FAM. MEMBRACID^ 



i53 



2. cratagi Fitch, Cat. Hom. N. Y. 52. 697 (i85i). 



fyramidoides Smith, Cat. Ins. N. J. 441 {1890). 



3. nimbulatus Ball, Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. XV : 9. 200 (igzS). 



4. turriculatus Emmons, Agr. N. Y. V : i55 (1854). 



robina Goding, Can. Ent. XXV : 196 (iSgS). 



5. uuivittatus Harris, Rept. Ins. Mass. 180(1841). 



godingi Van Duzee, Bull. Bufif. Soc. Nat. Sci. V : 189 (1894). 

 dorsiilis Buckton, Mon. Memb. 197 (1903). 

 var. : pmiiilis Ball, Ent. Amer. XII : i. i5 (igSi). 



United States, Canada. 



Eastern and central U. S. 

 Eastern U. S. 



United States, Canada. 



128. Genus CARYNOTA FlTCH 



Carynota Fitch, Hom. N. Y. State Cab. 48 (i85i). 

 Obtlleta Stal, Bid. Hem. Syst. 556 (1867). 



Characters : This genus definitely belongs to the Telamona group but differs from the other 

 genera by having no anterior horn or crest. The pronotum is low and convex, the tegmina are about 

 half exposed and the posterior process just about reaches the tips of the tegmina. Head subquadrate, 

 twice as broad as high; base arcuate and weakly sinuate; eyes large and ovate ; ocelH much nearer to 

 each other than to the eyes and situated about on a hne drawn through centers of eyes; inferior margins 

 of gena; strongly sinuate; median portion only of clypeus projecting very shghtly below inferior 

 margins of genae. Pronotum convex, without an anterior horn or crest; dorsum broadly rounded ; 

 metopidium sloping, broader than high; humeral angles weak, not prominent, rounded ; sides of 

 pronotum punctate, slightly impressed, extended downward to cover about half of the tegmina; posterior 

 process strong, heavy, convex, acute, just about reaching the tips of the tegmina. Tegmina hyahne 

 or smoky; about half exposed ; basal area coarsely punctate; five apical and two discoidal cells; apical 

 limbus broad. Legs simple, angulate; hind taisi very shghtly longer than the others. 



Type mera Say. 



Geographical distribution ; A North American genus reported thus far only from the United 

 States and Canada. 



1. maculata Funkhouser, Ent. News XXVI : 3. 98 (igi5). Florida. 



2. marmorata Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. VI : 3oi. 11 (i83i). Canada, northeastern and 



central U. S. 



3. mera Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. VI : 3io (i83i). — P|. 8, Canada, United States. 



fig. I 13. 



tripartita Walker, List Hom. B. M. 576. i5 (i85i). 

 majus Emmons, N. Y. Agr. Rept. V : i56 (18^4). 

 strombergi Goding, Cat. Memb. X. A. 443 (1894). 



4. porphyrea Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 3o6. 4 (1846). 



picta Provancher, Pet. Faun. Can. III : 246. 2 (1886). 



5. stupida Walker, List Hom. B. M. 577. 16 (i85i). 



muskokensis Goding, Cat. Memb. N. A. 444. 145 (1874). 

 albopicta Buckton, Mon. Memb. i35 (igo3). 



6. vera Goding, Can. Ent. XXVII : 276 (1895). 



East. Canada, northeast. U.S. 



Eastern Canada, northeastern 

 U. S. 



Northeastern U. S. 



129. GENUS TROPIDARNIS FOWLER 



Tropidarnis Fowler, B. C. A. II : 60 (1895). 



Characters ; Fowler described this genus incorrectly in the subfamilj' Darninje although his 



