24 HOMOPTERA 



12.O. potyi. Cuba. 



Cicada [Platypltura) Pocvi, Guerin, in Sagra, Hist. lis. Cuba, Ins. p. .(25, 

 t. i3. f. 16 (i857). 



Odopaa Potyi, Uhler, Trans. Maryl. Acad. Sc (1892), p. 169. 

 I 3. 0. walkeri. Cuba. 



Cicada walkrrii. Guerin. in Sagra, Hist, de Cuba. p. 426(18571. 



Odopcea walker ii, Uhler, Trans. Maryl. Acad. Sc. (1892I, p. 168. 



14. O. sagra. Cuba. 



Cicada sagra", Guerin, in Sagra, Hist. fis. de Cuba, p. 426 ( i85; 1. 

 Odopoca sagra, Uhler, Trans. Maryl. Sc. (1892). p. 168. 



1 5. 0. insignifcra. Argentina. 



Odopira insignifcra. Berg, Hem. Argent, p. 2o3 (1879). 



75. Genus MIRANHA, Distant 



Miranha. Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol i5. p. 3Si (igo5). 



Characters. — Head (including eves) a little narrower than base of mesonotum. the front 

 moderately prominent, but only about half the length of vertex, lateral margins of vertex a little convex; 

 pronotum about as long as mesonotum, its lateral margins ampliate and medially angulate; abdomen 

 about as long as space between apex of head and base of cruciform elevation, its lateral areas above 

 moderately oblique, the tympanal orifices inwardly covered but outwardly exposed; abdomen beneath 

 with the disk oblique on'each side, but with the lateral margins broadly subreflected ; rostrum passing 

 the posterior coxa;; opercula small, transverse; tarsi three-jointed ; tegmina and wings hyaline, the first 

 with eight apical areas, and the basal cell considerably longer than broad. 



Type. — M. imbdlis, Walker. 



Geographical distribution of species. ■•- Central America. 



1. M. imbdlis. — PI. 2, Figs. 2 5a, b. Central America. 



Zammara imbdlis. Walker, List Horn. Suppl. p. 2 (i8581. 

 Odopaa imbelhs. Distant, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Rhynch. Horn Vol. 1, p 4, 

 t. I. f. 3(7, b (1881). 



76. Genus ZAMMARA, Amyot & Serville 



Zammara. Amyot & Serville, Hist. Hem. p. 46S (1843). 



Characters. — Head (including eyes) about as wide as base of mesonotum, ocelli farther 

 removed from eyes than from each other, eyes prominent but scarcely projecting beyond the anterior 

 pronotal angles, vertex strongly depressed before base of front; face longer than broad, narrowly 

 sulcate; pronotum shorter than mesonotum, the lateral margins angularly ampliate; mesonotum about 

 as long as head and pronotum together; metanotum exposed; abdomen short; tympanal coverings 

 outwardly complete, the orificies very widely exposed internally; opercula short, oblique; rostrum 

 reaching or slightly passing the posterior coxa? ; tegmina usually three times as long as broad, apical 

 areas eight; wings with six apical areas. 



Type. — Z. tympanum, Fabricius. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Neotropical Region. 



A. Tegmina more or less maculate. 

 1. Z. tympanum. Brazil. 



Tetiigonia tympanum, Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. p. 40(36) fiSo3). 



