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87. Genus ECUADORIA GODING 



Ecuadoria Goding, Menib. Ecuad. 36 (1920). 

 Ecuatorlana Goding, Ent. News XXVI : 5. i36 (1920). 



Characters : A very distinctive genus at once recognized by the two large rounded elevations, 

 one behind the other, on the dorsum. Head triangular, roughly sculptured; greatly extended down- 

 ward; base strongly sinuate ; eyes subtriangular ; ocelli large, prominent, equidistant from each other 

 and from the eyes and situated about on a line drawn through centers of eyes; clypeus very broad and 

 blunt, extending for half its length below inferior margins of genae, its lateral margins continuing the 

 facial line made by the gense. Pronotum convex with two large rounded dorsal lobes, one behind the 

 other and deeply notched between; metopidium sloping, wider than high ; median carina strongly per- 

 current ; humeral angles extended into broad,triangular projections, flattened dorso-ventrally and extend- 

 ed directly outward; sides of pronotum decorated with heavy raised longitudinal ridges and dorsal 

 lobes irregularly ridged; posterior apex of pronotum gradually acuminate and extending just about to 

 the tipsof the tegmina. Tegmina about one-half exposed; hyaline ; basal costal area strongly punctate ; 

 five apical cells; one discoidal cell ; median apical cell triangular and petiolate ; apical limbus broad. 

 Legs simple, cylindrical; posterior tarsi longer than the others. 



Type bactriaua Goding. 



Geographical distribution : A South American genus with two described species as follows : 



1. baclriana Goding, Memb. Ecuad. 35 (1920). Ecuador. 



2. bicnstata Stal, Bid. Memb. Kan. 238. 3 (1869). — Pl. 6, fig. 75. Colombia. 



88. GENUS DIOCLOPHARA KlRKALDY 



Dioclophara (nom. nov) Kirkaldy, Ent. XXXVII : 279 (1904). 

 Luoilla (preoccupied) Stal, Bid. Hem. Syst. 555 (1867). 



Characters : Small elongate insects of inconspiciious colors and seed-like appearance with 

 strongly ridged pronotum, very small dorsal horns, and tegmina half concealed. Head triangular; base 

 weakly sinuate; eyes globular; ocelli small, a little nearer to each other than to the eyes and located 

 about on an imaginary line drawn through centers of eyes; inferior margins of genae weakly sinuate; 

 clypeus short and blunt, extending for half its length below inferior margins of genae and continuing the 

 lateral line of the face made by these margins. Pronotum moderately elevated, tectiform, strongl}' 

 longitudinally ridged ; a weak, blunt dorsal horn, sometimes reduced to a mere angle, arising from just 

 behind the humeral angles; dorsum gradually sloping from tip of horn or angle to the posterior apex of 

 the pronotum which is very sharp and just about reaches the tips of the tegmina. Tegmina about half 

 exposed ; basal costal half strongly punctate and semicoriaceous, apical half hyaline ; five apical cells; 

 one discoidal cell; median apical cell triangular and petiolate; apical limbus broad. I.egs simple, sub- 

 cylindrical; hind tarsi longest. 



Type viridula Fairmaire 



Geographical distribution : A strictly South American genus, thus far definitely reported 

 only from Ecuador and Colombia 



I. cornigera Stal, Bid. Memb. Kan. 2^9. 4 (1869). Colombia. 



