506 Mr. W. L. Distant on undescrihed Ehjnchota. 



the second and the whole of the third and fourth joints more 

 or less blackish ; pvonotum ochraceous, with a large, oblique, 

 dark olivaceous spot on each lateral area ; mesonotum oliva- 

 ceous brown or dark olivaceous, finely greyishly pubescent, 

 the lateral margins ochraceous, with a posterior dark oliva- 

 ceous spot ; in the ? there are frequently two linear ochra- 

 ceous spots on the disk ; abdomen above olivaceous, the 

 apex and segmental margins more or less ochraceous ; body 

 beneath ochraceous, finely greyishly pubescent ; legs ochra- 

 ceous, anterior femora and tibiae more or less distinctly 

 streaked with black, anterior femora with the apex sometimes 

 black, tibiae (and especially the tarsi) more or less iufuscated ; 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long., (J 3, ? 4 mm. 



Hah. Salt Lakes near Calcutta and in backwater at Ennar 

 (^Annandale) . 



Fam. Saldidse. 



Salda rutherfordi, sp. n. 



Body above black ; a spot at anterior margins of eyes, 

 lateral margins of pronotum (attenuated and not quite 

 reaching basal angles), narrow central posterior margin of 

 pronotum, base of lateral margins to corium, and large spots 

 to connexivum ochraceous ; body beneath black, more or less 

 greyishly tomentose ; segmental and posterior margins to 

 sternum, costal spots and legs pale ochraceous ; abdomen 

 with the central margins dark, and lateral marginal spots 

 pale ochraceous ; vertex of head longer than broad, anteriorly 

 rounded ; base of rostrum with two transverse central ochra- 

 ceous lines between the eyes ; head, pronotum, and scutellum 

 shining, more or less distinctly punctate ; corium more 

 opaquely coloured, and obscurely spotted with greyish blue ; 

 membrane piceous, the apical margin pale brownish or dark 

 ocliraceous. 



Long. 4^ mm. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya. 



Named after the late Mr. A. Rutherford, the local Govern- 

 ment Entomologist at Peradeniya. 



HOMOPTERA. 



Fam. CercopidaB. 

 Subfam. ApHMOPHOitJN^. 

 HiNDOLOlDES, gen. nov. 

 Vertex of head much broader than long, the anterior 



