358 MR. W. L. DISTANT ON RHYNCHOTA 
moderately concave and wrinkled; pronotum finely wrinkled; posterior tibie with 
a strong spine beyond middle. 
Long., excl. tegm., 6 mm. Exp. tegm. 22 mm. 
Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft. 
Allied to A. tripars Walk. 
83. AUFIDUS HILARIS. 
Aufdus hilaris Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 285 (1870). 
Wataikwa River. 
Genus Eoscarta, 
Eoscarta Bredd. Soc. Ent. xvii. p. 58 (1902). 
A genus found in British India, the Malayan Archipelago, and Australia. 
84. EoscaRTA RUFA. 
Triecphora rufa Walk. Journ. Linn, Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 289 (1870). 
Utakwa River, 3000 ft. 
Originally described from New Guinea, 
Genus COSMOSCARTA. 
Cosmoscarta Stal, Hem. Fabr. it. p. 11 (1869). 
A genus found in the Oriental, Malayan, and Eastern Palearctic regions. 
85. COosMOSCARTA SEQUENS, 
Cercopis sequens Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 285 (1870). 
Wataikwa River. 
Genus HoOMALOSTETHUS. 
Homalostethus Schmidt, Stett. ent. Zeit. Ixxii. p. 52 (1911). 
A Malayan and Papuan genus. 
86. HOMALOSTETHUS MIMIKENSIS. 
Cosmoscarta mimikensis Dist. Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond. 1911, p. 602, pl. xlix. fig. 10. 
Mimika River; Launch Camp, Setakwa, Utakwa River Expedition. 
Genus MEGASTETHODON. 
Megastethodon Schmidt, Stett. ent. Zeit. Ixxii. p. 68 (1911). 
Apparently confined to the Papuan Islands. 
87. MEGASTETHODON MODESTUS, sp.n. (Pl. XXXIV. fig. 15.) 
Head, pronotum, and scutellum black; abdomen above ochraceous; exposed 
