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MEMBRA CIDJE. 
posterior apex ; tegmina long, narrow, almost uncovered, with elongated areas. The 
first two pairs of legs generally spatuliform. 
Stal overlooked this genus, which at present however contains but few known 
species. 
PHILYA VITRIPENNIS, Fowler. 
(Plate VIII. fig. 1.) 
Philya vitripennis, Fowl. B.C.A. p. 21. 
Pronotum strongly concave in profile ; front prolonged into a stout horn with a 
yellow tip surrounded by a carina; whole surface coarsely punctured and finely 
hirsute; colour ferruginous-brown; tegmina small, shiny, ochreous, hyaline, and 
uncovered ; fore and middle tibiae spatuliform ; hind-legs flattened. 
Miers, figured from the Hope Collection. 
Size, 8x2 mm. 
Habitat. —Mexico, Orizaba. 
PHILYA BICOLOR, Walk. 
(Plate VIII. fig. 2d.) 
Walk. l.c. Suppl., p. 12G. 
Linear, straight, almost stick-shaped ; pronotum with three marked parallel carinm, 
the middle one with an irregular long ochreous streak ; anterior apex of pronotum 
dilated into a four-square knob ; whole surface deeply pitted ; colour mottled-ferrugi¬ 
nous ; tegmina long and narrow, sub-hyaline ; tarsi ochreous-yellow ; hind-legs long. 
From B.M. collection, labelled “ Constancia, Brazil ”(H. Clark). 
Size, 9x2 mm. 
The female of P. bicolor (Plate VIII. figs. 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d). 
Tlie colour sordid fulvous-yellow; the pronotal side-carinse lighter, and prolonged 
as a marginal streak to the posterior apex ; tegmina darker brown ; legs black; front 
tarsi are only slightly spatuliform. 
This insect showed under the microscope large abdominal valves, proving its sex, 
and these valves are figured. E} r es prominent; ocelli high up on the frons. Female 
larger than the male, though drawn smaller. 
Figured from the B.M. Collection. 
Size, 13 x 3 mm. 
Habitat —Bio (Miss Pascoe’s Collection). 
