40 NOTES ON JAMAICAN HEMIPTERA 



Cyarda Melichari n. n. 



{Cyarda punctata, Melichar, Monog. Acan. und Flatiden, 

 P- 135, pi- 7, fig-, 1 7-) This species is well described and figured 

 by Melichar in his Monograph as cited above. It was common 

 all over the island and especially about Kingston where I beat 

 it from Lantana bushes. 



I confess I cannot understand how Stal came to locate 

 Walker's West Indian species of Elidiptera {punctata, guiance, 

 punctifera and debilis) in Cyarda, especially as he is supposed 

 to have made his synonymical notes directly from Walker's type 

 specimens at the British Museum. Walker's descriptions, in 

 part at least, refer to a Dascalia mentioned further on. These 

 describe a broad winged form and cannot possible be so con- 

 strued as to apply to a Cyarda. Dr. Melichar has evidently 

 followed Stal in this synonomy, and, as he has well described 

 and figured the species I think it quite appropriate that it should 

 bear his name. Cyarda difforinis, Walker's type species from 

 St. Domingo, seems to be quite distinct from this as does also 

 acnminipennis Spinola which is also figured by Melichar. Stal 

 certainly had no warrant for placing acnminipennis as the type 

 of this genus unless he considered it to be identical with diffor- 

 inis Walker, nor had he the right to place his own name as 

 authority for this genus. Walker's discription of the genus was 

 amply sufficient for its recognition and difforinis, being the 

 only species recognized by Walker, must be used as the type. 

 I have received what I believe to be Cyarda Melichari from 

 Florida. 



Eurocalia n. gen. 



Allied to Neocerus Melichar. Head with the eyes a little narrower 

 than the pronotum. Vertex short, transverse, truncated before. Front 

 about as long as broad, basal margin almost rectilinear, or very slightly 

 angularly concave, sides below rounded to the straight clypeal suture. Pro- 

 notum subcrescentic, obsoletely tricarinate. Mesonotum moderately eleva- ■ 

 ted, the flattened disk bounded by distinct carinae. Elytra about twice 

 longer than the width of each, narrowed posteriorly to a rounded apex, com- 

 missural margin straight; costal membrane much expanded toward the base, 

 about three times the width of the costal cell, its transverse nervures. 

 numerous, mostly simple, along the middle more or less united by a super- 

 numerary longitudinal nervure which runs close to the costal; longitudinal 

 nervures strong, united beyond the middle by numerous weaker transverse 

 veinlets; the costal nervure continued across as a single subapical line beyond 

 which most of the longitudinal nervures are once forked; no obvious second 

 subapical line ; clavus with some Weak reticulations toward the apex, its 



