274 Mr. R. Shelford's Studies of the Blattidie. 



above and below, .supra-anal lamina more produced with a median 

 carina, sub-genital lamina very large, its surface with shallow 

 confluent ^junctures. Front legs and all the coxce fuscous, all the 

 tarsi, the mid and posterior tibise testaceous with the bases fuscous, 

 the mid and posterior femora testaceous at base, fuscous at apex. 

 Total length, 9 mm. ; length of tegmina 6'5 mm. 



KucHiNG. Four examples [No. 7]. 



The incrassated and plumose antemifo in both sexes will 

 serve to distinguish this species from those already 

 described. 



Genus HOMOPTEROIDEA, nov. 



Head as in Latindia, Stal, antenna> elongate. Pronotum elliptic, 

 sides not deflexed, with arcuate sulci, with a sparse erect pubescence. 

 Tegmina membranous, slightly exceeding the abdomen in length, or 

 much longer, venation irregular, apical part of discoidal area 

 reticulate, no oblique vein. Wings as long as tegmina in both sexes. 

 Supra-anal lamina produced, triangular, sub-genital lamina in the 

 female deeply cleft. Cerci elongate. Femora unarmed beneath ; 

 tibifc sparsely spined, spines in two rows ; tarsi without arolia. 



Tiie genus differs from Latindia, Stal, by the absence of 

 an oblique vein in the tegmina, from Paralatindia, Sss., by 

 the presence of alar organs in both sexes, from Ipisoma, 

 Bol., by the equally long tegmina and wings, from 

 Hcmilatindia, Sss., by the pronotum without deflexed sides 

 and by the entirely membranous cliaracter of the tegmina. 



There are four species in the Oxford Museum, all from 

 the Oriental region, but the specimens are in bad 

 condition. The insects which in life appear very like 

 small Homoptera of the family Fulgoridse (e.g. Lcusaha, 

 Stacota,, Epora) are extremely fragile and it is a matter of 

 difficulty to capture perfect specimens. 



Homopteroidca niyra, n. sp. (Plate XVI, figs. 13, 14.) 



$ . Head black, antenna; fuscous, clypeus with an erect pube- 

 scence. Pronotum almost orbicular, margined all roimd, a few erect 

 hairs on the anterior and lateral margins, disc irregular with two con- 

 verging sulci posteriorly, black, lateral margins dark castaneous. 

 Tegmina castaneous, radial vein giving off four costal veins, three 

 longitudinal sectors in discoidal field, apex of tegmina reticulate, anal 

 vein angled, axillary veins reduced, reticulated. Wings infuscated, 

 four costal veins, ulnar vein tri-ramose, apex of wing reticulated. 



