FAM. MEMBRACID^ iS-j 



out just behind humerals, extended downwaid to cover at least half of the tegmina; posteiior piocess 

 strong, heavy, tectiform, gradually acute, reaching just to tips of tegmina. Tegmina hjaline; somewhat 

 less than half exposed ; base and basal costal area coriaceous and punctate ; five apical cells ; no discoidal 

 cell; apical Hmbus very narrow. Legs simple; all tarsi about equal in length. 



Type inconspicua Fowler. 



Geographical distribution ; A genus of South and Central America. Although only five 

 species have been described in this genus with a rather limited distribution, we believe that Aphetea is 

 much larger and more widely distributed than the records would indicate, for we have seen at different 

 times large amounts of undetermined material of this genus which when described will certainly extend 

 its size and range. We believe that the fact that these insects are so small and inconspicuous has caused 

 them to be generally overlooked. The five described species are as follows : 



1. affinis Haviland, Zoologica VI : 3. 252 (ig^S). British Guiana, Peru. 



2. hicolor Goding, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XXXIV : 280 (1926). Ecuador. 



3. inconspicxia Fowler, B. C. A. II : gS. i (iSgS). — Pl. 8, fig. I I 6. Guatemala, Trinidad. 



4. maculata Funkhouser, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XXV : 2. i63 (1927). Peru. 



5. /Kwc/a/a Funkhouser, Ann. Mus. Acad. U.S. S. R. XXVIII : 146 Brazil. 



(1927). 



134. GENUS PHORMOPHORA Stal 



Phormophora Stal, Hem. Fabr. II : 28 (1869). 



Characters : Closely related to the preceding genus but distinguished by the two discoidal 

 cells of the tegmina and the fact that the dorsum is usually distinctly depressed before the middle. 

 Head subquadrate, twice as wide as high; base regularly sinuate; eyes small and globular; ocelli 

 small; inconspicuous, nearer to each other than to the eyes and situated about on a line drawn through 

 centers of eyes; inferior margins of genae sinuate; clypeus strongly deflexed, extending for half its length 

 below infei ior margins of genae. Pronotum low, convex, highest behind middle ; dorsum depressed 

 before middle; metopidium straight, wider than high; median carina percurrent; humeral angles small 

 and rounded; sides of pronotum punctate but not carinate, hollowed out behind humerals, extended 

 downward to cover over half of the tegmina; posterior process heavy, tectiform, acute, just reaching 

 the tegmina. Tegmina hyaline, clouded or semiopaque ; less than half exposed; base coriaceous and 

 punctate; five apical and two or more discoidal cells; apical limbus very narrow. Legs simple; all tarsi 

 about equal in length. 



Type maura Fabricius. 



Geographical distribution : A Central and South American genus with the following 

 described species : 



1. dorsata Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. 3i. 18 (i8o3). Brazil, Ecuador. 



2. Inteostrigata Goding, BuU. Brook. Ent. Soc. XXUI : iSg (1928). Ecuador. 



3. maura Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. 3o. 16 (i8o3). — Pl. 8, fig. I I 7. Ecuador, Brazil, Peru. 



4. spreta Goding, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XXV : 2. 170 (1927). Jamaica. 



