86 ceecopidjE. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Vortex of Lead broader than long, convexly 

 rounded anteriorly. 



a. Head and pronotum not centrally longitudin- 



ally carinate. 

 a. Ocelli about equally or farther removed 

 from each other tlian from eyes. 

 d'. Face more or less convexly produced. 

 «^. Clypeus slightly passing the apices 



of the anterior coxa; .\ PooPHiLVS, p. 86. 



fr. Clypeus reaching but not extending 



beyond the apices of anterior coxre . Ptyelus, p. 87. 

 />'. Face more or less flattened, not con- 

 vexly produced Clovia, p. 93. 



/>. Ocelli faillier removed from eyes than from 

 each other. 



a'. Posterior tibite with two spines Lepyronia, p. 97. 



h'. Posterior tibis; with one spine Thoodzata, p. 98. 



b. Head and pronotum distinctly centrall}' lon- 



gitudinally carinate. 

 a. Head and pronotum Avith a single central 



carination , Aphrophora, p. 99. 



l>. Pronotum tricavinate Jejibrana, p. 104. 



c. Head only centrally carinate ; pronotum uon- 



carinate' " Sounama, p. 105. 



Ij. Vertex of head as long or longer than broad, 

 siibangularly or elongately produced. 



a. Head not carinate. Ocelli nearer to each 



otlier than to eyes Mandesa, p. 106. 



b. H ead centrally and laterally carinate. 



((. Ocelli as near eyes as to each other. Face 



sulcata Daha, p. 107. 



/j. Ocelli a little nearer to eyes than to each 



other. Face centrally carinate Philagra, p. 107. 



Geuus POOPHILUS. 

 Poophilus, Stdl, Hon. Afr. iv, p. 72 (18GG). 



Type P. acttiosus, Stal, a South-African species. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Kegions. 



Head subangularly rounded, above flattened, a little narrower 

 than the pronotum, anterior margin acute ; face moderately 

 convex, ohsoletely transversely strigose, medially interrupted ; apex 

 of clypeus well produced, slightly passing the apices of the anterior 

 coxte ; ocelh about equally far removed from eyes as from eacli 

 other ; pronotum sexangulate, tlie anterior lateral margins very 

 short, anterior margin broadly rounded; tegmiua apically narrowed, 

 apex narrowed, commissural margin to apex of tegmen straight, 

 behind clavus neither angulate nor rounded, costal margin rounded; 

 wdngs shorter and broader than tegmina. 



2230. Poophilus costalis. Walk. (Ptvelus) List Horn. iii. p. 707 

 (18.>1); Situ, Of P. Vet. -Ah. Fork. 1802, p. 493 ; ^^/.-w.s. (Poo- 

 philus) J. A. k B. liv. p. 114 (188.3); Melich. (Ptyelus) Ho7n. 

 Faun. Ccijhn, p. 134 (190.".). 



