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the dorsum, the sides, and across the posterior end, which is rather blunt. The legs 
are black, but the hind tibiae are ringed with yellow. 
The form of pigment deposited in the coreaceous matter of elytra in Coleoptera 
and other families of insects, is with many thought to be distinctive, and if found to 
be fairly constant, it may be allowed therefore in the Membracida?. 
Size, 7x3 mm. 
Habitat. —Bogota. 
Bippon Collection. 
ADIPPE FASCIATA. 
(Plate XL. figs. 7, 7a, 7b.) 
Like a very small “ bumble-bee.’* Pronotum yellow, with fine ochreous 
punctures. Dorsum smooth and unevenly convex, with three dark fuscous 
transverse bands, and a black rather blunt apex. Tegmina clear, hyaline, with 
a broad fuscous costal area, showing a clear square spot within it. The neuration 
fine, black, and simple, showing two large discoidal areas, and irregular apical areas. 
These areas are difficult to classify homologically. Some might call them discoidal 
basal areas. The limbus is broad and corrugated. Legs fuscous. 
Size, 7x3 mm. 
Habitat .—Rio Dagua, Columbia. 
ADIPPE PARDALINA, Fowler. 
(Plate XL. fig. 8.) 
Fowl. Tab. VIII. figs. 16, 16a, p. 134. 
A distinct species, but variable in size and depth of colour. Yellowish red, with 
a ridge down the dorsum, and with a brown band above the head ; a broader one 
occurs across the shoulders, followed by two others towards the apex. The marginal 
border also has spots. Surface finely punctured. Legs dark, with a tendency to show 
rings. Tegmina hyaline, with a dark fuscous interrupted costal band, and a fuscous 
spot before the tip. 
Size, 6 x 3 mm. 
Habitat— Panama, Chiriqui, captured at 4000 feet elevation. 
Expanse ; 12 x 7. 
Fowler Collection. 
Genus : ARGANTE, Fairmaire. 
Hemiptycha , Burm. T/ielia, Amy. et Serv. Fairm. p. 305. 
This genus is closely allied to Adippe, but the shoulders are more prominent and 
appear as obtuse points. The venation of the tegmina is somewhat varied from the 
genus Adippe. 
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