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angles about middle, indistinetly triearinate, especially the lateral 

 ones. Tegmen with long subcostal cell, four median sectors, the 

 first furcate. 



Ccncliarca dorsalis, \W\st., has a very short subcostal cell and 

 the media arises from the radia about one-third from the base 

 of the tegmina ; the figure of this species also shows an antennal 

 chamber formed by the pronotum ( shoulder keels being large 

 and the subantennal process absent ) ; therefore ]iiaorica cannot 

 be included with dorsalis. Laiiiciiia luva Kirk, agrees with mao- 

 rica, but the facial keels are not so deep. The presence of the 

 median facial keel also divides this genus from Cciichrca. or La- 

 iiieiiia. 



(I) EoccncJirca iiiaorica (Kirk.). 



Ccnchrca iiiaorica Kirk. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II. 2. p. 80. 



(2) EoccncJirca hk'a Kirk. 



Lamcnia Jiiva Kirk. H. S. P. A. Ent. TUill. I. p. 404. 



J'ckiinta. Dist. 



Tcnicsa, ]\Ielich. Hom. h^aun. Ceylon, p. 40 Xom. praeocc. 

 Veknnta, Dist. Eaun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. Ill p. 287. n. nom.* 

 This genus was placed by Alelichar among the Cixiidae, but 

 was considered by Kirkaldy to be a Derbid. My two species, 

 which conform to Melichar's generic characters and have a sim- 

 ilar tegminal neuration, possess a short apical labial joint. The 

 absence of a distinct subantennal j^-ocess separates this genus 

 from Thyroccphalns. 



( 1 ) hyalina s]). iiov. { $ ). 



V\. 1 fig. 7. 



Pale yellow ; lateral third of scutellum fuscous, darkest on 

 hind margins ; dorsum of abdomen fuscous ; a round black si)ot 

 on meso])leura, another on meta])leura : tegmina hyaline, tinged 

 with light fuscous-yellow on distal half: dark fuscous over costa, 

 along hind margin a narrow mark from radial cross-vein to ape.x, 

 apical edge and veins fuscous; wings hyaline, light-veined. Gen- 

 ital style narrow for basal tliird. then roundly widened to near 

 the truncate ajie.x ; one-third from base there is a short thick bi- 

 lobed i)rocess, with small hooks on the lobes and near base, also 

 a small curved s])ine a little way beyond this jirocess. 



Length of body 2>.2) mm. ; tegmen 4.4 mm. 



Habitat: Tav;i. 



* In Mr. Distanfs description of this Kcniis I think "fiici'" in tlii' fir^l 

 should read "vertex" and "vertex" in the fourth line "face." 



