438 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



and the prominent coloration of the hemelytra. — W. L. 

 Distant. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE X. 



Fiff. L Homalopteryx scotti, sp. n. (Shelford), J. X I5. 



Fig. 2. Ditto. Apex of Abdomen from beneath, showing subgeuital 



lamina, cerci, and styles. X 3. 

 Fig. 3. Aglymhus bromeliarum, sp. n. (Scott), J . X 1^0. 

 Fig. 4. Microvelia insiynis, sp. n. (Distant), winged form. X 15. 

 Fig. 5. Ditto, apterous form, x 15. 



LVI. — Desmptions of some new Homopfera. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



Tam. Cicadidae. 



Macrotristria occidentalis, sp. n. 



? . Head and pronotum piceons, more or less ochraceously 

 pilose^ ocelli red ; pronotum with the hasal margin and an 

 elongate spot on lateral margins behind eyes pale oclira- 

 ceous ; mesonotum castaneous, tlie disk more or less piceous, 

 two central obconical piceous spots, margined with castaneous 

 on anterior margin, extending over about half the disk, 

 lateral margins longly greyishly pilose and also greyislily 

 pilose between the anterior angles of the basal cruciform 

 elevation ; abdomen above black, greyishly pilose, the poste- 

 rior segmental margins ochraceous ; body beneath ochra- 

 ceovis, greyishly pilose and pubescent, a small castaneous 

 spot on each side of the last ventral segment ; face with the 

 central sulcation and transverse ridges castaneous ; tegmina 

 and Avings hyaline ; tegmina with the venation black, the 

 costal and greater part of the postcostal membranes and the 

 claval vein ochraceous, basal cell and a basal longitudinal 

 streak above it black, the whole venation of the apical areas 

 broadly infuscated, posterior margin of the clavus mostly 

 black ; wings with the venation either ochraceous or black ; 

 front of head with the lateral areas obliquely carinate, the 

 lateral areas of vertex also carinate ; pronotum with a 

 central, longitudinal, subcruciform carination ; rostrum 

 reaching the bases of the posterior coxae ; face moderately 

 globose, the transverse carinations strong and distinct. 



Long., excl. tegm., ? , 30 mm. ; exp. tegm. 92 mm. 



