Mr. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptcva. 29 



foiiitli ulnar areas contiguous but not touching ; wings with 

 six apical areas. 



Type, U. lif liana, Montr. (^Cicada). 



Paknkalla, gen. no v. 



Head as long as pronotuni, including eyes about as wide 

 as base of mesonotum, vertex longer than front ; pronotuui 

 with the lateral margins nearly straight, the posterior lateral 

 angles somewhat angularly dilated ; mesonotum longer than 

 pronotura ; abdomen short, about as long as space between 

 apex of head and base of cruciform elevation ; tympana 

 entirely exposed ; face globose, transverse striations and 

 longitudinal sulcation sometimes almost entirely absent or 

 obsolete ; anterior femora strongly spined beneath ; opercula 

 in male short and transverse ; tegmina long and slender, more 

 than three times longer than broad, apical areas eight, basal 

 cell at least twice as long as broad; wings with six apical 

 areas. 



Type, P. Muleri, Dist. {Tihicen). 



BuRBUNGA, gen, nov. 



Head (including eyes) about as wide or very slightly 

 wider than base of mesonotum, front of head conically promi- 

 nent, its breadth at base very considerably narrower than 

 the length of lateral margins of vertex, in length nearly as 

 long or a little shorter than vertex, front and vertex together 

 about as long as pronotnm ; pronotum with the lateral 

 margins oblique, the posterior angle widely dilated ; abdo- 

 men short, rcbust, about as long as space between apex of 

 head and base of cruciform elevation ; tympana entirely 

 exposed, tympanal coverings absent, only denoted by a 

 rudimentary convexity or ridge; anterior femora shortly or 

 obsoletely spined btneath ; opercula in male short, basal, 

 transverse ; posterior tibiae strongly spined ; rostrum reaching 

 or just passing the posterior coxgej face not sulcate; tegmina 

 and wings hyaline; tegmina somewhat narrow, their greatest 

 breadth about one tliird their length, apical areas eight, 

 basal cell longer, but not twice as long as broad; wings with 

 six apical areas. 



Type, B. Gilmorei, Dist. {Tihicen). 



Burhunga inornata, sp. n. 



S ■ Body brownish ocbraceous, sternum and legs ochra- 

 ceous ; tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation ochraceous ; 



