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APPENDIX. JASSID-E. 



Genus HUSSA, nov. 



Type, H. iiisiynis, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. 



Vertex of head about as loug us breadth between eyes, which 

 are large and oblique ; face longer than broad, the lateral margins 

 concavely sinuate, not gradually narrowing to apex ; pronotum 

 about as long as scutelluin, its anterior margin convex between the 

 eyes ; scutellum transversely impressed and with apex acute as in 

 Scaphoideus ; tegmina about four times as long as broad. 



Hussa is allied to Scaplioideus, but differs principally in the 

 different structure of the face. 



3596. Hussa insignia, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum pale ochraceous ; small anterior 

 marginal spots to vertex and a larger marginal spot a little before 

 each eye, black ; two discal linear sanguineous fasciae traversing 

 vertex, pronotum and scutellum ; lateral areas of pronotum and 

 scutelluin shining fuscous-brown ; face ochraceous with transverse 

 fuscous-brown fasciae, the anterior marginal fascia broken by two 



Fig. 35. Hussa insignis. 



central, small, ochraceous spots ; body beneath and legs pale 

 ochraceous, abdominal segmeutal margins sanguineous ; inter- 

 mediate and posterior tibiae spotted with black; tegmina very 

 pale ochraceous excluding the larger part of the claval area with 

 the veins fuscous-brown, some oblique lines of that colour on 

 lower costal area, the extreme apical area greyish-brown with a 

 dark central spot; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length inch tegm. 6^ millim. 



Hab. South India; Kodaikanal (T. V. Campbell). 



