THE LANTERN-FLIES AND THEIR ALLIES 



(Family Fulgoridce.) 



To this group belong the well-known lantern-flies of the 

 tropics, but it also includes a host of other species of diverse 

 forms which are separated into no less than 13 subfamilies of 



Fig. 127. — Helicoptera 

 sp. (After Uhler.) 



Fig. 128. — Scolops 



sulcipes. 



(After Uhler.) 



which the Delphacinse and Flatinse are best represented in the 

 United States. The tropical forms are large and bright-colored 

 and the true lantern-flies are so-called because of the enormous 



Fig. 129. — Otioceras coquiberti, 

 (After Uhler.) 



enlargement of the fore-part of the head which was formerly 

 thought to be luminous. All are vegetable feeders. Our Ameri- 



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