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274. Genus CRYPTASPIDIA Stal 



Cryptaspidia Stal, Hem. Phil, 729 (1870). 



Characters : A large, important aiid well-known genus characterized by the smooth, rounded 

 pronotum and the completely concealed scutellum. Head subquadrate, wider than high; base arcuate 

 and sinuate; eyes large, globular and protruding; ocelli large, conspicuous, twice as far from each 

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

 of genae rounded and somewhat lobate; clypeus broad, extending for one-fourlh its length below 

 inferior margins of genas, tip broadly rounded. Pronotum low, somewhat flattened, unarmed; meto- 

 pidium sloping, twice as broad as high; median carina obsolete; 110 suprahumeral horns ; humeral angles 

 strong, triangular and pointed ; posterior process heavy, nearly straight, tectiform, impinging on 

 tegmina, tip acute and jiist reaching the internal angles of the tegmina ; scuteUum entireh- concealed. 

 Tegmina hyaline or subh3'aline, generally more or less mottled; basal and costal areas broadiy coria- 

 ceous and punctate; veins weak; five apical and two discoidal cells; tip rounded; apical Hmbus broad. 

 Legs simple; hind tarsi longest. 



Type piibera Stal. 



Geographical distribution : The center of distribution of Cryplaspidia seems to be the Philip- 

 pine Islands from which practically all of the species have been described. 



Philippines, Luzon, Laguna, 



Ubi. 

 Phihppines, Luzon, Benguet, 



Baguio. 

 India, Almora, lieranag. 

 Philippines, Laguna, Los 



Banos. 

 1'hilippines, Luzon, Benguet, 



Baguio. 

 Philippines, Luzon, Ripang. 

 Malaya, .Selangor. 

 Philippines, Palawan. 

 Philippines, Luzon, Tayabas, 



Mt. Banahao. 

 Philippines, Mindanao, Da- 



vao. 

 Philippines, Basilan. 



Philippines, Luzon, Los 

 Banos, Mt. Maquiling. 



Philippines, Panay, Antique, 

 Culasi. Basilan, Luzon, 

 Los Banos, Mt. Maquiling. 



Philippines, .Mt, Ma^iuiling, 

 Luzon, Baguio, 



1. aurictilata Funkhouser, Phil. Journ. Sci. XL : 114 (1929). 



2. elevata Funkhouser, Phil. Journ. Sci. XV : i. 26 (1919). 



3. /asciata Funkhouser, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amei-, XXIX : 2. 248 (1936). 



4. impressa Stal, Hem. PhiL 780. 3 (1870). 



5. longa Funkhouser, Phil. Journ. Sci. XV : i. 27 (1919). 



6. lustra Funkhouser, Phil. Journ. Sci. XL : 114 (1929). 



7. magna Funkhouser, Journ. F.M.S. Mus, XHI : 2^4 (1927). 



8. minuta Funkhouser, Phil. Journ. Sci. XXXI II : iiS (1927). 



9. nigra Funkhouser, Notes Phil. Memb. 36 (1918). 



10. obtusiceps Stal, Hem. Phil. 7^0. 4 (1870). 



11. pilosa Funkhouser, Phil. Journ. Sci. XVIII : 6. 686 (1921). 



12. pubera Stal, Hem. Phil. 729. i (1870). 



i3. tagalica Stal, Hem. Phil. 729. 2 (1870). — PL 14, fig. 243. 



14. ^n/o/w/a Funkhouser, Journ. X,Y. Ent. Soc. XXII : 3. 235 (1914). 



