Mv. ^Y. L. Distant oti Homoptcra. 63 



broader than long; rostrum just passing the posterior coxaj ; 

 opercula long, their apices broad ; tegmina and wings hyaline, 

 their greatest width more than one third of their length ; 

 anterior femora tuberculously spined beneath ; anal abdo- 

 minal segment in male apically acutely dentate on each side. 

 Type, S. mimica, Dist. {Cosmopsaltna) . 



Sawda Gestroei, sp. n. 



Head, pronotura, and scutellum olivaceous ; area of the 

 ocelli, two central fasciae to pronotum (between which the 

 colour is ochraceous), a central lanceolate spot to mesonotum, 

 on each side of which is a posteriorly angulated spot (mar- 

 gined with ochraceous), and a spot in front of eacli anterior 

 angle of the cruciform elevation, black ; there is also a sub- 

 lateral fuscous streak on each side of the mesonotum; abdo- 

 men purplish brown ; body beneath, rostrum, and legs very 

 pale olivaceous ; undersides of femora and the tarsi black ; 

 tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation pale fuscous; 

 tegmina with the transverse veins at the bases of the apical 

 areas broadly infuscated and a fuscous spot at the apex of 

 each longitudinal vein to the apical areas; the venation at 

 apex of radial area ochraceous ; opercula broad, their margins 

 narrowly black and greyishly tomentose, tlieir apices reaching 

 the base of fourth abdominal segment, their outer margins 

 sinuate, but only slightly concave. 



Long., excl. tegm., (^ 45 mm. ; exp. tegm. 14:0 mm. 



Hab. New Guinea: Haveri {Loria, Genoa Mus.). 



Atesha, gen. nov. 



Head (including eyes) as wide or a little wider than base 

 of mesonotum, much shorter than breadth between eyes, 

 lateral margins obliquely continuous to face or very slightly 

 sinuate, eyes large and oblique ; pronotum shorter than 

 mesonotum, its lateral margins angulated anteriorly ; meso- 

 notum moderately convexly tumid ; abdomen short, not 

 longer than space between apex of head and base of cruciform 

 elevation ; tympanal coverings about as long as broad ; 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate coxse ; opercula in male 

 long, about twice as broad at apex as at bnst, inner margin 

 concave, widening to basal area, outer margins sinuate near 

 centre, their apices broad and overlapping ; tegmina and 

 wings hyaline, greatest width of *egmina ?.bout one third, 

 their length. 



Type, A. spathidata^ Stal {Cosmopsaltria) . 



