FAM. HALICTOPHAGID^E 3 9 



Parasites of leafhoppers of the genus Hccalus : 



2. P. phaeodes Perkins. Queensland. 



Halictophagus (Bniesia) phacod.es, Perkins, Rep. Exp. Stat. Hawaiian Sugar 



Planters' Ass. Bull, i, Pt. 3, p. io3, pi. 3, f. 3 (igo5). 

 Pentoxocera phaeodes, Pierce, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. p. 8i (igo8); Bull. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. p. 159 (igog). 



Parasites of leafhoppers of the genus Paradurydium : 



3. P. stenodes, Perkins. Queensland. 



Halictophagus (Bniesia) stenodes, Perkins, Rep. Exp. Stat. Hawaiian Sugar 



Planters' Ass. Bull, i, Pt. 3, p. 104, pi. 3. f. 2 (igo5). 

 Pentoxocera stenodes, Pierce, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. p. 81 (1908); Bull. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. p. i5g (igog). 



Parasites of leafhoppers of the genus Diedrocepliala : 



4. P. schwarzi, Pierce. Guatemala. 



Pentoxocera schwarzi. Pierce, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 66, p. i5g, pi. 14, 

 f. n (igog). 



2. SUBFAM. HALICTOPHAGIN/E, PERKINS 



Halictophaginse. Perkins, Rep. Exp. Stat. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Ass. Bull. 1, Pt. 3, p. 99 (1905). 



Characters. — Male. — Prothorax banQ-like, not interrupted, either straight or arched 

 forward. Wings with seven primary veins. 



As far as known, this subfamily is parasitic on Fulgoridse. 



TABLE OF GENERA (Males) 



ia. Prothorax simple, not ached forward ; wings with two distal detaclied 



veins between the radius and medius, cubitus lacking; medius 



broken, or with detached vein commencing just before the apex on 



its anal side 1, Genus Halictophagus, Dale. 



lb. Prothorax and mesothorax arched forward , fitting into excavation of 



head; oedeagus slender, basally arcuate, apically reflexed at a 



right angle and tapering to a point. Wings with seven primary 



veins ; a short detached vein behind radius, medius with detached 



branches in front and behind 2. Genus Neocholax, Pierce. 



TABLE OF GENERA (Females) 



ia. Transverse slit on cephalothorax narrow; thorax longer than head, 



gradually narrowed to base ; side of head convex 3. Genus Megalechthrus, Perkins. 



I. Genus HALICTOPHAGUS, Dale 



Halictophagus. Dale, in Curtis, Brit. Ent. pi. 433 (i832); Pierce, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 66, 

 p. i56 (1909). 



Characters. — Male. — Head broader than thorax, eyes very remote, prominent and coarsely 

 facetted. Antennae seven-jointed, the third to sixth lateral!}" produced, and the seventh subequalling 



