468 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



pale greenish ochraceous ; body beneath and legs pale vires- 

 cent ; apices of tarsi dark fuscous ; pronotum very finely, 

 closely, transversely striate; posterior femora with a dist'nct 

 slender spine at apex; posterior tibioe distinctly, closely, 

 finely spinose. 



Long. 8 mm. 



Ilab. Mt. An.go. 



Subfam. Jassinm. 

 Tartessus coronatus, sp. n. 



Shining black ; anterior margin of head, anterior le^s, 

 apices of intermediate tibise and tarsi, s[)ines to posterior 

 tibioe, apices to tarsi, and bases of posterior tarsi ochraceous; 

 pronotum finely transversely striate; scufellum (excluding 

 basal angles) thickly, somewhat coarsely punctate ; posterior 

 tibire closely, somewhat longly spinose. 



Long. 8 mm. 



Hah. Central District. 



Allied to T. solomonensis, Dist., from the Solomon Islands. 



Jassus neoguttatus, sp. n. 



Head pale ochraceous, the ocelli and eyes black ; pronotum 

 dark ochraceous ; scutellum pale ochraceous, with a darker 

 spot, at each basal angle; tegmina ochraceous, the veins 

 fuscous, a huge spot on subapical area of clavus, and about 

 eight elongate spots on apical tegminal area greyish white ; 

 body beneath and legs ochraceous, posterior tibiae (excluding 

 basal areas) blackish, apices of tarsi black ; head above with 

 two central longitudinal impressions ; pronotum thickly, 

 somewhat darkly punctate; scutellum profoundly, finely 

 transversely impressed a little below middle ; posterior 

 tibioe thickly, finely, rather longly spinose. 



Long. 6^ mm, 



Nab. Central District. 



Allied to J. gutlatus, Walk., from Mysol and New Guinea. 



Subfam. Delphacinju. 

 Ugyops inermis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum ochraceous ; face with a 

 central longitudinal black line, an oblique reddish fascia on 

 each lateral area, and two small reddish apical spots ; pro- 

 notum with four more or less oblique black spots ; tegmina 



