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Family Fulgoridse. 



Subfamily Fulgorinse. 

 172. Cyrpoptus Belfragei Stal 



I have one large female from Tampa which I believe be- 

 longs to this species. It is almost certainly specifically identical 

 with a smaller and paler male from Virginia sent to me by Mr. 

 Heidemann under this name and in all essential particulars 

 answers to Stal's description. In this female the elytra are 

 largely opake and fuscous with a small pale spot on the clavus 

 near the middle of its sutural margin and a similar mark along 

 the base of the inner ulnar nervure; the apical portion of the 

 costal area is paler and subhyaline interrupted by an oblique 

 fuscous cloud near the apex thus indicating the pale oblique 

 vitta described in the next species, and there are a few pale 

 points toward the inner apical angle. In this species the outer 

 ulnar nervure is forked close to its base and its inner branch is 

 again forked beyond the middle. It is rather larger than the 

 next and the genital characters are quite distinct. 



Stal has described four species in this genus: Belfragei 

 from Texas, suavis, nebeculosus and ferruginosus from Mexico, 

 the two latter of which were omitted from the Biologia. Of 

 nebeculosus Prof. Wickham has sent me a small but undoubted 

 example taken by him at San Antonio, Texas. 



J 73- Cyrpoptus Reineckei n. sp. 



Form of Belfragei and nearly of the same size but best 

 distinguished by having the posterior one half of the elytra 

 hyaline with its fuscous apex bisected by an oblique hyaline 

 vitta. Length to apex of abdomen 7 to 8 mm. ; to tip of the 

 closed elytra 10 to 13 mm 



Vertex obviously longer than the pronotum, 

 rounded or but feebly angled before nearly 

 straight across the middle of the basal margin; 

 median line with a broad sulcate carina. Front 

 as in the allied species transverse, longitudinally 

 striate, sides sinuated, apex concavely arcuated. 

 Pronotum very feebly emarginate behind, trun- 

 cate before; median line carinate; disk either side 

 with a round impressed dot. Scutellum ecarinate 

 or nearly so, marked with two impressed margin- 

 al points before the apex. Elytra long obliquely 

 truncated but not as strongly narrowed there as CYRPOPTUS REINECKEI 



