378 jASsiD.?:. 



ocliraceous, on which are two small testaceous spots ; tegniina 

 pale dull greyish-ochraceous, three small spots oa each claval 

 suture, one on anterior margin of clavus near base, one iu front of 

 clavus near middle of tegmen, and three on costal margin of apical 

 area, black ; body beneath and legs very pale greyish-ochraceous ; 

 posterior tibiae minutely spotted with piceous; vertex somewhat 

 angularly produced, about as long as width between eyes ; face 

 unicolorous ; eyes black. 



Length 4| millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Hambantula {Fletcher). 



The spotted tegmina is characteristic of this species. 



2640. Scaphoideus punctulatus, Melich. (Eutettix) Horn. Faun. 

 Ceylon, p. 191 (1003). 



" Body pale shining yellowish ; vertex as long as breadth 

 between eyes, triangularly produced, arched above, with a shallow 

 transverse furrow between the eyes and a pale brown, very 

 indistinct, shadowy transverse band ; face pale yellow without 

 markings ; prouotum formed as in Eutettix apricus, near anterior 

 margin an impressed bow-shaped transverse line, behind this 

 finely transversely striped ; tegmina hyaline, pale yellowish, set 

 with black spots regularly arranged, four spots iu clavus, three on 

 terminal suture at end of claval vein and at tip of clavus, the 

 fourth spot in claval sutural cell in the anterior third ; in corium 

 three spots, one in middle of discoidal cell and on costal margin, 

 one at ends of both outer apical veins ; veins pale yellowish, 

 delicate; wings hyaline, strongly iridescent, traversed by yellow 

 veins ; pectus, abdomen and legs pale yellowish ; posterior tibiae 

 with small dark brown spots at bases of spines ; tips of joints of 

 tarsi and all the claws brown." {Melichar.) 



" Length 6 5 minim." 



Hab. Ceylon; Henaratgoda (^c?(^ i/t'^/c/ta*-), Peradeniya {Green). 



I possess a single example of this species. It is more nearly 

 allied to Scaphoideus than to Eutettix as placed by Dr. Melichar, 

 and there I at least provisionally locate it. 



Genus ACONURA. 



KconwcA, Leth. Ann. Soc.F?it, Belg. x\x,Compt. Mend. p. lxxxv(1876); 

 Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p." 187 (1003). 



Type, A. jal-oivleji, Leth., from Astrakan. 



Distribution. Palsearctic and Oriental Regions. 



" Vertex large, triangular, anteriorly obtuse, posteriorly arcu- 

 ately emarginate, in middle twice as large as pronotum ; eyes 

 large, oblong, obliquely situate; the suture uniting vertex and 



