PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM Vol. 105 Washington : 1955 No. 3350 LANTERNFLIES OF THE FAMILY ISSIDAE OF THE LESSER ANTILLES (HOMOPTERA: FULGOROIDEA) By R. G. Fennah^ This report is concerned primarily with the family Issidae as rep-resented in the Lesser Antilles, but opportunity has been taken to comment on a few species of interest from other parts of the Caribbean area. The material on which this study has been based, with only one or two exceptions, was collected by the writer. Holotype and allotype specimens of new species described have been deposited in the U. S. National Museum. The writer's thanks are tendered to the authorities of the U. S. National Museum and, in particular, to Dr. D. A. Young, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, for providing facilities for study and assistance whenever it was needed. This work was carried out during the tenure of a fellowship awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. History and zoogeography The first member of the group to be recorded from the Lesser Ajitilles was Acanalonia viriditerminata,^ which Lethierry described in 1881 •Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad, B. W. I. > The writer has stated his reasons elsewhere for placing Aconaloma in the family Issidae (Trans. Ent. See. London, vol. 105, pt. 19, p. 471, 1954). 338104—53 1 23
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