xv, 6 Muir: Malayan Delphacidx 523 



Stramineous ; spines on hind legs black ; tegmina hyaline, light 

 stramineous, veins little darker; granules minute, sparse, with 

 fine, black hairs. 



Length, 2.7 millimeters; tegmen, 2.8. 



Penang {Baker, 9862), 1 female. 



Genus SOGATOPSIS Muir 



Sogatopsis pratti Muir. 



BORNEO, Sandakan (Baker), 1 female. 



Genus MALAXA Melichar 



Malaxa obtusipennis sp. nov. 



Female. — Macropterous ; vertex longer than wide (1 to 0.8), 

 base slightly wider than apex, diamond cell slightly before apex, 

 apex very slightly curved, base slightly behind middle of eyes; 

 length of face 2.7 times the width, slightly narrowed between 

 eyes, sides straight, subparallel; antenna* reaching well beyond 

 middle of clypeus, second joint twice the length of first. Teg- 

 mina with apex more obtuse than in the type species, but apical 

 cells forming about one-half of tegmina. 



Black, or deep, shiny, liver brown ; antennae, apex of clypeus, 

 rostrum, legs, carinas of vertex and pronotum, base of mesonotum 

 and abdominal sternites light brown or yellow; ovipositor dark. 

 Tegmina dark brown, clear hyaline at apex of clavus extending 

 into corium, and at apex of costal cell and first two apical cells 

 and apex of third apical cell, veins between them dark; veins 

 dark brown; wings hyaline. 



Length, 2.2 millimeters; tegmen, 2.8. 



Borneo, Sandakan (Baker, 9894), 3 females. 



Malaxa bakeri sp. nov. Plate I, fig. 3. 



Male. — Macropterous; length of vertex nearly equal to width 

 at base (1 to 0.9), base situated considerably before middle of 

 eyes, wider than apex, which is very slightly rounded; length 

 of face 2.4 times width, slightly widened from base to apex, 

 sides straight, median carina simple; antennae reaching a little 

 beyond base of clypeus, second joint 2.5 times the length of 

 first; hind tibia slightly longer than tarsi, first tarsus subequal 

 to the other two together. Tegmina long, apex subacute, apical 

 cells forming half of tegmen (cross veins in middle of tegmen). 

 Stramineous; slightly fuscous on pronotum between carinas and 

 on abdominal tergites. Tegmina hyaline, clear; longitudinal 

 veins white ; granules very minute with white hairs ; cross veins 



