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Palaphrodcs obviously is a relatively primitive Cercopid. near 
to Cercopis. Palccphora must be regarded as a branch of the 
same stem; not, so far as may be judged, in the line of evolution 
of any of the modern North American Cercopids ; whether inti- 
mately related to any exotic genus, I cannot say. According to the 
conventional classification, Palaphrodcs and Palccphora go in dif- 
ferent sub-families, but they are doubtless more closely related 
than either is to Clasfoptcra on the one hand, or Tomaspis on the 
other. 
