144 MB. walkee's catalogue of homopteeous insects 



the costa above at the base. Hmd wings snow-wliite, with tawny tips. 

 Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wmgs 26 hnes. 

 Tliis species has narrow fore wings Kke A. sciitellaris, but belongs to a 

 distinct group. 



20. Aph^na tnifoemis, n. s., fcem. Fusca, capite thorace antico pedi- 

 busque fulvis, ahs fulvo venosis, anticis basi nigris fascia contigua flava. 



Female. Brown. Head, fore part of the thorax and legs tawny. Abdo- 

 minal segments with red borders. Wings with tawTiy veins. Fore wings 

 narrow, black at the base, near wliich there is a yellow band. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; of the wmgs 22 lines. 



This species vriE form a fourth group in the genus. The veins of the fore 

 wings have the same structm-e over the whole surface. 



Subtrib. Dicttophoeoides, Spinola. 

 Gen. DiCTTOPHORA, Germar. 



21. Dictyophora speihnea, Walk. See page 84. 



22. DiCTTOPHOEA SPEICAEINA, n. s., mas. Testacea, capite thoraceqtie 

 viridi carinatis, capite lanceolato tricarinato subascendente apice fiisco, 

 thorace septem-carinato, tibiis tarsisque rufis, ahs hyalhiis venis fidvis 

 apice fusco nebidosis, stigmate fulvo. 



Male. Testaceous. Head and thorax with green keels. Head lanceolate, 

 vei-y shghtly ascending, with three ridges, brown at the tip, as long as the 

 breadth of the thorax. Thorax with seven ridges, three dorsal and four 

 lateral. Tibiae and tarsi red. Wings hyaline ; veins and stigma tawny ; 

 apical transverse veinlets clouded with brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 hnes. 



Gen. Leusaba, n. g. 



DictyophortB aiEnis. Caput arcuatum, breve, vertice marginato, fronte plana 

 longi-subquadrata antice latiore, facie lanceolata fronte paidlo broviore. 

 Prothorax marginatus, valdo arcuatus, margine postico excavato et mtus 

 angulato. Mesothorax tricarmatus. Pedes longi. Alee anticse extus 

 latiores, areohs basahbus longissunis, discahbus et margmahbus brevi- 

 oribus, venis marginahbus nonnulhs furcatis, venulis transversis costahbus 

 et submarginalibus nidhs. 



Alhed to Dictyophora. Head short, arched ; vertex with an elevated border, 

 about four times broader than long ; front smooth, subquadrate, much longer 

 than broad, slightly widerdng in fi'ont, vsdth two indistinct furrows which 

 converge forwards ; face lanceolate, a Uttle shorter than the front. Pro- 

 thorax much arched, with an elevated border, excavated and much arched 

 on the hind side. Mesothorax with tlu'ce keels. Legs long. Fore wuigs 

 widening towards the tips ; five basal areolets very long ; six discal areolets 

 a httle longer than the marginal areolets, the latter nmnerous, and four 

 of them forked ; no transverse costal or submarginal veinlets. 



23. Lettsaba MAEGlNAliiS, n. s., mas. Viridis, capitis thoracisque marginibus 

 et carinis ex maxima parte testaceis, thorace guttis nonnulhs nigro-fuscis, 



