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cant character in separating the Achilids from their nearest 
allies (Muir, 1930) . The specimen before me may be placed 
with certainty in the Achilidae as distinguished from the 
Cixiidae in which the claval vein enters the commissure be- 
fore the apex. Unfortunately details of claval venation are 
not sufficiently clear in the figures of Germar and Berendt 
although it would appear that C. vitreus is a Cixiid while 
testudinarius is an Achilid. In size the present specimen is 
closest to C. sieboldii but, as the under side is invisible in that 
species, while the upper surface of the specimen before me 
is obscured, a direct comparison is impossible. Under the 
circumstances it seems best to propose a new specific name 
in order to avoid any possible confusion as to the identity 
of the genotype. 
Protepiptera n. gen. 
Similar to Epiptera Metcalf but with the vertex located 
distinctly in front of the eyes, its margins carinate and a 
longitudinal carina at middle; posterior margin of vertex 
concavely arcuate, subangulately so at middle, strongly, 
acutely produced postero-laterally and thus reaching or 
slightly surpassing level of anterior margins of eyes. Frons 
with its sides evenly arcuate, not abruptly narrowed be- 
tween the eyes. Pronotum roundly projecting anteriorly 
between the compound eyes, the raised, carinate portion 
scarcely more than twice as broad as long. 
Genotype : Protepiptera kaweckii, n. sp. 
Protepiptera kaweckii n. sp. 
A large, unicolorous species with very broad head, long 
pronotum, unicolorous frons, and very long rostrum. 
Head three-fourths as wide, eyes included, as pronotum ; 
vertex just twice as broad behind as long on median line; 
frons and clypeus together subelliptical, broadest a little 
before middle and attenuated posteriorly, about two and 
one-half times as long as greatest width, with a distinct 
longitudinal carina at middle. Rostrum reaching almost to 
tip of abdomen or, more precisely, to middle of subgenital 
plate. Antennae rather prominent, over half as long as 
greatest width of frons ; second segment over twice as long 
as first, the flagellum quite short, scarcely longer than main 
