482 ]\Ir. \V. L. Di.stant on Ilomoptera. 



b, Tegmina with teu apical areas, ia some varieties 

 only uine. 

 c. Head longer than pronotum, front produced but 

 not excavate. 

 d. Mesonotiini (including cruciforiu elevation) 



longer than ])ronotuin Graptotettix. 



cc. Head shorter than pronotum, the front con- 

 cavely excavate. 

 (Id. Mesonotum (including cruciform elevation) 



scarcely longer than pronotum ParviHya. 



aa. Head (including eyes) as wide as base of meso- 

 notum. 

 bb. Tegmina with eight apical areas, in some varieties 

 nine or ten. 

 ccc. Head about as long as pronotum. 



ddd. Mesonotum (including cruciform elevation) 



longer than pronotum Huechys. 



B. Head with the face not sulcate ^cifruptcra. 



Genus Graptotettix. 



Graptotettix , Stal, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 4(1860) ; Berl. ent. Zeit. x. p. 170 

 (180(5). 



Type, G. guttatus, Stal. 



Graptotettix ruhromaculatus, sp. n. 



Body black ; front of head and face, a large oblique spot 

 on each lateral area of mesonotum, a central longitudinal 

 fascia to abdomen above and the segmental margins, and tlie 

 abdomen beneath sanguineous, the last with central segmental 

 and lateral segmental piceous spots, apex black ; tegmina 

 shining ])iceous, wings shining fuscou.-* ; head (including eyes) 

 not so wide as base of mesonotum, its length a little more 

 than that of pronotum ; mesonotum (including cruciform 

 elevation) longer than pronotum ; tegmina with ten apical 

 areas. 



Long., excl. tegm., ^ 26 mm. ; exp, tcgm. GO mm. 



Ilab. North Celebes; Toli-Toli (Brit. Mus.). 



Parvittya, gen. no v. 



Head (including eyes) not quite so wide as base of meso- 

 notum, shorter than pronotum, the front slightly produced 

 and concavely excavate, the face centrally prominently longi- 

 tudinally sulcate for about half its lengtli ; pronotum almost 

 as long as mesonotum (includitig cruciform elevation), its 

 anterior angles rounded, lateral margins sublaminate and 

 nearly straight, posterior lateral angles moderately produced; 

 abdomen subglobose, dorsal ly ritlged and posteriorly at- 

 tenuated; tympanal orifices entirely exposed, tympanal flaps 



