Fulgoroidea Fulgoridae 
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Comp. Zool. Harvard Coll. 82 : 360) I have given my reasons for the selec- 
tion of laternaria as the type of Fulgora and Candelaria as the type of 
Laternaria. 
The systematic entomologists of the first half of the nineteenth century 
described the more common forms. Notable contributions to the taxonomy 
of the family were made by Burmeister, Amyot and Serville, Guerin- 
Meneville, Kirby, Spinola, and Westwood. During the nineteenth century 
Stfil worked on collections from various parts of the world and established 
the basis for the modern classification of this family. Other conspicuous 
European workers were Walker and Distant, who worked over the rich col- 
lections in the British Museum, Melichar, Jacobi, Schmidt, Horvath and 
others. In the United States Uhler, Van Duzee, and Osborn were active 
during this same period. Since 1900 many notable contributions have been 
made by Kirkaldy, especially on the Pacific faunas; by Ball, Dozier, 
Fowler and others on the fauna of the Americas; and by Matsumura on the 
species of Japan and neighboring regions. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 
This family reaches its greatest development in the tropical regions of the 
world. There are relatively very few species in the subtropical regions of the 
globe, and practically none in the temperate zones. The faunas of North 
America, Central America, the Pacific Islands, Japan and India are fairly 
well known, but vast regions of the world have hardly been explored. The 
known geographic distribution of each species is indicated by superscript 
figures at the end of the lines, which correspond to geographic regions desig- 
nated by the same superscript figures. In general we have indicated the 
distribution as given by the author of the reference, using the country as 
the smallest unit except in the larger countries, where states and provinces 
are used as the smallest units. In the larger island groups the individual 
islands are indicated wherever possible, in view of the importance of island 
endemism. 
FORM OF THE PRESENT CATALOGUE 
This catalogue follows the general form of the present series. The family 
is divided into subfamilies and tribes, and the genera are arranged under 
each category in as nearly a phylogenetic order as our present knowledge 
will permit. The species are arranged under the genera in alphabetic se- 
quence. Titles of books are not abbreviated but are condensed if they are 
unduly long. The abbreviations of journal references follow in general the 
scheme proposed in the World List of Scientific Periodicals with minor ex- 
ceptions, the chief difference being that the names of countries, states, cities 
and other geographical units are not abbreviated. A few references are 
listed under their titles rather than under the abbreviations of the journals 
in which they were published, because in these cases the titles are usually 
