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FULGOROIDEA OF TRINIDAD—FENNAH 509 
Vertex broader than long in middle (8:1), devoid of median 
carina; frons slightly broader than long (1.1:1), very slightly 
rounded in profile, median carina present, lateral carinae obsolete. 
Pronotum and mesonotum without median carinae. 
Pallid olive-testaceous; vertex mottled pale fuscous, a piceous spot 
at base of middle line, a distinct clear triangular area near each 
posterior lateral angle; frons sprinkled fuscous, clypeus pale basally, 
piceous at apex, rostrum pale; eyes red or mauve, with two faint 
vertical stripes anteriorly, genae pale, a dark spot between antennae 
and ocelli, antennae pale basally, second segment piceous; pronotum 
testaceous, a row of five small piceous spots on anterior margin at 
each side, lateral lobes sprinkled fuscous and with a piceous spot; 
mesonotum sprinkled with pale fuscous; legs pallid, slightly sprinkled 
fuscous; abdomen fuscous dorsally, sternites fuscous in middle, paler 
laterally; tegmina pale testaceous or pallid, a short irregular oblique 
fuscous band across humeral protuberance, a sparse fuscous mottling 
from stigma to middle of clavus, a second irregular band halfway 
between this and apical margin; wings smoky, veins broadly infuscate. 
Anal segment of male shorter than genital styles, postanal portion 
slightly shorter than the preanal, apex sinuate. Aedeagus tubular, 
curved dorsad apically; a pair of flattened lobes, rounded at tip, 
arising at apex and directed anteriorly above aedeagus for two-thirds 
of its length, ventrolaterally two-thirds from base a pair of spines 
on each side, the outer spine filamentous, tapering, three-quarters as 
long as aedeagus, inner spine half length of former, flattened, nar- 
rowed, and sharply curved at tip, a folded membrane at apex of 
aedeagus. Genital styles in profile triangular, dorsal margin slightly 
curved, a short deflexed plate on dorsal margin near base, with two 
points distally, directed outward, and a thinner plate of equal length 
directed inward from margin. Pygofer with lateral margins sinuate, 
ventral posterior margin transverse, devoid of a median process. 
Anal segment of female short, postanal portion twice as long as 
preanal, subovate. Ovipositor with lateral styles broad, subquadrate, 
with a membranous lip bordering the apical margin; first valvulae 
broad, ventral margin curved upward distally, dorsal margin straight 
with five small teeth and a larger tricuspidate tooth at apex, two 
small teeth ventrad of apex. Pregenital sternite with hind margin 
shallowly excavated. 
Described from two males and two females taken by the writer 
at Santa Margarita, Trinidad, B. W. I. (March 12, 14, 1943), on 
the woody stem of a leguminous vine. Holotype male and allotype, 
U.S.N.M. No. 56714. This species is distinguished by the propor- 
tions of the vertex and frons, the shape of the genitalia of both sexes, 
and by the color. 
