itSo /uXdfds of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. Ill, 



Ptyelus concoloy. Walk., MS, 

 Hab. — Morty Island, New Guinea. 



The P. concolor, Walk., MS., is not the species described by 

 Walker under the same name in List Horn., iii, p. 715 (1851), the 

 latter being a synonym of Poophilus cosialis, Walk. 



In this small species the longitudinal furrow is frequently 

 indiscernible or almost so in certain specimens. 



Fam. JASSIDiE. 



Sub-fam. Ledrinae. 



Genus IvEdra. 



Lcdya, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng., p. 24 (1803). 

 Type L. aurita, Linn. 



Ledra muda, sp. nov. (PI. xi, figs. 4, 4a.) 



Ferruginous-brown ; apical area of head, posterior two- thirds 

 of pronotum and basal area of face obscure plumbeous ; tegmina 

 subhy aline, talc-like, the veins reddish brown, the basal area 

 reddish brown followed by an obliquely transverse darker fascia ; 

 wings subhy aline and talc-like, the veins reddish brown ; vertex 

 little more in length than half the breadth between eyes, the disk 

 finely granulate, coarsely granulate on apical area and somewhat 

 coarsely so on lateral marginal areas, centrall}' longitudinally ridged, 

 the ocelli a little nearer to each other th^n to eyes, and from each 

 ocellus there is obliquely directed a short but distinct sharp impres- 

 sion ; between ocelli and eyes is a small but distinct tubercle ; 

 pronotum with a subangulate transverse impression separating the 

 narrow anterior paler area, the whole surface sparsely granulose, 

 the granules larger and coarser towards base, on the posterior and 

 darker area are four longitudinal ridges of which the two central 

 are more distinct and granulose ; scutellum finely, sparsel}^ granu- 

 lose, two prominent discal granules nearer to lateral margins than 

 to each other ; face broadly concave ; rostrum reaching intermediate 

 coxai ; anterior tibise moderately dilated, the margins longly, thickly 

 pilose and sparsely granulose beneath, posterior tibia? outwardly 

 dilated, shortly, finely, obscurely serrate internally, externall}' 

 widened beyond middle, shortly hirsute and with scattered short 

 spines ; tegmina with the basal opacjue area punctate, with a few 

 scattered granules and a few obscure pale spots. 



Long. excl. tegm. 13 mm. Exp. tegm. 26 mm. 

 Hab. — Borneo ; Kuching (Hewitt). 



Ledra gigantea, sp. nov. (PI. xi. figs. 2, 2a.) 



Ferruginous-brown ; tegmina with a piceous spot at inner 

 margin near apex ; wings subhyaline, talc-like, the veins ferruginous- 

 brown ; vertex ab(jut as long as space between eyes, coarsel)' 



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