CICADELLINAE: PART 2. NEW WORLD CICADELLINI 673 
Thorax with pronotal width usually greater than transocular width of head, 
lateral margins slightly convergent anteriorly, dorsopleural carinae usually 
complete, posterior margin usually concave (almost rectilinear in some 
specimens of §. bastmacula (Walker)), disk without sculpturing or pubescence 
(exception: lancifera, n. sp. and some specimens of basimacula); scutellum not 
striate behind transverse sulcus. Forewing with membrane, veins usually not 
distinct, with four apical cells, base of fourth more proximal than base of 
third, without an anteapical plexus of veins, texture varying from translucent 
to coriaceous and with or without punctations; forewings of female in rest 
position exceeding apex of ovipositor. Hindleg with femoral setal formula 
2:1:1 or 2:1:1:1, length of first tarsomere greater than combined length of two 
succeeding tarsomeres and with two parallel rows of small setae on plantar 
surface. 
a 
549 
550d 

550c 

550f 
FIGURES 549, 550.—549, Scoposcartula semipunctulata (Melichar) (from specimen 
from Minas Gerais, Brazil). 550, S. bilunata (Signoret), lectotype (A from 
ventral view, in situ). 
