312 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 



than at base, which is rounded, the lateral margins notched 

 before base and again behind middle, a very short prominent 

 longitudinal central ridge at base, and an obscure oblique 

 ridge on each side, commencing at anterior notch and 

 obliquely, inwardly directed towards clypeus, the lateral 

 margins laminately reflexed ; pronotum tricarinate, anterior 

 margin convex, basal margin concave ; mesonotum much 

 longer than pronotum, tricarinate ; legs of moderate size, the 

 tibiae sulcate, posterior tibiae with a distinct spine before 

 apex : tegmina about twice as long as broad, apically widened, 

 costal margin strongly arched at base, moderately deflected 

 towards apex, which is rounded, apical margin truncate, its 

 posterior angles strongly, angularly backwardly produced, 

 costal membrane narrower than radial area, clavus with 

 transverse veins above claval vein, beneath this vein strongly 

 granulose, three strongly branching longitudinal veins from 

 upper end of cell ; wings broad, two transverse veins before 

 apical area. 



Allied to Scarpantina, Melich., but differing strongly in 

 the structure of the vertex. 



Geraldtonia protea, sp. n. 



Body above virescent or greenish ochraceous ; vertex, 

 pronotum, and mesonotum more or less centrally purplish 

 brown ; abdomen above greyishly tomentose ; body beneath 

 and legs dull ochraceous ; lateral and basal margins of face 

 usually narrowly sanguineous, and the short central longitu- 

 dinal basal ridge of that colour ; tegmina bright virescent, 

 with numerous scattered small dull reddish spots, a more 

 prominent and more piceous spot beneath the radial vein near 

 base, on disk above apical area of clavus a large and small 

 white spot, divided from each other and margined with dull 

 reddish, granules to clavus reddish and claval posterior 

 margin from a short distance from base piceous brown, 

 beyond clavus the sutural maigin spotted with castaneous ; 

 wings milky white, veins with a slight virescent tint. 



Var. a. — The large white spot to tegmina divided into a 

 cluster of some twelve unequal parts by dull reddish lines, 

 outwardly margined with dull reddish as in typical form. 



Var. b. — The large white spot as in var. a now totally dull 

 reddish. 



Long., excl. tegm., 9-10 mm.; exp. tegm. 26 mm. 



Hab. Queensland (Dodd, Brit. Mus.) ; Geraldton, near 

 Cairns (Meek, Brit. Mus.). 



