384 ^Ir. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptera. 



BaUnta auriginea, sp. n. 



? . Head, pronotum, and mesoiiotum yellow ; head with 

 some marks at the area of the ocelli and the lateral mar2;ins 

 of vertex black ; pronotum with a broad central longitudinal 

 fascia, two large sjiots on each lateral area, and the lateral 

 margins black ; mesonotum with a broad irregular central 

 fascia, a somewhat shorter fascia on each lateral area, and 

 the central base of cruciform elevation, black; abdomen 

 reddish ochraccous, with a central lono;Itudinal fascia, and 

 three large segmental spots on each side, black ; body beneath 

 and legs piccous brown ; face and space between face and 

 eyes yellow ; a large spot near apex of face and a spot at 

 inner margins of eyes black ; femora (oxcludinS apices) 

 testaceous ; tegmina bronzy brown, with three pale spots, 

 two on postcostal area and one at inner angle ; some faint pale 

 streaks iti the apical areas ; wings sanguineous, the apical 

 and posterior margins black. 



Long., excl. tegm., ? 20 mm. ; exp. tegm. 52 mm. 



Bob. Mts. du Ht. Song-Chai (Paris Mus.). 



Allied to B. octonotata, Westw, 



Genus Talainga. 



Talainga, Dist. Ann. & Mag. Nat, Hist. (6) v. p. 166 (1890). 

 Type, T. Binghami, Dist. 



Division Psithyristriaria. 



Head (Including eyes) considerably narrower than base of 

 mesonotum, tympanal coverings as long as but very much 

 narrower than the orifices, which are thus inwardly exposed; 

 abdomen narrowed posteriorly, a little longer than the space 

 between the apex of head and base of cruciform elevation ; 

 tegmina and wings hyaline : tegmina with tiie venation 

 abnormal ; apical areas eight, the lower one very small ; 

 ulnar areas much compressed, broad, especially the two 

 lowermost. 



Genus Psithtristria. 

 Psithyristria, StSl, (Efv. Vet.-Ak. Forb. 1870, p. 712. 

 Type, P. specularis, Stal. 



