CICADELLINAE: PART 2. NEW WORLD CICADELLINI 439 
female in rest position exceeding apex of ovipositor. Hindwing with a small 
areolet distal to crossvein r. Hindleg with femoral setal formula 2:1:1; length 
of first tarsomere greater than combined length of second and third tar- 
someres and with two parallel longitudinal rows of very small setae on plantar 
surface. 
Male pygofer strongly produced and with numerous macrosetae of uniform 
size, with apical spinelike structures or with a short apical process (dorso- 
apical process also present in fulgidus). Plates, short, triangular, not extending 
posteriorly nearly as far as pygofer apex, each with a few macrosetae that are 
uniseriate or nearly so. Styles truncate apically, not extending posteriorly 
farther than apex of connective. Connective Y-shaped with arms widely 
divergent. Aedeagus with shaft slender, elongate, with a median dorsoapical 
and a median ventroapical process (exception: fulgidus), both of which are 
slender, tapered and acute, gonopore dorsal, before dorsoapical process. Para- 
physes narrowly U-shaped, or with an additional basal median process (fulgidus). 
Female abdominal sternum VII moderately produced, posterior margin 
broadly convex. Dorsal wall of genital chamber without sclerites. Ovipositor 
with first valvulae extending unusually far anteriorly compared to most other 
cicadelline genera; second valvula broadened in most of portion beyond basal 
curvature, with sloping quadrate primary teeth, each bearing minute second- 
aries on broadened portion, apex acute, with anteapical dorsal and ventral denti- 
cles. Pygofer with macrosetae irregularly arranged over most of surface. 
All of the species of Ramosulus are red and black. 
Ramosulus ranges from northeastern to northwestern Brazil, Colombia, 
Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. The species are similar in appearance to species 
of Soosiulus, new genus, but the form of the aedeagus of Ramosulus is distinct 
from that found in Soosiulus (except in S. ruber, new species), and in the 
females the acute apices of the second valvulae and the setal pattern of the 
pygofer are distinctive in Ramosulus. Also, species of Soosiulus lack the small 
areolet in the hindwing described above for Ramosulus. 
My interpretation of Cicadella corrugipennis Osborn is based on a study of a 
type-series (“‘type” and four paratypes) from the Carnegie Museum. 
The lectotype of Cardtoscarta fulgida Melichar agrees with figure 350. 
I am pleased to name this genus in honor of Dr. J. A. Ramos whose work 
has helped our understanding of the auchenorrhynchous Homoptera. 
SPECIES OF RAMOSULUS 
bakeri, n. sp. N. and SW. Brazil. 
corrugipennis (Osborn), 1926a:204 (Cicadella). NE. and NW. Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bo- 
livia. New combination. 
fulgidus (Melichar), 1932a:296 (Cardwoscarta). Peru. New combination. 
phaedrus, n. sp. Peru. 
