610 Mr. W. L. Distant on new 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XX I. 



Fiff. 1. La'vilitorina bennetti, sp. n., X 8. 



Fig. 2. Udior, sp. n., X B. 



Fiy. 3. Niicula falklcmdica, sp. n., X 8. 

 J'^V/. 4. C'yamium bennetti, sp. n., X 8. 



i^jV/. 5. exaspet-atum, sp. n., X 8. 



Fig. 6. piscium, sp. n., X 8. 



i^///. 7. Davisia bentietti, sp. n., x 8. 

 2^j'^. 8. concentrica, sp. n., x 8. 



LXXI. — Xen: Genera and Species of Rhynchota 

 {Homoptera) . By W. L. Distant. 



Fam. CicadideB. 



Pi/cna neavei, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum ocliraceous; head with a transverse 

 fascia near base of front, continued across anterior angles of 

 vertex, a transverse fascia to vertex enclosing the ocelli and 

 two ronnded spots on each side before eyes, black ; pronotum 

 with a transverse fascia near anterior margin, a central 

 longitudinal fascia widened posteriorly, the tissures, lateral 

 and posterior margins (the last verj- narrowly), and an oblique 

 fascia on lateial membrane near posterior angles, black 3 

 niesonotum and abdomen above castaneous : pronotum with 

 three elongate black spots and a rounded spot before each 

 anterior angle of the cruciform elevation, black ; mesonotal 

 margins and the tympanal coverings ocliraceous ; the last 

 two abdominal segments cretaceously tomentose ; body 

 beneath and legs ocliraceous, the opercula paler in hue, space 

 between face and eyes with transverse black streaks, longi- 

 tudinal sulcation to face black ; femora more or less 

 annulated and marked witii black, tibite castaneous, tarsi 

 piceous ; apex of rostrum black ; tegmina hyaline, about 

 basal half opaque, fuscous, with piceous spots and a hyaline 

 spot beyond middle of radial area, costal membrane oclira- 

 ceous with a black s| ot at a short distance from base, beyond 

 the basal opaque area the transverse veins at the bases of 

 apical areas are broadly piceous on each side, the longitudinal 

 veins to apical areas with a piceous spot before and a smaller 

 spot at their apices ; wings hyaline, with the basal two-thirds 

 brownish ocliraceous, opaque, the veins of the same colour j 



