76 MEMBRA.01D^. 



strong horn above the lateral angles, compressed, turning outwards 

 and moderately upwards, at t!ie apex obHquely truncated, 

 anteriorly rounded, at the apex posteriorly acuminate, slightly 

 amplified towards tlie tip ; posterior process gradually acuminate, 

 extending a little beyond the tip of the tegmina, apex itself very 

 slightly recurved ; dorsum seen from the side somewhat straight 

 and with a distinct ridge, lateral margins straight." (St&l.) 



Length 18 ; exp. lat. pronot. process. 17 millim. 



Uab. India? {Jide Linnceus). 



2220. Scaphula * semiatra, Fainn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 494, 

 t. iii, ft". 18, 19, t. vii, f. 20; Atikns. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 91 



(1885). 



" Brownish-black, shining ; pronotum somewhat elevated in the 

 middle, terminating posteriorly by a defined rounded border ; 

 tegmina free, shining black, tbe apical third transparent ; 

 abdomen beneath, anterior legs, knees and tarsi yellowish; 

 posterior legs blacki.sh."' (Fairmaire.) 



" Length 6 millim. 



Hub. Coromandei ? {Jide Fairmaire). 



Gen ? fuscata, Fahr. (Membracis) Si/st. Bhyng. p. 9 (1803); 

 Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 247; Atkms. J. A. S. B. 

 liv, p. 79 (1885). 



" Thorax foliaceous, rounded, fuscous ; streak before the anterior 

 margin and posterior fascia white." (Fabricius.) 



This species was localized as from " India," but it has never 

 been identified by other workers. 



Zleidos VOmeris, Buckt. Monoqr. Membrac. p. 214, t. xlviii, f. 2, a 

 (1903) ; Melich, Wien. Ent. 'Zeit. xxiv, p. 296 (1905). 



There is Httle doubt as to this being an Ethiopian species. 

 Buckton gave the habitat as Ceylon, probably misled by an 

 erroneous label on the specimen submitted to him (" WoUaston 

 Collection "). I now possess a cotype of the species identified 

 and labelled by Buckton himself from Old Calabar, and he more 

 recently described a species from Zanzibar in the same genus. 

 Moreover, Melichar has recorded K. vomeris from East Africa. 



* Scaphula is a preoccupied name for which Kirkaldy has proposed Tristan 

 as a substitute (Entomologist, xxxiv, p. 6, 1901). 



