Mr. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptei'a. 27 



11. Front of head a little shorter thau vertex, 

 their margins continuous, the front not 

 produced, and about, or nearly, twice 

 broader than long Ahromn. 



nn. Front of head about as long or a little 

 shorter than vertex, their margins dis- 

 continuous and almost at right angles to 

 each other ; the front prominent, not 



nearly twice as broad as long Lemnricma. 



mm. Head about as long as space between eyes. Taphura. 

 II. First and second ulnar areas to tegmina 



shorter than remaining ulnar areas Lhjymnlpa. 



B. Wings with five apical areas. 



0. Front of head about twice as broad as either lateral 

 margin of vertex. 

 ■p. Vertex and front of head strongly longitudinally 

 sulcate ; basal margin of face strongly trans- 

 versely incrassate A afa. 



00. Front of head about as wide or little wider than 

 length of either lateral margin of vertex. 

 2:>p. Vertex and front of liead not strongly longi- 

 tudinally sulcate ; basal margin of face not 

 strongly incrassate . . .' Panka. 



C. Wings with four apical areas Nelcynda. 



Genus Abricta. 

 Tibicen, subgen. Abricta, StSl, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 26 (18GG). 

 Type, A. hrunnea, Fabr. (Tettigonia). 



Abricta castanea, sp. n. 



Body brownish ochraceous, with castaneous markings ; 

 head witli the margins of front and the vertical area more or 

 less castaneous; pronotum with the anterior and posterior 

 margins and two central lines widely angulated at base casta- 

 neous (in some specimens the space included in these lines 

 is wholly castaneous) ; mesonotum with two short central 

 obconical and two long sublateral spots, and a large spjt in 

 front of cruciform elevation, castaneous; posterior margins of 

 eyes black ; face and space between face and eyes pale casta- 

 neous; sternum and opercula in male ochraceous; tegmina 

 and wings hyaline, the venation ochraceous or brownish 

 ochraceous; tegmina with the costal membrane and claval 

 area ochraceous ; wings with extreme base and base of anal 

 area ochraceous. 



Long., excl. tegm., r^ 14-15 mm. ; exp. tegm. 43 mm. 



Hah. North Australia [J. R. Elsey, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to A. WilUi, JJist. ; tegmina unspotted; opercula 

 in male longer and much less transverse, &c. 



