152 me. walker's catalogue of hohopteeous insects 

 Gen. Ehotala, n. g. 



Caput supra conicum, lateribus elevatis, fronte facieque planis, elongatis, 

 punctulatis. Antenna breviusculse, filiformes ; articulus 2 US 1° longior ; 

 arista longa, gracilis. JProthorax sat magnus ; area media conica, tricari- 

 nata. Alee anticse areolis basalibus longissimis, venulis transversis pluri- 

 mis exterioribus nonnullisque costalibus. 



Vertex conical, with elevated borders ; front and face forming a fusiform com- 

 partment which is flat and punctured. Antennae cylindrical, rather short ; 

 arista long, slender. Prothorax well developed ; middle part conical, with 

 three keels. Fore wings with very long basal areolets, and with several 

 transverse veinlets on the marginal areolets ; exterior part of the costa 

 with some oblique parallel veinlets. 



52. Ehotala delitteata, n. s., mas et foam. Testacea, vertice thorace alis- 

 que anticis crebre ferrugineo conspersis, fronte facie pectoreque nigris, pe- 

 dibus ferrugineis nigro variis, anticis testaceo fasciatis, alis posticis nigri- 

 cantibus. 



Male and Female. Testaceous. Vertex, thorax and fore wings thickly co- 

 vered with ferruginous dots. Fore wings with three short black streaks 

 forming an oblique transverse line. Head beneath and pectus black. 

 Legs ferruginous, with black marks; fore legs with testaceous bands. 

 Hind wings blackish. Length of the body 4 lines j of the wings 10 lines. 



s, 



Trib. Is sites, Spinola. 

 Gen. Issus, Fair. 



53. Issus pejecedens, n. s., foem. Piceus, capitis lateribus elevatis, vertice 

 longi-subquadrato, fronte antice dilatata testacea, pectore pedibusque testa- 

 ceo notatis, alis anticis nitentibus testaceo subobsolete guttatis, posticis ni- 

 gricantibus. 



Nearly allied to I. sinensis. Female. Piceous. Head with elevated borders ; 

 vertex elongate-subquadrate ; front broader and testaceous in front. Pectus 

 and legs with testaceous marks. Fore wings shining, with indistinct tes- 

 taceous dots. Hind wings blackish. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 6 lines. 



54. Issus COMPOSITUS, n. s., mas. Obscure testaceus, capite thorace alisque 

 anticis nigro confertissime conspersis, capitis lateribus elevatis, vertice trans- 

 verso, fronte tricarinata, alis anticis latis plaga nigra submarginali, angulo in- 

 teriore acuto, posticis cinereis. — Var. Alis anticis paUidioribus plaga nulla. 



Male. Dull testaceous. Head, thorax and fore wings thickly sprinkled with 

 black. Head with elevated borders ; vertex transverse ; front with three 

 keels, slightly broader in front. Legs with a few black marks. Fore wings 

 broad, with a black patch near the interior border ; interior angle promi- 

 nent, almost acute ; hind wings grey. — Yar. Fore wings paler, with no 

 black patch. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



55. Issus eeteactus, n. s., mas. Piceus latus, capitis lateribus elevatis 

 fulvis, vertice transverso, fronte lata, carina media subobsoleta carinaque 



