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MEMBRA CIDAE. 
PHYLLOTROPIS PROYITATA, n.s. 
(Plate III. figs. G, 6a.) 
Pronotum much elevated; warm brown; fore edge obscure; an obscure paler 
patch above the lower margin; an ochreous band before the black apex; fore tibiae 
spatulate; hind tibiae long and serrated. The example figured was a female, 
furnished with conspicuous genital valves which cover the piercers or saws. 
Size, 9x6 mm. 
Habitat. —Surinam. 
Smaller than P. tectigera. 
PHYLLOTROPIS SUBTECTA, n.s. 
(Plate III. tig. 7.) 
In Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson's museum, at Haslemere, I found a Phyllotropis, 
obtained from the Wollaston collection, which appears to be undescribed, but as it is 
a single specimen I rather hesitate to call it, except provisionally, a new species. The 
comparatively free position of the pronotum above the abdomen may be caused by 
the action of the insect’s recurved body, and may not be the usual position. The 
colour of the pronotum, with its crinkled and broad brown border above the yellow 
laminated disc, may be noted. 
Size, 12 x 8 mm. 
Habitat. —Para, Amazons. From the Wollaston collection. 
PHYLLOTROPIS EXIGUA, n.s. 
(Plate IV. fig. 1.) 
Small; pronotal crest sub-erect. Metopidium perpendicular, then descending back¬ 
wards at an angle down the dorsal ridge to the apex. Colour black with a bright orange 
punctured band above the head, succeeded by a larger orange spot behind ; apex of 
pronotum black : tegmina smoky-black; middle legs sub-spatulate; abdomen black. 
Size, 7x4 mm. 
Habitat. —Bogota. Hope collection. 
PHYLLOTROPIS LEFEBUREI. 
(Plate IY. figs. 2, 2a.) 
Membracis lefeburei, Fairm. p. 246 ; Fowler (Tab. I. figs. 3, 3a, p. 5.) 
Fairmaire describes this insect as intense black, with three white patches of 
different sizes on the pronotum; tarsi pale. By permission my figure is copied from 
Messrs. Gfodman and Salvin’s monograph of the B.O.A. The figure there can scarcely 
be called intense black. 
Size, 7 mm. 
Habitat. —Brazil, Mexico, Guiana. 
