ig8 Dr. L. Melichar. 



37. Atracis inaequalis Walk. 



Elidiptera inaequalis Walker, List of Hom., Suppl., p. 74 (1858). 



Der A. priiinosa und liirida ähnlich, jedoch kleiner, die Stirn e blassgelb, nur die 

 Spitze braun gefleckt, an den Seiten ein dunkler Strich vor dem Auge. Deck flu gel 

 schmutziggelblich, mit nicht verdickten, jedoch braun punktierten Nerven. Am Schild- 

 chen undeutliche Flecken. Die Form der Deckflügel wie bei pruinosa Walk, und 

 lurida. Die Flügel sind milchw^eiss, mit gelblichen Nerven. Hinterleib gelblich, 

 oben grünlich und mit weissem Secret bedeckt. Beine blassgelb. Vielleicht nur das c? 

 von lurida. 



cf . Länge 8 mm, Spannweite der Deckflügel 22 — 23 mm. 



Sarawak (Type cf im Stockholmer Museum), Borneo (Walk.). 



Zur Gruppe Atracis gehören noch nachstehende mir unbekannte Arten: 



38. Atracis sc ab er Fowl. 



Flatnides scaber Fowl er, Biol. Centr. Amer. Hom., p. 61, 4, Tab. VIII, Fig. 3, 3^ (1900). 



Griseo-brunneus, fusco irregulariter maculatus; capite longo, latitudine longiori, 

 antice obtuse subrotundato, late excavato, oculis prominentibus; pronoto sat longo, 

 antice rotundatoj scutello leviter utrinque carinato; tegminibus sat nitidis, scabris, mar- 

 gine costali lato, sinuato, minus dense transversim venoso, disco fusco maculato; tibiis 

 posticis fortiter unispinosis. 



Of a greyish-brown colour, with irregulär fuscous markings; head long, longer 

 than broad, vertex broadly an 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 orlessdark; wings milky-white; posterior tibiae with one 

 strong spine on each. 



Long. II mm\ lat. ad hum. 5 mm. 



Mexico, Amula in Guerrero (Fowl.). 



39. Atracis laepior Fowl. 



Flatoides laevior Fowler, Biol. Centr. Amer. Hom., p. 61, 5 (1900). 



Subparallelus, testaceo-brunneus; capite brevi, longitudine latiori, oculis pro- 

 minulis; pronoto antice rotundato; scutello, capite et pronoto plane longiori; tegminibus 

 unicoloribus, haud rugosis, margine costali et apicali minus dense regulariter trans- 

 versim venato; corpore subtus ad partem virescente, tibiis posticis unispinosis. 



Subparallel, of a uniform testaceous-brown colour above; head very short, broader 

 than long; pronotum about 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 regulär and not very closely-set transverse 



