. Rhynchota ... as re-stricted by Van Duzee, has Head broad and rounded before as * As defined by Van Duzee. CICADULA. 367 m , the front is rather narrow, tlie sitlcs of thepronotum of moderate length and without a carina; tegmina longwith a well-developed appendix. Van Diizee also remarks that Cicadula, Limnotettiv, ChhrotettLv,TJuimmtettiv, Eutettiv, and AtJu/sanus might be considered assubgenera of but one, or possibly two, generic groups separated byThmnnotettix and Atlujsanus. They are certainly unsatisfactoryin their characters and quite artificial. He, however, sub-sequently
. Rhynchota ... as re-stricted by Van Duzee, has Head broad and rounded before as * As defined by Van Duzee. CICADULA. 367 m , the front is rather narrow, tlie sitlcs of thepronotum of moderate length and without a carina; tegmina longwith a well-developed appendix. Van Diizee also remarks that Cicadula, Limnotettiv, ChhrotettLv,TJuimmtettiv, Eutettiv, and AtJu/sanus might be considered assubgenera of but one, or possibly two, generic groups separated byThmnnotettix and Atlujsanus. They are certainly unsatisfactoryin their characters and quite artificial. He, however, sub-sequently (1894) retains them in his system. 2623. Cicadula vaga, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 187 (1903). Vertex pale ochraceous, two transverse spots on anterior marginand two smaller discal spots between eyes, black; pronotum palebrownish-ochraceous, the anterior and posterior margins paler;scutellum pale ochraceous with two partially concealed black spotsat base; head beneath ochraceous; face with two black spots on. Fig. 233.—Cicadula vaga. basal margin, a ceytral line and the transverse striae brownish;clypeus with the margins and a central fascia brownish; tegminapale tawny-grey, the costal area for more than half its length paleyellowish-grey ; legs ochraceous, posterior tibiae finely spottedwith brown. Length 3^ millim. Hah. Ceylon ; Pattipola {Mus. HoMjrois). I have figured a cotype obligingly sent to me for that purposeby Dr. Horvath of Budapest. 368 jassidjE. Genus BALCLUTHA. Gnathodus, Fieb. Verh. Ges. Wien, xvi, p. 504 (1866); Echv. Tr. E. S. 1888, p. 77; Van Uuzee, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 300* (1892), nom. , Kirk, Entoviologist, xxxiii, p. 243 (1900), nom. n.; Oshan. Verz. Pal. Hem. Bd. ii, p. 185 (1900). Type, B. punctata, Tbunb. Distribution. Probably almost universally distributed. Body oblong, obtuse in front, much narrowed behind. Crow nvery short, about one-fourth as long as the pronotum *, scarcelylonger in the middle than at the sides.
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