294 Mr. W. L. Distant on new »S)?ec/es o/Cicaclida3. 



Fidicina oleacea, sp n. 



^. Head, pronotum, and mesonotiim olivaceous; head 

 with a broad black fascia between the eyes ; mesonotum with 

 four dark castaneous obconical spots, the two central ones 

 smallest and darkest. Abdomen above dark castaneous, the 

 tympanal coverings and the fringe to segmental margins dull 

 ochraceous. 13ocly beneath, legs, and opercula pale oliva- 

 ceous, the tarsi pale ochraceous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation olivaceous 

 and fuscous; tegmina with the costal membrane olivaceous, 

 the postcostal area fuscous. 



The opercula are short, barely covering the cavities, their 

 outer margins oblique and slightly sinuate, their apices very 

 broad and moderately convex. The rostrum about reaches 

 the posterior coxa3. 



Long. excl. tegm. 20 millim., exp tegm. 70 millim. 



Hob. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (//. H. Smith). 



Tympanoterpes ruatana, sp. n. 



($ . Body above dark castaneous ; lateral and posterior 

 margins of the pronotum and the mesonotal cruciform eleva- 

 tion olivaceous ; eyes ochraceous. Head beneath, sternum, 

 legs, and opercula pale greenish ochraceous ; abdomen be- 

 neath dark castaneous ; anterior tibiae and tarsi, apices of 

 the intermediate tibias and the tarsi, the face, and a marginal 

 fascia between face and eyes castaneous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation olivaceous 

 and fuscous ; tegmina with the costal membrane ])ale oliva- 

 ceous, the postcostal area fuscous, the transverse veins at the 

 bases of the second and third apical areas slightly infuscated ; 

 wings with the base very narrowly and a claval streak 

 fuscous. 



The opercula are almost half the length of the abdomen, 

 obliquely and concavely sinuate outwardly, slightly over- 

 lapping at their basal inner margins, and thence obliquely 

 divergent to apices, which are rounded. Rostrum about 

 reaching the posterior coxce. 



Long. excl. tegm. 38 millim., ex]i. tegm. KM) millim. 



llah. Honduras, Ruatan Island {Gaumer). 



