Mr. W. L. Distant's RhyyicJiotal Notes. 313 



behind, obliquely sulcate on each side before the base, the 

 hind angles obtuse ; closeljj rather coarsely punctate, usually 

 with an indication of a smooth median line. Elytra mode- 

 rately long, oval, at the base a little wider than the pro- 

 thorax, separately rounded at the apex, leaving the tip of 

 the last dorsal segment exposed, the humeri obtuse ; coarsely 

 striato-punctate, and. with some additional punctures on 

 either side of the suture at the base, the interstices flat, 

 smooth. Beneath closely, finely punctate. Penis-sheath of 

 c? longj parallel-sided, abruptly acuminate in the middle 

 at tip. 



Length 5-5_2, breadth l|-2 mm. ((??). 



Hah. Falkland Is. {H. N. SuUvan). 



Numerous specimens, received by the British Museum in 

 July 1915. Dr. M. Cameron, R.N., collected a few Coieo- 

 ptera in these islands in Dec. 1914, but he did not meet with 

 P. falklandica. 



XXXYII.—Rhynchotal Notes.— LIX. By W. L. Distant. 



HOMOPTERA. 



Fam. Membracidae (continued from p. 159). 

 Xiphistes crassus^ sp. n. 



Body and legs pale brownish testaceous; tegmina hyaline, 

 the veins pale brownish, about basal two-thirds reflecting 

 the dark abdomen beneath ; pronotum with the anterior 

 lateral angles very short, broad, robust, three-sided, slightly 

 directed upwardly and forwardly, their apices broadly, 

 obtusely angulate, moderately centrally, longitudinally 

 carinate, the posterior process tricarinate, its apex a little 

 passing the posterior angle of the inner tegminal margin, 

 posterior margin of the frontal area above face distinctly 

 concave, tibiae compressed and moderately dilated. 



Long. 7 mm. ; exp. pronot. lat. process. 3^ mm. 



Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (G, A. K. Marshall). 



The salient characters of this species are its elongate form 

 and the short, broad, obtuse, anterior lateral angles of the 

 pronotum. 



