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MEMBRA CIDJE. 
MEMBRACIS ALBOLIMBATA, Fowler. 
Fowler, Tab. I., figs. 2, 2a, p. 5. 
I have not had an opportunity of' seeing this insect, which seems to have been 
described from one female specimen. Canon Fowler remarks that it may prove to be 
an extreme variety of M. foliacea. He describes it as entirely black, with a clear white 
border extending from above the head, occupying about one-third of the circum¬ 
ference ; punctured; legs fuscous. 
Size, 10 x 9 mm. 
Habitat .—Central America. 
Genus: PHYLLOTROPIS, Stal. 
This genus has much in common with the genus Memhracis. A chief character 
may be seen in the varied proclivity of the Metopidium. 
PHYLLOTROPIS SUFFUSA, n.s. ? 
(Plate III., fig. 1 and la.) 
In general appearances not unlike M. mexicana, but larger, and the brown mark¬ 
ings broader, particularly on the posterior part of the pronotum. 
Figured from a specimen labelled by Wollaston with the habitat Java. 
This Asiatic species does not answer to the Indian M. fuscata, Fabr., noted by 
E. T. Atkinson (Notes on Indian Rhynchota, 1885, p. 79). 
Size, 10x5 mm. 
This insect does not appear in the B.M. collection and it is not noted in the 
B.M. catalogue. 
PHYLLOTROPIS FASCIATA, Stal. 
(Plate III., fig. 2.) 
Membracis fasciata, Fab. Germ. Memhracis cuccullata, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. sur les Hemip. 531, 
part 9, fig. 2. 
Pronotum sub-arcuate, obtusely pointed in front, with a black patch on the 
summit followed by a broad bright orange space. The posterior part black with a 
white globular spot near the apex. 
Tegmina sooty-black. Abdomen paler. The first two pairs of legs small, the 
hind pair long and ciliated, or finely serrated. 
This is a handsome and showy insect. 
