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74. Genus ODOPCEA, Stal 



Odopoea. Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4), Vol. r, p. 616 (1861); Hem. Afr. Vol. 4, p. 1 (1866). 



Characters. — Head (including eyes) about equal in width to base of mesonotum, ocelli a little 

 wider apart from eyes than from each other, eyes prominent, a little passing the anterior pronotal 

 angles; face more or less longitudinally sulcate; rostrum about reaching the posterior coxae; pronotum 

 shorter than mesonotum, the lateral margins angularly ampliate ; mesonotum (including basal cruciform 

 elevation) almost as long as head and pronotum together; abdomen broad, centrally ridged, the lateral 

 areas more or less oblique, about as long as space between apexlof head and base of cruciform eleva- 

 tion; opercula short, broad, not extending beyond base of abdomen; tympanal coverings outwardly 

 complete, the orificies only exposed inwardly; tegmina three or more than three times as long as 

 broad, apical areas eight; wings with six apical areas. 



Type. — 0. dilataia, Fabricius. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Tropical America, Antilles. 



A. Tegmina more or less maculate. 



1. O. dilatata. Antilles. 



Tettigonia dilataia, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 678 (4) (1775). 

 Zammara plena. Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 3S (i85o). 

 Zammara cuncta, Walker, loc. cit. p. 39 (i85o). 

 Zammara praxita. Walker, loc. cit. p. 40 (i85o). 

 Zammara erato, Walker, loc. cit. p. 41 (i85o). 

 var. Zammara suffusa. Walker, loc. cit. p. 37 (i85o). 



Zammara vacillans, Walker, loc. cit. Suppl. r>. 3 (i858). 



Odopcea domingensis, Uhler, Trans. Maryl. Acad. Sc. (1802), p. 172. 



2. 0. venturii. Argentina. 



Odopcea venturii, Distant, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. Vol. 5o, p. i5o (1906). 



3. O.ftinesta. Jamaica, N. America? 



Zammara funesta, Walker, Ins. Saund. Horn. p. 2 (i858). 



4. O. strigipcnnis. Haiti. 



Zammara strigipcnnis, Walker, Ins. Saund. Hum. p. 3 (i858). 



5. O. degiacomii. — PI. 2, Figs. 23a, b. Santos. 



Odopcea degiacomii. Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), Vol. 9, p 641 (1912). 



6. O. caribcea. St. Domingo. 



Odopcea Caribcea, Uhler, Trans. Maryl. Acad. Sc. (1892), p. 169. 



7. O. jamaicensis. Jamaica. 



Odopcea jamaicensis, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (1881) p. 629. 



8. O. perspicua. Sao Thome; Brazil. 



Odopcea perspicua, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. i5, p. 38o (1905). 



B. Tegmina unspotted. 



9. 0. signorrti. Mexico. 



Odopcea signoreti, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. Vol. 25, p. 5g (1864); Distant, 

 Biol. Cenlr.-Amer. Rhyncb. Horn. Vol. 1, p. 5, t. 1, f. ion, b (1881). 



10. O. diriangani. Nicaragua. 



Odopcea diriangani. Distant, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Rhynch. Horn. Vol. 1, 

 p. 5. t. 3, f. io«, b (1881). 



1 1. O. azieca. Mexico. 

 pcea azteca, Distant, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Rhynch. Horn. Vol. 1, p. 4, 



t. 1, f. 4a, b (1881). 



