, Mon. Memb. 147(1903). Brazil, Peru, Venezuela. 



