igo HOMOPTERA 



node or curve near the tip, tip suddenly acute and extending beyond the internal angles of the tegmina ; 

 scutellum narrowly exposed on each side. Tegmina semiopaque; base narrowly opaque and punctate ; 

 tip rounded; five apical and two discoidal cells; apical limbus very narrow. Legs slender and simple; 

 hind tarsi longest. 



Type satyrus Buckton. 



Geographlcal distrlbution ; This is another West Indian genus with a very limited distribu- 

 tion, being found only on the island of Haiti. 



1. satyrus Buckton, Mon. Memb. 241 (igoS). — Pl. I 0, fig. I 54. Haiti. 



2. serricorne Walker, Ins. Saund. 77 (i858). Haiti. 



179. Genus AMBLYCENTRUS FOWLER 



Amblycentrus Fowler, B. C. A. II : i58 (1896). 



Characters : Small elongate densely pubescent insects without suprahumerals and with a short 

 thick posterior process lying close to the scutellum. Head subquadrangular, about as long as broad; 

 base arcuate and sinuate; eyes large and globular; ocelh prominent, farther from each otherthan from 

 the eyes and situated about on a line drawn through centers of eyes ; inferior margins of genae rounded ; 

 clypeus extending for half its length below inferior margins of genae. Pronotum convex, strongly pubes- 

 cent; no suprahumeral horns; metopidium sloping, as high as broad, somewhat plicate at base ; median 

 carina percurrent; humeral angles strong and subauriculate ; posterior process short, tectiform, 

 impinging on scutellum, tip blunt and reaching only a Httle beyond the apex of the scutellum, 

 scutellum weW exposed on each side. Tegmina long, pubescent; veins strong; five apical and two 

 discoidal cells; veins of clavus elevated; apical limbus well developed. Hind wings with four apical 

 cells. Legs simple; hind tarsi longest. 



Type pubescens Fowler. 



Geographical distributlon : The type species from Mexico is the only known representative 



of the genus. 



I. pubescens Fowler, B. C. A. II : i58. i (1896). — Pl. I 0, flg. I 55. Mexico. 



180. GENUS CENTRICULUS FOWLER 



Centriculus Fowler, B. C. A. II : 07 (1896). 



Characters : Medium-sized, slender bodied insects, without suprahumerals and with a short, 

 straight posterior process lying close to the scuteUum. Head subquadrate, broader than long; base 

 strongly sinuate; eyes globular ; ocelH prominent, farther from each other than from the eyes and 

 situated near the base of the head, far above a line drawn through centers of eyes ; inferior margins of 

 genae sinuate ; clypeus projecting for half its length below inferior margins of genas. Pronotum con- 

 vex, without suprahumerals; metopidium sloping, broader than high; median carina percurrent; humeral 

 angles very large, blunt; posterior process very short, not reaching beyond the apex of the scuteHum ; 

 scutellum broadly exposed on each side. Tegmina hyaHne; basiil half broadly coriaceous and punctate; 

 apex rounded; five apical and two oblong, almost equal discoidal cells; apical Hmbus well developed. 

 Hind wings with four or five apical ceHs. Legs simple; tibiae incHned to beserrate; hind tarsi longest. 



