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78. Genus UHLEROIDES, Distant 



Uhleroides. Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), Vol. 9, p. 644 (1912). 



Characters. — (j< . Head slightly shorter than pronotum, front considerably shorter than vertex, 

 lateral margins of both nearly continuous and both centrally, longitudinally finely sulcate; ocelli a little 

 farther apart from eyes than from each other, vertex impressed between ocelli and eyes, the latter scar- 

 cely projecting beyond the anterior pronotal angles; pronotum shorter than mesonotum. the lateral 

 margins moderately ampliate but not angulate; rnesonotum shorter than head and pronotum together; 

 abdomen about as long as space between apex of head and base of cruciform elevation; tympana] 

 coverings globose and projecting beyond the lateral margins of the abdomen, outwardly complete, the 

 orifices only exposed inwardly; opercula not extending beyond base of abdomen, laleralh and apically 

 rounded, not meeting internally; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae; face longer than broad, lateral 

 margins a little sinuate near base, finely centrally sulcate on posterior half, strongly transversely striate, 

 the lateral margins a little broadly reflexed; tegmina three times as long as broad, hyaline, eight apical 

 areas, basal cell longer than broad; wings about half as long as tegmina, six apical areas; anterior 

 femora armed with two spines beneath. 



Type. — U. cubensis, Distant. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Cuba. 



1. U. cubensis. — PI. 2, Figs. 24a, b. Cuba. 



Uhleroides cubensis. Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8),Vol.q,p. 643 (1912). 



Division HAMZARIA 



Hamzaria. Distant. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. i5, p, 382 (ig<)5). 



Characters. — This division, at present including only two genera, has much affinity with the 

 Neotropical division Zammararia. The pronotal margins are ampliated; the tympanal coverings only 

 concealing about half of the tympanal orifices; the tegmina and wings almost wholly opaque. 



Although the condition of the tympanal orifices allies this division to the Zammararia, with which 

 the dilated pronotal margins also agree, the genera on which it is founded, could, apart from the 

 tympanal characters, be easily confused with the genus Platypleura belonging to the subfamily 

 Cicadinae. 



The Hamzaria aie at present only known from the Malayan & South African areas. 



SYNOPSIS OF GENERA 



A. Tegmina three times as long as broad 1. Genus Hamza. 



a. Tympanal orificies longly and largely inwardly exposed. 



a' . Head between eyes scarcely more than twice as broad as long. 



B. Tegmina a little more than twice as long as broad 2. Genus Tugelana. 



b. Tympanal orificies moderately inwardly exposed. 



b'. Head between eyes three times as broad as long. 



