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Porter — Cosmiocryptus 
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Fig. 2. Cosmiocryptus huascar, $. Photograph of whole insect in lateral view. 
homopterous sap suckers which usually infest this common stream- 
side plant. 
specific name. From the Latin adjective occidens, “west or 
sunset”. 
2. Cosmiocryptus huascar (Porter), new combination 
(Fig. 2, 3, 4). 
Trachysphyrus huascar Porter, 1967. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 10: 122-4. Holotype $: 
Peru, Largos, 3500 m, 23-III- 1 960, W. Weyrauch (Tucuman). 
I described this species (Porter 1967: 122-24) from 5 females and 
1 male collected between 2389 m and 3500 m in the Andes of central 
and western Peru. An additional 4 females now are reported from 
Matucana, Peru and their analysis permits the following amend- 
ments and additions to my original description. 
Length of fore wing: 10.5-14.4 mm. First flagellomere: 5. 9-6. 7 as 
long as deep at apex. Malar space: 0.9- 1 .3 as long as basal width of 
mandible. Clypeus: apical margin nearly straight. Temple: 0.5-0. 6 
as long as eye in dorsal view. Mesoscutum: notauli reaching up to 
