FLATOIDES. 61 
2. Flatoides basistigma. 
Elidiptera basistigma, Walk. List of Homopt. Ins., Suppl. p. 69°. 
Hab. Mexico (Sallé 1), 
3. Flatoides quadripunctulus, sp. n. (Tab. VIII. fig. 2.) 
Subparallelus, testaceo-brunneus ; capite fere seque longo ac lato, oculis prominulis; pronoto angulis anterioribus 
obtusis ; scutello utrinque carinato ad basim utrinque macula nigra instructo; tegminibus sat rugosis, 
maculis parvis utrinque ad medium haud procul a satura longitudinaliter dispositis, margine costali deuse 
transversim venato ; tibiis posticis fortiter unispinosis. 
A somewhat parallel, testaceous-brown species; head abont as long as broad, vertex excavate, almost truncate 
in front ; pronotum about as long as the head, very slightly emarginate in front, with the anterior angles 
obtuse; at the base there is a small black spot on each side; tegmina with four small black spots near 
the middle, two on each side, and other small dark splashes and markings, costal margin with closely-set 
transverse veins; posterior tibia with one strong spine on each. 
Long. 14 millim.; lat. ad hum. 6 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
4. Flatoides scaber, sp.n. (Tab. VIII. figg. 3, 3a.) 
Griseo-brunneus, fusco irregulariter maculatus ; capite longo, latitudine longiori, antice obtuse subrotundato, 
late excavato, oculis prominentibus ; pronoto sat longo, antice rotundato; scutello leviter utrinque carinato ; 
tegminibus sat nitidis, scabris, margine costali lato, sinuato, minus dense transversim venoso, disco fusco 
maculato; tibiis posticis fortiter unispinosis. 
Of a greyish-brown colour, with irregular fuscous markings; head Jong, longer than broad, vertex broadly 
and shallowly excavate, anterior margin obtusely rounded, almost truncate, eyes prominent ; pronotum 
comparatively long, rounded in front, and very slightly sinuate in the centre of the anterior margin ; 
scutellum about as long as the head and pronotum together, finely carinate laterally, with a small black 
spot on each side at the base; tegmina rough, rather shiny, with a broad, somewhat crinkled costal margin, 
the transverse nervures on which are set rather far apart, except towards the apex, where they are thicker; 
the disc is irregularly set with little fuscous callosities, and the discal veins are more or less dark; wings 
milky-white ; posterior tibia with one strong spine on each. 
Long. 11 millim.; lat. ad hum. 5 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero 6000 feet (Hl. H. Smith). 
This species may easily be known from the preceding by its much longer head and 
differently shaped and sculptured tegmina, and also by the broader and rounder plate 
at the apex of the abdomen in the female. 
5. Flatoides levior, sp. n. 
Subparallelus, testaceo-brunneus ; capite brevi, longitudine latiori, oculis pr ominulis ; pronoto antice rotundato ; 
scutello, capite et pronoto plane longiori ; tegminibus unicoloribus, haud rugosis, margine costali et apicali 
minus dense regulariter transversim venato; corpore subtus ad partem virescente; tibiis posticis 
unispinosis. 
Subparallel, of a uniform testaceous-brown colour above ; head very short, broader than long ; pronotum abou: 
as long as the head, rounded in front, sometimes with a dark spot on each side at the base; scutellum 
longer than the head and pronotum together, very finely carinate at the sides; tegmina comparatively 
smooth, with the costal margin broad and furnished with regular and not very closely-set transverse 
