NOTES ON THE PHILIPPINE MEMBRACIDyE 



By W. D. Funkhouser 

 (From the Entomological Laboratory of Cornell University, Ithaca) 



ONE PLATE 



In a paper published in 1915 ^ an attempt was made to review 

 all of the species of Membracidse known from the Philippine 

 Islands at that time, and tables were given that should aid in 

 their recognition. 



Since that date the papers published by Distant ^ and the sup- 

 plementary volume of the Homoptera of British India ^ by the 

 same author have added some valuable data to the literature of 

 the East Indian forms, while the continued collecting of Prof. 

 C. F. Baker, of Los Baiios, has brought to light a number of 

 interesting new species. Also Mr. Distant has very kindly com- 

 pared for me some of the questionable forms with the type speci- 

 mens of Walker in the British Museum, and Professor Baker 

 has called attention to the fact that two records in literature 

 were overlooked in the former paper. For these reasons the 

 following notes are given to bring the knowledge of the family 

 up to date in regard to the Philippine fauna. 



Unfortunately there are yet no data on the biology of the 

 species, so that these additions are entirely from a systematic 

 viewpoint. 



I am again greatly indebted to Professor Baker, who has so 

 kindly furnished me with all of the new material. 



Genus XANTHOSTICTA Buckton 



Buckton * has described three species of the genus Bolbonota 

 from the Islands. It seems improbable that this genus should 

 be thus represented, as the insects representing the genus are 

 native of an entirely distinct faunal area, and no other species 

 of the subfamily Membracinse, to which Bolbonota belongs, have 



' Funkhouser, W. D., Review of the Philippine Membracidse, This Journal, 

 Sec. D (1915), 10, 365-405. 



^Distant, W. L., Rhynchotal notes, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1915), 

 VIII, 16, 322-328, 489-496; (1916), 17, 149-159, 313-330; 18, 19-44. 



° Distant, W. L., Fauna of Brit. Ind., Rhyndi. VI, Horn. Append., viii 

 and 248 pp. London, March, 1916. 



* Buckton, G. B., Monograph of the Membracidae (1903), 64. 



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