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margin straight or angularly ; rounded ; scutellum small, triangular ; 

 elytra longer than abdomen, frequently coriaceous, pubescence 

 variable; distinctive hind tibial characters as mentioned above. 



Key to' Subfamilies* 



Anterior margin of pronotum straight; eyes equally long and 

 broad Cercopinae, p. 209 



Anterior margin of pronotum rounded or angular ; eyes frequently 

 transverse Aphrophinae, p. 21 1 



Antenna 

 Ocellus 



Clavus 



Edge of 



elytron 



Under wing 



Fig. 18. A Cercopid, showing structures. (1) dorsal view, (2) ventral 

 view of female, (3) male genitalia. All greatly enlarged. Drawing by 

 L. A. Stearns. 



Subfamily Cercopinae. 



The members of this subfamily are large, broadly oval, bril- 

 liantly colored, mostly tropical forms ; but a single genus and a 

 single species occurring within the Nearctic fauna. 



Monecphora Amyot and Serville. 



Head small, much narrower than humeral angles of pronotum ; 

 front strongly inflated, anteriorly produced, rounding back to 

 vertex, usually medially unicarinate ; rostrum short, two- jointed, 



* Adapted from Stal. 



