New Records and Species of Malayan 

 Membracidae. 



W. D. FUNKHOUSER. 



(Contribution from the Zoological Laboratory of the University 

 of Kentucky). 

 In a previous paper 1 record was made of an interesting collec- 

 tion of Membracidae taken by Professor C. F. Baker of Los Banos, 

 P. I., at Singapore and on the Island of Penang during the Summer 

 of 1917. 



More recent collecting by Professor Baker has yielded addi- 

 tional new records and species from the Peninsula and from 

 Borneo which are of particular value in adding to our knowledge of 

 the distribution of the species of this family of insects. A com- 

 parison of the list of genera and species here recorded with those 

 described from the more distant parts of the mainland 2 and with 

 those inhabiting the Philippine Islands 3 and Ceylon 4 brings out 

 some very suggestive data regarding the extents of fauna! areas 

 throughout the East Indies which will be of interest to the zoogeo- 

 graphist. 



All of the species here listed were collected by Professor Baker 

 to whom I am indebted for the opportunity of studying the' 

 material. 



1. Centrochares borneensis Distant. 



1916. Centrochares borneensis Dist. Ehvnchotal Notes 

 p. 314. 



One male and two females from Sandakan^ Borneo. This 

 species is very close to C. liorrificus Westwood but differs in size, 

 slightly in color, and in the shorter and differently shaped pronotal 

 horns. This is the first record of this species . since its original 

 description 5 . 



1 Malayan Membracidae. Journ Straits Branch R. A. Soc, No. 79, 

 pp. 1-14. 



2 Cf. Distant, W. L. Fauna of British India, Rhynchota IV: pp. 1-78, 

 1907 and Appendix pp. 146-182 1916. 



3 Cf. Funkhouser, "W. D. Notes on the Philippine Membracidae, 

 Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. XIII: No. 1, pp. 37-3S. 



4 Cf. Melichar, L. Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon, pp. 108-125, 1903. 



5 Distant, W. L. Ehynchotal Notes LIX, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 Ser. 8, Vol. xvii, p. 314, April, 1916. 



R. A. Soc, No. 82, 1920. 



