456 Ml-. W. L. Distant on 



exposlii*;' orifices ; opeicula in male short ami broad; rostriuu 

 veacliiiig the posterior coxie ; tegiiiiii i anl wiiigs more or less 

 opjiqjie, the first with the basal cell a little longer than broad, 

 the costal membrane only mo lerately dilated or arched, apical 

 ureas eight in number. 



This genus has a very considerable resemblance in general 

 appearance to the genera Platypleara and Yanga, but sepa- 

 rated at once by the imperfect tympanal coverings which 

 considerably expose the tympanal oriiice-), and thus locates it 

 in the subfamily Ga^aniuse. I have placed it near the genus 

 Odopoea. 



Juanaria mimica, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and pronotum dull virescent mottled with brown, 

 the lateral and posterior marginal areas of the pronotum, the 

 posterior central area of the mesonotum, and its cruciform 

 elevation more distinctly virescent ; eyes and ocelli shining 

 brownish ochraceous ; abdomen above dull dark castaneous, 

 the tympanal coverings a little paler in hue; body beneath 

 and legs pale ochraceous and more or less greyislily pilose, 

 the legs, rostrum, and disk of abdomen beneath not or scarcely 

 pilose, tegmina greyislily opaque with darker mottlings, and 

 the basal cell, the bases of the two lower ulnar areas, and the 

 claval area pale transparent ; wings pale bronzy brown, the 

 extreme base and claval area paler and more transparent. 



Long., excl. tegm., cJ'jBG; exp. tegm. 106 ; breadth be- 

 tween pronotal angles 18 mm. 



Hah. Cuba, Cuantanamo. 



LIII. — liliynchota from New Caledonia. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



[Continued from p. 164.] 



Part II. 



HOMOPTERA. 



Fam. Cicadidae. 



Subfam. TiBiciNiN^. 



Genus Abricta, Sial. 



Ahricta Jiavoannidata, sp. n. 



^ . Head, pronotum, and scutellum castaneous brown ; 

 margins and a central longitudinal fascia to pronotum ochra- 

 ceous, the anterior margin narrow, the posterior margin 



