FAM. MEMBRACIDiE 2o5 



tipaciiminateandextendingalmost to the tips of the tegmina; scutellum entirely exposed, subtiiangular, 

 twice as long as broad, tip broadly notched. Tegmina semiopaque, base narrowly coriaceous and 

 punctate ; veins strong ; five apical and three discoidal cells ; apical limbus broad. Legssimple; hind 

 tarsi longest. 



Type alticornis Jacobi. 



Geographical distribution : This is an African genus with four described species. 



1. alticornis Jacobi, Ergebn. Zentr. Afrik. Exped. 35 (1910). British East Africa, Uganda, 



Mutanda, Mpanga, Toro, 

 Ruwenzori. 



2. humilis Goding, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XXXVIII : 89 (i^So). Ruwenzori. 



3 infractus Jacobi, Kil. Exped. 122 (1910). Kilimandjaro. 



4. uigris nom. nov. — P|. II, fig. 171. Usambara. 



majusculum Distant, (British Museum MS name). 



197. Genus PANTALEON DISTANT 



Pantaleon Distant, Rhynch. Notes 327 (1916). 

 Eupantaleon Kato, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Form. XVIII ; 33 (1928). 



Characters : A peculiar genus of large insects characterized by the high, arcuate dorsal node 

 on the posterior process and the strongly dentate suprahumerals. Head subquadrate, about as broad 

 as high, usually pubescent; base highly arcuate and sinuate; eyes ovate ; oceUi prominent, farther from 

 each other than from the eyes and situated well above a line drawn through centers of eyes ; inferior 

 margins of gense sinuate; clypeus trilobed, the median lobe much the largest, extending for more than 

 half its length below the inferior margins of the genae, tip broadly rounded. Pronotum convex with 

 strong, toothed suprahumerals ; metopidium nearly vertical, broader than high ; median carina strongly 

 percurrent; humeral angles small, triangular and pointed ; suprahumeral horns heavy, robust, swoUen, 

 triquerate, apex strongly dentate ; posterior process heavy and elevated into a high, flattened dorsal 

 node, tip suddenly acute and reaching just about to the internal angles of the tegmina ; scutellum 

 narrowly exposed on each side. Tegmina semiopaque, base narrowly coriaceous and punctate ; veins 

 strong; five apical and two discoidal cells; tip pointed; apical limbus well developed. Legs simple; 

 hind tarsi longest. 



Type montifer Walker. 



Geographical distributlon : The species of this genus are not common and seem to be limited 

 to oriental regions. 



1. brunneus Funkhouser, BuU. Brook. Ent. Soc. XVI : 2. ^5 (1921). — China, Kiautschau, Chekiang, 



Pl. II, flg. 172. Kiangsu. 



2. bufo Kato, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Form. XVIII : 33 (1928). Formosa. 



3. bulbosus Funkhouser, Ent. Month. Mag. LIII : loi (1937). Borneo. 



4. dorsalis Matsumura, Cicad, Jap. II : i8i5 (1912). Formosa. 



5. montifer Walker, List Hom. B. M. 620. 53(i85i). China, Hong Kong. 



