214 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptova. 



seventh apical area to tegmina considerablj longer than the 

 eighth ; apical ventral segment centrally carinate, moderately 

 apically produced. 



Long., excl. tegm., (^ 18 mm.; exp. tegm. 38 mm. 



llab. Mauritius [C. Darwin, Brit. Mus.). 



Bavea, gen. nov. 



? . Head (including eyes) narrower than base of raeso- 

 notuni, as long as pronotura, the front broadly subconically 

 produced, about as long as vertex, both centrally longitu- 

 dinally sulcate, their margins discontinuous, ocelli rather 

 nearer to eyes than to each other, front ocellus near anterior 

 margin of vertex, anterior lateral margin of vertex convexly 

 rounded ; pronotum with the lateral margins obliquely straight, 

 posterior angles very slightly ampliate ; mesonotum (including 

 cruciform elevation) much shorter than head and pronotum 

 together; abdomen (?) moderately inflated; tegmina and 

 wings hyaline ; tegmina with eight apical areas and the basal 

 cell twice as long as broad; wings with six apical areas. 



Type, B. concolor, Walk. [Cephalo.vys). 



AValker gave no habitat to his species which forms the type 

 of the genus, but the specimen (?) is labelled South Africa 

 {Dr. Smith). 



Genus MUSODA. 

 Musoda, Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. xxxv. pp. 112 & 128 (1890). 



Type, M.flavida, Karsch. 



The nsLvae Jlavida is based on faded or discoloured speci- 

 mens; fresh examples are bright grass-green. 



Genus B^turia. 

 Beeturia, StSl, Hem. Afr. iv. p, 9 (1866). 

 Type, B. conviva, Stal {Cicada). 



Genus MUDA. 

 Muda, Dist. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, (2") xvii. p. 384 (1897). 

 Type, M. concohr, Dist. 



Genus Gymnotympana. 



Gymnotympana, StSl, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) i. p. 619 (1861). 

 Type, G. strepitans, Stal {Cicada). 



