Mr. W. L. Distant on llomoplera. 317 



Fidicina flavihasalis, sp. n. 



? . Body above olivaceous ; head with the area of the 

 ocelli, a transverse fascia between eyes, inner margins of eyes, 

 and a narrow posterior margin, black ; pronotuai with two 

 central anterior and two central posterior spots and the 

 central incisures black ; mcsonotum with four obconical spots, 

 tiie two central shortest, a lanceolate spot in front of cruci- 

 form elevation, and a small rounded spot at each of its ante- 

 rior angulations, black ; abdomen with the basal segmental 

 margins black and with the lateral areas of the second 

 and third segments greyishly pilose ; head beneath and 

 sternum piceous, greyishly pilose ; face, a fascia between face 

 and eyes, rostrum, coxa3, and legs virescent ; abdomen 

 beneath brownish ochraceous ; tegmina and wings hyaline, 

 basal areas of both and costal membrane of the first reddish 

 ochraceous; venation fuscous, except at bases, where it is 

 greenish. Head (including eyes) about as wide as base of 

 mesonotum ; lateral margins of pronotum moderately oblique 

 and finely hirsute; anterior femora with two strong spines 

 beneath ; tarsi two-jointed. 



Long., excl. tegm., ? 20 mm. ; exp. tegm. G5 mm. 



Ilab. Ecuador: Cachab^ (Rosenberg, Brit. Mus.). 



Genus Hemisciera. 

 Hemisciera, Amy. & Serv. Hist, des I16m. p. 466 (1843). 

 Type, H. maculipenm's, Lap. [Cicada). 



Hemisciera Durhamiy sp, n. 



Body above brownish ochraceous ; lateral and posterior 

 marginal areas of pronotum and sixth and anal segments of 

 abdomen stramineous ; head with the lateral margin of front 

 and a broken transverse fascia between eyes black ; pronotum 

 Avitli a narrow pale ochraceous anterior margin and black 

 incisures ; mesonotum with four large obconical black spots, 

 of which the two central are shortest, and a small black spot 

 in front of each anterior angle of the basal cruciform elevation ; 

 basal margins of abdominal segments piceous; body beneath 

 and legs paler and tiiickly greyishly pilose ; tegmina with 

 about basal third opaquely virescent ochraceous, remainder 

 pale creamy talc-like, tlie venation on apical two thirds and 

 costal membrane and area fuscous brown ; wings with almost 

 basal half pale ochraceous, the venation on apical halt fuscous 

 brown. Head (including eyes) much wider than base of 

 mesonotum, the eyes semistylate; pronotum about m wide 



