xv, 2 Crawford: Jumping Plant Lice 195 



Megatrioza armata ochreata var. nov. 



Body a little smaller than the species and slenderer; thorax 

 brown, alternating with a brown or yellow-brown duller than 

 in the species; forewings ochraceous throughout, not clear 

 though nearly transparent; clavus brown. Head similar to the 

 species, except genal cones not longer than vertex; antennae 

 scarcely more than twice as long as width of head. Thorax 

 similar but slenderer; legs shorter. Forewings narrower, vena- 

 tion similar; hind wings relatively as long as in the species. 

 Male genitalia similar to the species except forceps slenderer 

 than in the species and a little longer than anal valve. Female 

 genital segment not as long as abdomen. 



Singapore {Baker), 1 pair. 



Megatrioza vitiensis (Kirkaldy) . 



Trioza vitiensis Kirkaldy, Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc. 1 (1907) 103. 

 Trioza eugenise CRAWFORD, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 10 (1915) 265, 

 pi. 1, fig. E, nee Froggatt. 



Length of body, 2.6 millimeters; forewing, 5 to 6. General 

 color brown, dorsulum with a pale or yellow central streak 

 and often two lateral ones; mesoscutum with several yellowish 

 or pale longitudinal bands; femora dark brown, tibiae lighter; 

 antennae pale yellow, black at tip ; forewings clear with a small 

 brown spot at anal angle of both front and hind wings. Color 

 of newly emerged adults usually yellowish or pale brownish 

 yellow, without the markings described above. 



Head declivous, not as broad as thorax; vertex about half 

 as long as broad between eyes, sparsely pubescent, deeply 

 impressed on each side of median line, with a transverse sulcus 

 connecting the two foveae, somewhat convex in anterior half; 

 genal cones about half as long as vertex, broad, rounded, not 

 much divergent, pubescent. Antennae about one and one-half 

 times as long as width of head. Eyes large. 



Thorax strongly arched, rather broad, clothed sparsely with 

 long hairs. Legs long and stout; hind tibiae stout, with basal 

 spur not very large and apical spines moderately small. Fore- 

 wings long, about three times as long as broad, acutely pointed, 

 marginal cells very long. Hind wings about half as long as 

 forewings or a little more. 



Abdomen short and broad. Male forceps about as long as 

 anal valve or a little shorter, slender, basal two-thirds about 

 three times as long as thick, rounded apically, and distal third 

 abruptly narrowed with a fingerlike process directed inward 

 and acutely pointed; anal valve about as broad as long, lateral 



