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second. Head broad, brassy green, densely rugoso-punctate, 

 the clypeus with strong separate punctures ; mesothorax 

 golden-green, very densely punctured ; seutellum blue-green, 

 polished, the punctures small and weak ; area of metathorax 

 golden-green, very coarsely irregularly reticulate. Abdomen 

 golden-green, smooth and polished, without distinct punctures, 

 hind margins of segments not darkened ; venter with a long 

 curled scopa on second and third segments; hind spur much 

 shorter than its mate, and furnished with three long blunt 

 spines and. a rounded lobe beyond. 



Hab. Tacloban, Leyte, Philippine Is. (Baker coll. 3672). 



Resembles H. testaceipes, Friese, from Java, but the abdo- 

 minal segments are not dark-bordered, the femora are less 

 red, &c. 



Sphecodes baker i } sp. n. 



? . — Length 7*5 mm. 



Black, with the abdomen red, the apical part more or less 

 dusky, but not black ; small joints of tarsi obscure reddish ; 

 head much broader than long, eyes very prominent; man- 

 dfbles falciform, bidentate, the apical part obscure red ; 

 clypeus densely punctured ; antennas black, third joint very 

 short ; mesothorax coarsely and extremely densely punctured ; 

 area of metathorax coarsely ridged, divided into two rows of 

 large shining hollows, with a transverse ridge between them ; 

 hair of head, thorax, and legs white ; tegulas piceous, with a 

 hyaline spot. Wings dilute fuliginous ; second s.m. very 

 high and narrow, receiving first r. n. a little before its end. 

 Abdomen shining, impunctate; apex dark. 



Hab. Dapitan, Mindanao (Baker coll. 3662). 



Distinct from the species described from Java by the black 

 legs and red abdomen ; not very close to the species of India 

 or Formosa. Genus new to Philippine Islands. 



LVIIL— Rhynchotal Notes.— LVII. By W. L. Distant. 



HOMOPTERA. 



Fam. Membracidse (continued from p. 328). 



Division Gargarabia. 



Oargara addahensis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and body beneath black ; femora black, 



their apices and the tibiae and tarsi testaceous ; tegmina 



