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KOCTUIDJK. 



tuft of liair above ; eyes large, roiiiicl ; aiitennro of male with fasciculate cilia ; 

 tliorax clothed with scales and liair mixed, the pi'O- and metathorax with 

 spreading crests, the patagia very broadly dilated with scales at extremity ; 

 1ibia3 moderately fringed with hair, tlie fore and hind tibite not spined, the 

 latter rarely with one or two spines between the mid and terminal spurs ; 

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

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

 higidy ci'enulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 

 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from eel!. Hind wing 

 with the cell about lialf 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 only. 



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

 groove containing tufts of large scales and hair. 



A. Hind tibije of male fringed with long hair ; hind wing with the termen 

 somewhat excurved at middle, the costa lobed near base. 

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

 turnus. 



8005. Zale discisigna. 



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



Het. i. p. 345. 

 Xylis ustipennis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 342 (part.), nee "W'lk. 

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



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

 dark brown ; palpi dark brown Mdth jjale band at base of 3rd joint ; 



Fig. 54. — Zale discisigna, ^. \. 



pectus whitish tinged with rufous ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; 

 ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown on 



