SCAPHOIDEUS. 377 



2637. Scaphoideus russus, sp. n. 



Vertex creamy-white, the basal area to beyoud eyes and a large 

 apical spot reddish-testaceous ; pronotum creamy-white, au arcuate 

 transverse antei'ior marginal series of spots and tessellate markings 

 on basal area reddish-testaceous ; scutellum creamy-white, a large 

 reddish-testaceous spot at each basal angle, the apical area 

 some\\hat ivory-white ; body beneath and legs pale yellowish, 

 basal half of abdomen more or less reddish-testaceous ; tegmina 

 dull pale ochraceous with obscure pale greyish spots with darker 

 margins, the largest and most prominent of which are two at 

 claval suture, a few irregularly shaped and sized on disk, two at 

 costal area before apex, and a few very small on apical area, the 

 veins are also mostly dark and more testaceous in hue ; vertex 

 somewhat longly triangularly produced, medially longer than 

 broad between eyes ; scutellum transversely impressed before 

 apex, its lateral and apical margins very narrowly reddish- 

 testaceous. 



Length 4| millim. 



Eah. Teuasserim ; Myitta (Doherty). 



2638. Scaphoideus notatus, sp. n. 



Vertex greyish-white, centrally ochraceous, a marginal series of 

 small piceous spots, two before each eye, four near anterior 

 margin and two before apex, the latter branching out on 

 each side ; pronotum pale ochraceous, some darker obscin^e 

 spots near anterior margin, and two ochraceous discal longi- 

 tudinal spots; scutellum dull greyish with an ochraceous spot 

 near each basal angle ; tegmina pale ochraceous, the apical area 

 paler, three small piceous spots on each claval suture ; body 

 beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; lateral margins of face narrowly 

 piceous, two minute dark spots before base of clypeus ; vertex 

 with the anterior margin subconically rounded, about as long as 

 width between eyes; scutellum prominently transversely depressed 

 and incised before lateral area ; posterior tibiae faintly darkly 

 spotted. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G^jve«). 



A species to be recognized by the darkly spotted vertex. 



2639. Scaphoideus fletcheri, sp. q. 



Vertex very pale ochraceous, a central longitudinal piceous line 

 not reaching apex, on each side of which is a testaceous spot, a 

 transverse submarginal series of four darker spots before apex; 

 pronotum and scutellum plumbeous-grey, the anterior margin pale 



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