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of the front, another on the pronotum, and the base of the scu- 

 tellum is also yellow. The elytra have a large square black 

 spot on the middle of the costa about which is an arc of reddish 

 salmon color fading to hyaline at apex and along the costa, and 

 to black at base and on the clavus. At the apex of the costa is 

 the usual black dot. Legs whitish dotted and banded with 

 black on the tibiae and tarsi. 



Family Membracidse 



Of this family I took what I believe should be listed as ten 

 species. Five 'of these I have been able to place with some 

 degree of certainty, the others I have been unable to locate 

 satisfactorily in their proper genera. Some and possibly, all 

 these doubtful forms are probably still undescribed but my 

 acquaintance with this family and the material at my disposal 

 is much too limited for me to attempt to describe new forms, 

 nor do I know of a student of the family to whom I could look 

 for assistance. I have therefore contented myself with placing 

 these doubtful species as nearly as I could in their proper 

 sequence leaving their identification for some future time. 



Subfamily Smiliinae 



Acytalis calva Say? 



Three specimens of what I believe to be this species were 

 taken at Hope Gardens, March 27th, one at Mandeville, April 

 3d, and one at Balaclava. These are a little smaller than the 

 same species as found in the United States but I cannot see that 

 they differ in any other respect. 



nicrutalis malleifera Fowler. 



One example taken at Hope Gardens, near Kingston, with 

 the preceding. This individual agrees with Fowler's descrip- 

 tion in every respect. It is but little more than half the size of 

 the Acntalis mentioned above but I can see no possible reason 

 for placing it in a separate genus. In this specimen the 

 pedicellate apical areole is reduced to a mere point but is still 

 quite distinguishable. 



Three other species of this subfamily were taken by me 

 that I have been unable to assign to their proper genera. One 

 of these, of which I took a good series, superficially resembles 

 Trachytalis isabellina Fowler, figured in the Biologia, Homop. 



