THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTOKY, 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 



No. 10. OCTOBER 1908. 



XXXV.— Rhync hot al Notes.— XLV. By W. L. Distant. 



HoilOPTERA. 



Fam. Cercopidae. 



Ethiopian Genera and Species. 



The Ethiopian Cercopidca are now becoming much better 

 known to entomologists. Since Walker first described many- 

 species and Stal laid the foundation of the study in his 

 ' Hemiptera African a/ recent workers have paid considerable 

 attention to the family. Among these contributors may be 

 mentioned Schouteden, who described and enumerated a 

 number of species principally from the Congo region (1901), 

 and Jacobi, who did the same for the fauna of North-east 

 Africa (1904). Lethierry, Karsch, Melichar, and the present 

 writer have also, from time to time, added to the list. The 

 British Museum contained a considerable quantity of 

 unworked material, of which the collection made by Neave 

 in North-west Rhodesia is particularly important, and that 

 made by Escalera in the Cameroon district o£ West Africa 

 has filled many lacunre in the National Collection. 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. ii. 22 



