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tiif't of hair above ; cjcs large, rouiul ; aiitcnn:i? of male with fasciculate cilia ; 

 thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, the pro- and metathorax with 

 sjireading crests, the patagia verv broadly dilated with scales at extremity ; 

 tibia' inoderatcly frinj^ed with hair, the fore and hind tibiae not si)iiied, tlie 

 latter rarely with one or two spines between the mid and termiual s))iir8 ; 

 abdomen with very large dorsal crest at base followed by a series of small 

 crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and 

 highly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from iip))er angle ; 

 il from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areolo ; 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with the cell about half the length of wing; veins 3. 4 from angle; 5 fully 

 developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell near base onlj'. 



Sect. I. Femora of male fringed with long hair, the mid femora dilated with a 

 groove containing tufts of large scales and hair. 



A. ITind tibia? of male fringed with longhair; hind wing with the termen 

 somewhat excurved at middle, the costa lobed near base. 

 a. ¥ove wing of male with the termen somewhat excised from vein 4 to 

 tornus, 



8005. Zale discisigna. 



Homoptcra discisigna. Wlk. xiii. 1066 (1857); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., 



Het. i. p. 34."). 

 Xylis usiipennis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 342 (part.), nee Wlk. 

 Homoptera cemona, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 344 (part.). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen light red-brown mixed with some 

 dark broA\n ; pal])! dark brown A\'ith pale band at base of 3rd joint ; 



Fig. 54. — Zalediscisif/na, ^. 



pectus whitish tinged with rufous ; tar.si fuscous ringed with white ; 

 ventral surface <>f abdonieii ocliivous white tinged with l>rown on 



