My. W. L. Di.staiit's Uhyncholal Nutrs. 313 



brhiiu], obliquely sulcate on each side before the base, tlie 

 liiml angles obtuse ; closely, rather coarsely punctate, usually 

 with an indication of a smooth median line. Elytra mode- 

 rately luricr^ oval, at the base a little wider than the pro- 

 thorax, separately rounded at the apex, leaving the tip of 

 the last dorsal segment exposed, the humeri oi^tuse; coarsely 

 striato-punetate, and with some additional punctures on 

 either side of the suture at the bas", the interstices flaf, 

 smooth. Beniiath clostdy, finely punctate. Penis-sheath of 

 S lo"g> parallel-sideJ, abruptly acuminate in the middle 

 at tip. 



Length O-'or., i)rendth 1^-2 mm. (J ? ). 



JIah. Falkland Is. (// N. Salivnn). 



Numerous specimens, received by the British Museum In 

 July 1915. l3r. M. Oameron, H.N., collected a few Coleo- 

 ptera in these islands in Dec. 1SJ14, but he did not meet vvilli 

 P. faUdundica. 



XXXyi\.—Rhf/nchotal Notes.— LIX. By W. L. Distant. 



H O M O P T E R A. 



Fam. Membracidse (continued from p. 159). 



Xiphistes crassus, sp. n. 



Body aud legs pale brownish testaceous; tegmina hyaline, 

 the veins pale brownish, about basal two-thirds retiectiug 

 the dark abdomen beneath ; pronotum with the anterior 

 lateral angles very short, broad, robust, three-sided, slightly 

 directed ui)wardly and Ibrivardly, their apices broadly, 

 obtusely augulate, moderately centrally, longitudinally 

 carinate, the posterior process tricarinate, its apex a little 

 passing the posterior angle of the inner tegminal margin, 

 posterior margin of the frontal area above face distinctly 

 concave, tibiae compressed and moderately dilated. 



Long. 7 mm. ; exp. pronot. lat. process. 3^ mm. 



Hub. Masiionaland, Salisbury (G. A. K. Marshall). 



The salient characters of this species are its elongate form 

 and the short, Ijioad, obtuse, anterior lateral angles of the 

 pronotum. 



