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HOMOPTERA 



Geographical distribution ; South America is the principal 

 species have been reported from Central America and from Mexico. 



1. angustata Buckton, Mon. Memb. 201 (igoS). 



2. burmeisteri Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 525. 8 (1846). 



;?MaWalker, List Hom. B. M. 485. 26 (i85i) 

 lata Walker, List Hom. B. M 494. 42 (i85i). 



3. capitata Buckton, Mon. Memb. 2o3 (igoS). 



4. emarginatiis Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. 14. 35 (i8o3). 



flexuosa Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. Index 16 {i8o3). 



5. furca Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 524. 6 (1846). 



6. fuscus Amyot and Serville, Hemip. 55i (1843). 



bellicosa Walker, List Hom. B. M. Suppl i65 (i858). 



7. gaffa Fairmaire. Rev. Memb. 524. 7 (1846).— Pi. 9,fig. 136. 



latipennis Walker, List Hom. B. M. 607. 20 (i85i). 



8. galeritus Lesson, 111. Zool. Pl. 56 (i83i). 



lobatus Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. II : 34. 3 (1860). 

 walbergi Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. II : 35. 4 (1860). 



9. gladiator Germar, Rev. Silb. HI : 3io (i835). 



subminax Walker, Journ. Ent. 3i6 (1862). 

 torta Buckton, Mon. Memb. 202 (igoS). 

 fuscata Buckton, Mon. Memb. 204 (igo3). 



10. hippocampus Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. 20. 22 (i8o3). 



ancora Germar, Mag. Ent. IV : 32 (1821). 



11. luctans Stal. Rio Jan. Hem. H : 35. 10 (1860). 



corniger Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. II : 36. 12 (1860). 



12. minamen Buckton, Mon. Memb. 5i (1903). 



igniventer Buckton, Mon. Memb. 200(1903). 



i3. mitratus Germar, Rev. Silb. IH : 3ii (i835). 



spinola Fairmaire, Guer. Rev. ZooL 12 (1846). 



14. petasus Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 5^5. 10 (1846). 

 i5. phasianus Fowler, B. C. A. II : 164. i (1896). 



16. pileolum Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 525. 11 (1846). 



truncatulus Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. II : 36. 11. (1860). 



17. prolixus Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. II : 35. 9 (1860). 



18. serraticornis Fow^ler, B. C. A. II : i65. 2 (1896). 



ig. triangulata Funkhouser.Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. XXVII : 4. 276(1919). 

 20. unicolor Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 525. g (1846). 



home of this genus but a few 



Brazil. 

 Brazil. 



Brazil, Colombia. 

 Brazil, Venezuela. 



Brazil, 



Brazil, Colombia, Nicaragua. 



Brazil, Ecuador. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Brazil, British Guiana, Colom- 



bia, Peru. 

 Brazil, Peru, Venezuela. 



Ecuador, Brazil, Honduras, 



Mexico. 

 Brazil, Colombia, British Gui- 



ana. 

 Brazil. 

 Panama. 

 Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Panama, Yucatan, Brazil, 



Peru. 

 Brazil. 

 Brazil. 



159. Genus STEGASPIS Germar 



Stegaspis Germar, Rev. Silb. III : 23i (i835). 



Characters : A genus of curious insects, often used by the Natural Selectionists as examples 

 of protective imitation siiice the form certainly bears a remarkable resemblance to dried leaves, even 



Note : The Fabrician species rhombea has usually been considered as belonging to thisgenus, but it is very probably 

 a Tettigoniid. 



