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the State Cabinet of Natural History and apparently indicates 

 that he had the special labels printed for that collection. 



The above described case in the Albany Museum not only con- 

 tains the species of Membracidas noted in the original publica- 

 tion and no others, but the number of specimens, male and female, 

 of each, is identical with those mentioned in that publication and 

 the nmnhers correspond exactly zvith those of the descriptions. 

 It would appear, therefore, that the authenticity of these speci- 

 mens would seem to be established beyond reasonable question. 

 Still more important, however, is the fact that these specimens 

 agree upon examination with the original descriptions to such an 

 extent as to remove any doubt as to their being the identical in- 

 sects which the author had before him. I believe that this is 

 proven conclusively by the fact that certain odd specimens, e. g., 

 No. 671 (p. 49, Fourth Report), No. 673 (idem), No. 675 

 (idem), designated in the original published description as varie- 

 ties or subspecies on account of peculiar markings, shoiv these 

 peculiarities exactly as described. This would seem to prove 

 that the type specimens of the sixteen species described in the 

 Fourth Report are those in the New York State Collection. 



The only specimens of the other two species — Ceresa brevi- 

 cornis and Ceresa taurina — known to be from the Fitch collec- 

 tion appear to be those numbered 1875 and 3668 respectively in 

 the U. S. National Museum. These may or may not be type 

 specimens. The original descriptions of both are very meager, 

 that of the latter being merely a comparison with C. bubalus 

 Fabr., and being credited to Harris (Cat. Mass.). Since, how- 

 ever, these two specimens represent the only ones from the Fitch 

 material which are available for study they may well be designated 

 as types for purposes of comparison. 



The following list is therefore offered as a designation of the 

 type specimens with the synonymy indicated : 



In New York State Museum. 



Smilia castanccc No. 669. Atymna castanca. 



Smilia qucrci No. 672, Atymna qucrci. 



Smilia guttata Subsp No. 674, Smilia camclus Fabr. 



Smilia auriculata No. 676, Archasia galeata Fabr. 



Cyrtosia fenestrata No. 678, Cyrtolobus fenestratus. 



Tclamona unicolor No. 684. 



