302 Mr. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptera. 



Allied to F. liciata, Melich., from which it differs by the 

 broader and unbroken sanguineous fasciae to the tegmina, 

 the more granulate clavus, &c. 



Genus Paraflata. 

 Paritflata, Melich. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xvi. p. 217 (1901). 

 Type, P. seminigra, Stal. 



Paraflata kingdomi, sp. n. 



Body and legs black ; eyes, narrow anterior margin of 

 prouotum, abdominal segmental margins, basal and apical 

 margins to first joint of antennas, coxal and other irregular 

 sternal spots greyish white ; tegmina pale ochraceous, less 

 than basal half — truncate not sinuate externally — black ; 

 wings creamy white ; antennae robust, first and second joints 

 subequal in length ; pro- and mesonota somewhat crushed 

 in typical specimen; tegmina not quite twice as long as 

 broad, claval area finely granulate ; posterior tibiae with a 

 single spine a little before apex. 



Long., excl. tegm., ? 11 mm. ; exp. tegm. 37 mm. 



Hab. Madagascar; Antananarivo {Kingdom, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to P. seminigra, Stal, but differing by its larger 

 size, different markings of the tegmina, the black basal area 

 smaller and outwardly truncate, &c. 



Genus Cryptoflata. 

 Cryptoflata, Melich. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xvii. p. 19 (1902). 

 Type, C. unipunctata, Oliv. 



Cryptoflata guttularis. 



Neph°sa guttata ris, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool i p 1G0 



(1857). 

 Var. punetipennis, Walk., MS. 



Tegmina pale virescent, spotted as in typical guttularis. 

 Assam; Margherita. N. China (Brit. Mus.). 



Cryptoflata unipunctata. 



Fulgora unipunctata, Oliv. Euc. Meth. vi. p. 576 (1791). 

 Colobesthes bigutta, Walk. List Horn. ii. p. 441 (1851). 

 Pccciloptera sobrina, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1855, p. 191. 

 Cryptoflata am 'punctata, Melich. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xvii v °3 

 (1902). y ' " 



