Mr. VV. L. Distant on South- African Homoptera. 113 



rioi' cox£e ; the posterior tibiae are longlj pilose and armed 

 with two spines on each side. 



Long. excl. tegin., cJ, 25 raillira, ; exp. tegm. 80 railliin. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Rosario de Desamparados (P. Biolley). 



Allied to Fidicina hrisa, Walk., from British Gaiatia. 



Fam. Fulgoridge. 



Hypcepa diversa, sp. n. 



Head and pronotura testaceous; scutellum pale fuscous, 

 with the apical margins and some discal waved fascijB ochra- 

 ceous ; abdomen above ochraceous, the base dark fuscous and 

 laterally greyish. Head beneath, sternum, and legs brownish 

 ocliraceous, legs spotted with fuscous ; abdomen beneath dark 

 fuscous. 



Tegraina with the basal two thirds rosy red, beyond which 

 the colour is greyish mottled with fuscous. Wings dark 

 greyish, the venation and the whole basal area dark fuscous, 

 and with three long basal radiating pale greenish streaks. 



Long. excl. tegm. 12 millim. ; exp. tegm. 33 millim. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Las Delicias (Sta. Clara) (P. Biolley). 



VIII. — On some South- African Homoptera. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



Fam. Fulgoridae. 

 Subfam. FuLBOMiN^. 



Mamatola, gen. nov. 



Head subquadrate, a little longer than broad, lateral margins 

 laminate and strongly retlexed at inner margins of eyes, which 

 are large and prominent; front with the apical margin mode- 

 rately angulated and with a central carina ; face longer than 

 broad, widest at base, lateral margins convexly sinuate, and 

 with a very broad central siilcation, which is widest anteriorly. 

 Thorax with a central carina, the anterior lateral angles 

 slightly coiivex and laminate. Tegmina about twice as long 

 as broad, the apical area strongly reticulate ; costal anl inner 

 margins nearly straight, apical margin somewhat angul irly 

 convex. Wings broad and rounded. Tibite sulcated, poste- 

 rior tibiae armed with three or four strong spines. 



Ann. (& Mag. N, Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. iv. 8 



