384 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



more parallel, not converginpj to the same extent as in other 

 species. 



Dimensions of the typical skull : — 



mm. 



Basal length (c.) 247 



Zygomatic breadth (c) 91 



Intertemporal breadth fiO 



Distance between tips of postorbital processes . . Ho 



Nasals, length 102 



„ breadth 40 5 



Greatest breadth of muzzle on premaxillo- 



niaxillarv suture 4o 



Palatal length 1H7 



Breadth of palate halfway between gnathion and 



palation 44o 



Second upper molar, length H 



„ „ greatest breadth 67 



,, „ least breadth 4o 



First upper molar, length lOo 



„ „ greatest breadth •'>"o 



,, „ least breadth 36 



JJab. Efulen, Cameroons. 



Ti/pe. An incomplete skull, collected by ]\Ir. G. L. Bates. 

 Britisii Museum no. 5. 11. 27. 20. 



LTI. — Some undescrihed Species o/* dicadiJae. 

 Bv \V. L, Distant. 



Subfamily TiBiciyix^. 



Division T E T T I G A D E S A R I A. 

 Colli na obesa, sp. n. 



Body above dull dark ochraceous, finely, sparin<^ly, palely 

 pilose ; body beneath with legs a little paler in hue; anterior 

 femora irregularly spotted with castaneous, intermediate and 

 posterior femora apically annulated, tibise biannulated, and 

 bases and apices of the tarsi more or less castaneous ; tegmina 

 and wings hyaline and talc-like, the venation pale testaceous 

 spotted with fuscous brown ; the whole area of the tegmina 

 is somewhat thickly and minutely spotted with pale fuscou-!, 

 the w ings (except on the veins) immaculate ; the lateral 

 margins of the pronotura are acutely medially produced and 

 tiien concavely sinuate to base; tegmina a little more than 

 two and a half times as long as broad ; face with the central 



