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MEMBRA Cl DAE. 
PHYLLOTROPIS ALTA. 
(Plate III. fig. 4.) 
Membracis alta, Walk. l.c. p. 176. 
Pronotum rising high and perpendicularly from the head, then turning with a 
rounded slope to the apex. 
Front edge broadly buff-yellow ; the rest brown till near the apex, where it is 
also buff-coloured. 
Legs and tegmina brown, and rather long; tarsi brown. 
Size, 12 x 7 mm. 
Habitat. —Venezuela; Chimbo, at 1000 feet elevation. 
PHYLLOTROPIS NIGRA, Oliv. 
Membracis nigra, Oliv. ; Stoll, Cic. t. xvii. fig. 92 ; Fair. l.e. p. 247. Stal. Membracis compressa 
Fab., Germ. 
Black; white spot before the apex; see Fairmaire’s description. 
Habitat. —Brazil and Cayenne. 
PHYLLOTROPIS DORSATA, Fabr. 
Membracis dorsata, Fabr., Stal. Stett. Ent. Zeit xxv. (1864). 
There are several specimens in the British Museum Collection. 
Habitat. —Central America. 
PHYLLOTROPIS MALLEONOTATA. 
Membracis malleonotata, Fairm. l.c. p. 247, Walk, list Homop. p. 479. 
Habitat. —Brazil. 
PHYLLOTROPIS TRI-FASCIATA. 
Membracis tri-fasciata, Stal. Membracis humilis, Fowler, B.C.A. (Tab. I. figs. 6, 6a.) 
Possibly this is only a variety of the above-mentioned P. malleonotata. 
Habitat. —Mexico and New Granada; Atoryac, in Vera Cruz. 
PHYLLOTROPIS DIVISA, Walk. l.c. Suppt. p. 128. 
Membracis divisa , Stal. 
Habitat. —Sartarem?—B.M. Bates Coll. 
PHYLLOTROPIS TRISIGNATA, StSl. 
Membracis trisignata, Stll. 
Habitat. —Bogota.—B. M. 
