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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
St^^l also characterizes the genera Dracela (Sign.) and Lappida (Am. & 
Serv.) According to the same author, Pceciloptera truncaticornis (Spin.) 
belongs to the genus Copsyrna, and Ricania sexmacidata (Sign.) to Vutina : 
/. e. p. 64. 
Marshall describes the known British species of the genus Cixius. Ent. M. 
Mag. vol. i. pp. 154-156. 
New species and genera : — > 
CaUrda, g. n., Signoret, Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s4r. tome iii. p. 583. Allied 
to Cixius j head rounded, with no keel separating the vertex from the fore- 
head. Sp. C. hiocellata, sp. n., Sign. /. c. p. 684, pi. 11. fig. 8, from Chili. 
Amantia, g. n., St^l, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 49, note. Allied to Ronocera ; 
head rounded in front, somewhat prominent in front of the eyes, forehead 
with a transverse keel near the apex; second joint of antennae suhglobose ; 
thorax large, produced and truncated behind ; posterior tibiae with four or 
five spines. Sp. Pccocera comhusta (Westw.), and P. imperatoria (Gerst.). 
Tomintus, g. n., StSl, L c. p. 49, note. Allied to Cyrtoptus ; head broad, 
angulated in front, forehead without keels ; clypeus scarcely carinated ; 
thorax and scutellum together broader than long, scutelliim twice as long as 
thorax, which has the basal margin nearly straight ; legs short, posterior tibiae 
4-spinose. Sp. Calyptoproctus pudicus, 
PieumnUf g. n., Sta.1, 1. c. p. 62. Allied to Tkionia ; elytra with three lon- 
gitudinal veins, the first furcate near the base, the second far from the base, 
the third beyond the middle, transverse venules rare and obsolete ; posterior 
tibiae 4-spinose. Sp. P. varians, sp. n., St^l, 1. c. p. 62, and P. mexieana, sp. n., 
Sttl, I c. p. 63, fr-om Mexico. 
Goitidia, g. n., St^^l, 1. c. p. 64. Allied to Nogodina ; sides of clypeus not 
carinated ; vertex narrow J prothorax short, angulated ; scutellum very large, 
tricarinate ; legs slender, posterior tibiae 3-spinose. Sp. Gcatulia pudibunda, 
sp. n., Stal, p. 64, frrom Mexico. 
Hypoipa transversalis, sp. n.. Sign. I c. p. 683, pi. 11. fig. 7, from Chili. 
Cixius unidentatus, sp, n.. Sign. /. c. p. 683, from Chili. 
Nersia nigrolineata, sp. n., Stil, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 60, from Mexico. 
Bothriocera signoreti, sp. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 60, from Mexico. 
Delphax pictifrons, sp. n., Stdl, 1. c. p. 60, fr'om Mexico. 
Thionia variegataj sp. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 61, and T. maculipes^ sp. n., Stal, ibid., 
fr’om Mexico. 
Nogodina pictifrons^ sp. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 63, from Mexico, 
Phalcenomorpha sordida, sp. n., St^l, 1. c. p. 64, from Mexico. 
Ormenis paltescenSf sp. n., St^l, 1. c. p. 66, O. infuscata, sp. u,, Stal, ibid., 
and O. leucophcea, sp. n., Stdl, ibid., from Mexico. 
Acanonia producta^ sp. n., StSi, 1. c. p. 66, A. decens, sp. n., StSl, ibid., and 
A, virescenSj sp. n., StSl, ibid., from Mexico. 
Membracidas, 
Phacusa, g. n., StSl, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 72. Allied to Amtalis ; head 
triangular, forehead nasute; ocelli equidistant from each other and from 
