2CG Mr. W. L. Distant on Ilomopfera, 



ccc. Head slightly shorter than space between 

 eyea ; front slightly produced, about as long as 



broad Saticulct. 



aa. Wiugs with five, sometimes only four, apical areas. 

 bb. Tegmina only about two thirds the length of 



body Gazuma. 



B. Bases of upper yein to lower ulnar area and lower 

 vein to radial area with almost a common origin at 

 apex of basal cell Tettigomyia. 



Genus XOSOPSALTRIA. 



Pydna, StSl, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) i. p. 621 (1801), nom. prfeocc. 

 Xoso^isaltna, Kirk. Entomologist, 1904, p. 280, nom. n. 



Type;, A''. lutea, Oliv. {Cicada). 



Xosopsallria fuUginosa^ sp. n. 



cJ . Head and pronotum povdidly ochraccous ; head with 

 marginal and submarginal lines to front, spots at lateral 

 margins of vertex, and area of the ocelli, pronotum with two 

 central fascias with a curved discal fascia on each side, the 

 incisures and lateral margins, black ; mesonotum sordidly 

 ochraccous, with four large obcouical spots (tlie two central 

 shortest), a large spot in front of cruciform elevation and the 

 outer margins of same, black; abdomen sordidly ochraceous, 

 the posterior segmental margins narrowly testaceous, with 

 two central longitudinal series of piceous spots ; body beneath 

 sordidly ochraceous ; transverse striae to face, disk of stern un), 

 legs, and base of metasternum piceous ; tibia? (excluding 

 apices) ochraceous ; tegmina pale shining fuliginous, be- 

 coming more or less hyaline in the various areas, the venation 

 pale fuscous ; wings hyaline, the venation fuscous ; tegmina 

 broad, not longer than the body, their greatest breadth little 

 less than half thtir length ; abdomen prominently centrally 

 ridged above ; opercula inwardly oblique, not passing base 

 of abdomen. 



Long., excl. tegm., 21 mm. ; exp. tegm. 45 mm. 



.Hah. Brit. E. Africa {G. S. Detton, Brit. Mus.). 



nov. 



Head (including eyes) almost as wide as base of meso- 

 notum, shorter than breadth between eyes, lateral margins of 

 vertex convex and projecting slightly beyond front, which is 

 short, transverse, broader than long,, concave, and medially 

 sulcate, ocelli a little nearer to each other than to eyes ; pro- 

 notum longer than head, the lateral margins a little convex, 

 nearly straight, the posterior angles broadly ampliate ; 



