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Long. excl. tegm. 17 millim. Exp. tegm. 52millim. 

 Hab. : Java. 



A species to be recognised by its small size and distinct mar- 

 kings to the pronotum. 



Melampsalta Denisoni n. sp. 



(5 1 . Body and legs black ; eyes pale ochraceous; opercula and anal 

 appendage beneath sanguineous ; ocelli and a spot on each side of 

 the basai cruciform élévation to mesonotum ochraceous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline ; tegmina with the costal mem- 

 brane and venation black ; basai cell ochraceous ; claval and basai 

 area sanguineous; wings with the venation more or less ochraceous 

 on basai half. 



Upper and lower ulnar areas almost equal in length; first, third, 

 fourth, fifth and sixth apical areas about equal in length. Rostrum 

 about reaching the base of the posterior coxse. 



Long. excl. tegm. 24 millim. Exp. tegm. 62 millim. 



Hab. : Australia, Port Denison (Coll. Van Volxem). 



A species allied to M. melete Walk and M. abdominalis Dist. 



Description d'un genre nouveau de la sous-famille des 

 HOLOPTILINES (REDUVIHLE) 



par E. Bergrotti. 



THYSANOPUS nov. gen. 



Corpus pilosum. Caput transversum, antice deflexum, posterius 

 haud tuberculatum, gula inermi, oculis valde prominulis, renifor- 

 mibus, ocellis magnis late distantibus, articulo primo rostri crasso, 

 capiti aequilongo, articulo primo antennarum subcurvato, basi 

 subito coarctato, secundo dense et longe piloso, tertio clavato, in 

 ipsum apicem secundi inserto, quarto fusiformi, apici tertii affixo, 

 huic subsequilongo. Pronotum apice quam caput cum oculis paullo 

 angustius, basi rotundatum, disco postice longitudinaliter tri-im- 

 presso, marginibus timbriatis sed non spinulosis, angulis lateralibus 

 rotundatis, reflexis. Heraelytra abdomine multo latiora et apicem 

 hujus longissime superantia, corio pellucido, margine laterali 

 breviter curvato-fimbriato, membrana intus vena simplici prsedita, 

 pone arearn exteriorem postice vena transversa distinctissima occlu- 

 sam cellula oblongo-ovali compléta postice clausa apicem areae 

 interioris longe superante extus venulas paucas emittente instructa. 

 Abdomen subtus valde convexum, lateribus subreflexo-explanatum, 



