308 Mr. "\V. I;. Distant on Ilomoptera. 



vertex obliquely subcontinuous ; proiiotum as \on^ as raeso- 

 notum, its lateral margin oblique, sinuate, obscurely dentate; 

 abdomen considerably longer than space between apex of 

 liead and base of cruciform elevation ; tympana imperfectly 

 covered," the tlaps shorter and narrower than the tympanal 

 cavities; rostrum about reachinfr the posterior coxaj; anterior 

 femora armed beneath with two or three strong spines ; 

 opercula extending to more than half the length of the abdo- 

 luen, situate wide apart and on the lateral abdominal areas ; 

 teo-mina broad, their greatest breadth more than one third of 

 their length, apical areas eight, basal cell much longer than 

 broad. 



Type, L. locusta, Walk. {Cephaloxi/f<). 



Genus Kamalata. 



Kamnlata, Dist. Ann. .t Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) iii. p. 52 (1839) ; Mou. 

 Orient. Cicad. p. 124 (1892), 



Head moderately deflected in front of eyes, its length about 

 equal to space between eyes, its lateral margins discon- 

 tinuous, the lateral margins of vertex being more or less at 

 right angles to those of front, its width between eyes being 

 distinctly narrower than base of mesonotum ; face globose; 

 pronotum a little shorter than mesonotum, its lateral margins 

 somewhat angulatcly sinuate, broad and laminate on posterior 

 half; abdomen broad, robust, and moderately inflated, above 

 somewhat laterally oblique on each side, beneath strongly 

 channelled near each lateral margin ; tympanal coverings 

 about as broad but shorter than the tympanal cavities, their 

 length variable, either very short as in /iT. jt;:/n</ie/-i/?a or about 

 half the length of cavities as in K. javanensis ; opercula in 

 male short, transverse, not extending beyond base of abdo- 

 men ; rostrum considerably passing the posterior coxie ; 

 anterior femora strongly spined beneath ; tegmina and wings 

 hyaline, the first maculate, variable in lengtli, about as long 

 as body, as in K, pantkerina^ or longer than body, as in 

 K. javanensis^ basal cell longer than broad ; apical areas 

 eight. 



Type, K. pcintherina, Dist. 



Kamalata javanensis, sp. n. 



(^ . Body castaneous, finely greyishly pilose; head with 

 transverse strlations and a basal spot to front, and two 

 spots both above and beneath the area of the ocelli, pale 



