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unequal rows of teeth dorsally, one row consisting of about eleven 
teeth, the other of about eight teeth, these being on a descending row 
arising near base of first. Second valvulae with a narrow, sinuate, 
sclerotized apodeme very obliquely truncate apically; below this a thin 
flange, obliquely truncate posteroventrally, with apical margin mi- 
nutely serrate. Lateral styles with subparallel sides, the upper margin 
slightly concave, the lower convex, strongly curving upward to apex 
which is devoid of any process or lobe, a thin horizontal flange attached 
at base and lying mesad dorsally. 
Described from three males and four females taken by the writer at 
St. Augustine, Trinidad, B. W. I., on various dates between May and 
November 1942 on Liberian coffee, and from one female collected by 
Dr. J. G. Myers at Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela (Dec. 17, 1930). 
TAOSA PARAHERBIDA Muir 
PLATE 12, Figures 803-807 
Taosa paraherbida Muir, Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soce., vol. 7, p. 471, 1931. 
Female: Length, 9.0 mm.; tegmen, 11.8 mm. 
Vertex as long as broad across base, produced for about half its. 
length in front of eyes, lateral margins parallel between eyes, basal 
margin rather shallowly angularly excavated, anterior margin strongly 
curved, median carina very feebly present at base, triangular facet 
anteroapically elongate; base of frons not visible from above, carinae 
of frons very feeble. Hind tibiae with four spines. Stigma with 
three cells. 
Green; lateral carinae of frons overlain with a broad orange band, 
not black at base. Tegmina hyaline, stigma green. Wings hyaline. 
Lateral styles of ovipositor rather narrow and elongate, dorsal mar- 
gin in side view very shallowly concave, lower margin subparallel, 
curving upward to apex, which is not produced. First valvulae nar- 
row, sinuate, with a row of eight stout, short, triangular teeth on dor- 
sal margin, with a point at apex. 
Described from a single female specimen collected by Dr. C. B. Wil- 
liams on sugarcane (1921), no locality label being present. This 
specimen was taken from the collection of the former Imperial Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, in a group of miscellaneous insects collected in 
canefields, most of which bore a locality label, this being marked 
“Trinidad” in the great majority of cases. As paraherbida is known 
only from the mainland, it can only be classed on this evidence as 2 
doubtful Trinidad record. 
Family FULGORIDAE 
7a. Cephalic process absent. 
8a. A single transverse carina between vertex and frons. 
